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Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 9(1), pp. 154 - 160
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2021.090117
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Revisiting Students' Reflection in Mathematics Learning: Defining, Facilitating, Analyzing, and Future Directions
Shin-Yi Lee *
Department of Education, University of Taipei, Taiwan
ABSTRACT
Students rarely reflect on mathematics. Reflection requires higher order cognition that has proven difficult to teach. Much of the literature in mathematics learning has highlighted the significance of reflection without, however, offering much enlightenment on the current research status of students' reflection within mathematical situations. In this study, a wide range of academic literature associated with students' reflection within mathematical situations is reviewed. Three important aspects then emerge from the literature review: how to operationally define, individually facilitate, and analyze students' reflection within mathematical situations. Based on the three emerging important aspects, it would be worthwhile for future studies to develop an operational definition of reflection in mathematics learning, to research how students' reflection relates to their cognition and metacognition within mathematical situations, to invent individual reflective strategies in mathematics learning and to investigate the effect of such strategies on their mathematical performance, to devise techniques to analyze students' reflective behaviors within mathematical situations, and to explore the extent to which students' reflection could be promoted in mathematics learning. It is hoped that this article will develop ideas for future practice and research on students' reflection within mathematical situations about students' reflection and the role it plays in mathematics learning.
KEYWORDS
Communication, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving, Reflection
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Shin-Yi Lee , "Revisiting Students' Reflection in Mathematics Learning: Defining, Facilitating, Analyzing, and Future Directions," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 154 - 160, 2021. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2021.090117.
(b). APA Format:
Shin-Yi Lee (2021). Revisiting Students' Reflection in Mathematics Learning: Defining, Facilitating, Analyzing, and Future Directions. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 9(1), 154 - 160. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2021.090117.