Open Ended Tasks in Mathematics

Open-ended math problems are problems that have more than ___ possible answer.

A method where the student is task to figure out how that end result might have been achieved.

The following are the features of open-ended problems in mathematics EXCEPT:

• Develop reasoning and communication skills

• make room for own mathematical thinking

• Solved in different ways and on different levels

• There is fixed answer

The following are examples of Problem-solving heuristics in mathematics EXCEPT:

• work systematically

• tabulate the data

• try simpler examples

• specify the rule

These problems imply the use of heuristics strategies in order to determine a single correct answer.

• Closed problems

• Non-routine closed problems

• Routine closed problems

• Routine open ended problems

These are well-structured problems in terms of clearly formulated tasks where the one correct answer can always be determined in some fixed ways from the necessary data given in the problem situation.

• Closed problems

• Non-routine closed problems

• Routine closed Problems

• Open-ended Problems

Open-Ended Problems are often named “___________” problems as they involve a higher degree of ambiguity and may allow for several correct solutions.

Which of the following is NOT a strategy to convert closed question?

• Turning around a question

• Creating a solution

• Asking for explanations

• Asking for similarities and differences

________ prompts are given to students who seem unable to start working.

________ prompts are given for students who finish quickly.