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Creativity and Giftedness

Interdisciplinary perspectives from mathematics and beyond

Editors:

  1. Roza Leikin

    1. Faculty of Education RANGE Center, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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  2. Bharath Sriraman

    1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, USA

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  • Discusses two constructs that were overlooked in mathematics education research for a long time

  • Conveys the state of the art of research in mathematical creativity and giftedness

  • Includes commentaries from leaders in this area of research

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Mathematics Education (AME)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  3. Perspectives on Creativity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Creativity, Imagination, and Early Mathematics Education

      • Maciej Karwowski, Dorota M. Jankowska, Witold Szwajkowski
      Pages 7-22

    3. Formative Assessment of Creativity in Undergraduate Mathematics: Using a Creativity-in-Progress Rubric (CPR) on Proving

      • Milos Savic, Gulden Karakok, Gail Tang, Houssein El Turkey, Emilie Naccarato
      Pages 23-46

    4. Teacher’s Views on Modeling as a Creative Mathematical Activity

      • Gudbjorg Palsdottir, Bharath Sriraman
      Pages 47-55

    7. Constraints, Competency and Creativity in the Classroom

      • Catrinel Haught-Tromp, Patricia D. Stokes
      Pages 105-116

    8. Convergence in Creativity Development for Mathematical Capacity

      • Ai-Girl Tan, Bharath Sriraman
      Pages 117-133

    9. The Origin of Insight in Mathematics

      • Reuben Hersh, Vera John-Steiner
      Pages 135-146

    10. Creativity in Doubt: Toward Understanding What Drives Creativity in Learning

      • Ronald A. Beghetto, James B. Schreiber
      Pages 147-162

  5. Commentary

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257
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About this book

This volume provides readers with a broad view on the variety of issues related to the educational research and practices in the field of Creativity in Mathematics and Mathematical Giftedness. The book explores (a) the relationship between creativity and giftedness;  (b) empirical work with high ability (or gifted) students in the classroom and its implications for teaching mathematics; (c) interdisciplinary work which views creativity as a complex phenomena that cannot be understood from within the borders of disciplines, i.e., to present research and theorists from disciplines such as neuroscience and complexity theory; and (d) findings from psychology that pertain the creatively gifted students. As a whole, this volume brings together perspectives from mathematics educators, psychologists, neuroscientists, and teachers to present a collection of empirical, theoretical and philosophical works that address the complexity of mathematical creativity and giftedness, its origins, nature, nurture and ways forward. In keeping with the spirit of the series, the anthology substantially builds on previous ZDM volumes on interdisciplinarity (2009), creativity and giftedness (2013).
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Keywords

  • Complexity theory
  • Exceptional thinking processes
  • Gifted students
  • High ability students
  • Krutetskian approach
  • Mathematical ability
  • Mathematical creativity
  • Mathematical giftedness
  • Mathematical inventiveness
  • School mathematics
  • Teaching mathematics
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Reviews

“By reporting about learners of various ages, the volume offers a substantial possibility for teachers who aim to identify and nurture creativity through mathematical activities. … the volume uncovers aspects of mathematics education that are highly relevant for teacher educators, school principals, and policymakers. … The volume represents a pragmatic and plausible effort with a goal of summarizing principal interdisciplinary perspectives on mathematical creativity and giftedness.” (Attila Szabo, Roeper Review, Vol. 40 (04), 2018)



“This edited collection of 16 chapters paints a broad picture of current research and views on creativity and giftedness through theoretical papers and empirical studies. … This book is a valuable collection of diverse approaches and ideas on creativity, giftedness, and their connection. The narrative structure that emerges from the divergent, diverse, and multidisciplinary views on creativity and giftedness creates a space for further research in this area.” (Nenad Radakovic and Limin Jao, Mathematical Thinking and Learning, Vol. 119 (2), April, 2017)

“This edited volume considers recent research on creativity and giftedness in mathematics education and how these two concepts might be related. … Creativity is not a personal trait of individuals that can be easily recognized, and a number of operational definitions are given by researchers in this volume. … Much can be learned from the chapters in this book … .” (Annie Selden, MAA Reviews, maa.org, April, 2017)


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Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education RANGE Center, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Roza Leikin

  • Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, USA

    Bharath Sriraman

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Creativity and Giftedness

  • Book Subtitle: Interdisciplinary perspectives from mathematics and beyond

  • Editors: Roza Leikin, Bharath Sriraman

  • Series Title: Advances in Mathematics Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38840-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38838-0Published: 12 September 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81760-6Published: 12 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-38840-3Published: 24 August 2016

  • Series ISSN: 1869-4918

  • Series E-ISSN: 1869-4926

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 266

  • Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Mathematics Education, Educational Psychology, Teaching and Teacher Education

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