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Bibliography 3: Expert Problem Solvers

What Does it Take to be an Expert Problem Solver?

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by Annie and John Selden

August 30, 1997

This is a supplement to the Research Sampler column of the same name.

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  1. Arcavi, A., Kessel, C., Meira, L. & Smith, J. P. III (to appear). Teaching mathematical problem solving: An analysis of an emergent classroom community. In J. Kaput, A. H. Schoenfeld & E. Dubinsky (Eds.), Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education, III, Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, Issues in Mathematics Education, Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society.

  2. Chi, M. T., Feltovich, P. & Glaser, R. (1981). Categorization and representation of physics problems by experts and novices, Cognitive Science 5, 121-152.

  3. DeBellis, V. A. & Goldin, G. A. (1997). The affective domain in mathematical problem solving. In Proceedings of the 21st Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 2 (pp. 209-216), Lahti, Finland.

  4. DeFranco, T. C. (1996). A perspective on mathematical problem-solving expertise based on the performance of male Ph.D. mathematicians. In J. Kaput, A. H. Schoenfeld & E. Dubinsky (Eds.), Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education, II (pp. 195-213), Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, Issues in Mathematics Education, Vol. 6, Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society.

  5. Heller, J. I. & Hungate, H. N. (1985). Implications for mathematics instruction of research in scientific problem solving. In E. A. Silver (Ed.), Teaching and Learning Mathematical Problem Solving: Multiple research perspectives (pp. 83-112). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

  6. McLeod, D. B. (1992). Research on affect in mathematics education: a reconceptualization. In D. A. Grouws (Ed.), NCTM Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning (pp. 575-596), New York, NY: Macmillan.

  7. McLeod, D. B. & Adams, V.M., Eds. (1989). Affect and Mathematical Problem Solving: A New Perspective, New York: Springer-Verlag.

  8. McLeod, D. B., Craviotto, C. & Ortega, M. (1990). Students' affective responses to non-routine mathematical problems: an empirical study. In Proceedings of the Fourteenth Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. I (pp. 159-166), CINVESTAV, Mexico.

  9. Newell, A. & Simon, H. (1972). Human Problem Solving. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

  10. Pólya, G. (1945; 2nd edition 1957). How to Solve It. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

  11. Pólya, G. (1954). Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning; Vol. 1. Induction and Analogy in Mathematics; Vol. 2. Patterns of Plausible Inference. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

  12. Pólya, G. (1962, 1965/1981). Mathematical Discovery. (Volume 1, 1962; Volume 2, 1965). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Combined paperback edition, 1981. New York, NY: Wiley).

  13. Reif, F. & Heller, J. I. (1982). Knowledge structure and problem solving in physics, Educational Psychologist 17, 102-127.

  14. Schoenfeld, A. H. (1985). Mathematical Problem Solving, Orlando, FL: Academic Press.

  15. Schoenfeld, A. H.* (1992). Learning to think mathematically: problem solving, metacognition, and sense making in mathematics. In D. A. Grouws (Ed.), NCTM Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning (pp. 334-370), New York, NY: Macmillan.

  16. Winston, P. H. (1992). Artificial Intelligence , 3rd. edition, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

* A good overview of the research perspectives and results on problem-solving up to about 1990.

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