Interactive Learning Environment Designed Based on A Task Model of Problem-Posing

Abstract

Learning by problem-posing is a promising way to learn arithmetic and mathematics. In this paper, we report the design and development of an interactive learning environment for problem-posing as sentence-integration in arithmetic word problems. In this research, we have paid a special attention to “reverse thinking” problems. To find the characteristics of the reverse thinking problems, we built a task model of problem-posing and design the learning environment based on the model. This leaning environment has been already developed and experimentally used in a class of fourth grade at an elementary school.