Problem Solving in the Mathematics Classrooms

An Online Professional Development Course with Options for Individual Utilization

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11576/hlz-6591

Keywords:

Online Teacher Professional Development (oTPD), conception of Professional Development (PD) courses, utilization of Professional Development (PD) courses, problem solving, mathematics classroom

Abstract

Despite many efforts to integrate problem solving as a process-related skill in mathematics classrooms, problem-solving elements are still underrepresented in German mathematics classrooms. One way to counteract this is to offer professional development (PD) courses for mathematics teachers. The following article describes how such PD courses offers for problem solving can be designed in times of digitalization. A special focus is on the design of a digital course offered that can be used flexibly and adaptively by the participants. Based on feedback from teachers who participated in three rounds of the online teacher professional development (oTPD) course, implications for future conceptions of similar oTPD courses offered could be worked out.

Published

2024-07-02

How to Cite

Demmler, K., Friesen, M., Holzäpfel, L., Leuders, T., & Dreher, A. (2024). Problem Solving in the Mathematics Classrooms: An Online Professional Development Course with Options for Individual Utilization. Challenge Teacher Education, 7(1), 300–319. https://doi.org/10.11576/hlz-6591