Exposing the Conscious Self: Lived Problem Solving Experience in a Socio-Cultural Context

Iman C. Chahine

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Iman C. Chahine ¹ ^*

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My charge in this study is to explore the lived experience of a high school teacher while immersed in a problem solving situation in a classroom setting. The main gist of this investigation is to textualize and, thereof, capture the essence of a teacher’s encounter of failing to solve a mathematics problem during one of the classroom sessions. To this end, I use personal experience as a lens to reflect on a teacher’s reconstruction of the situation where personal meanings about problem solving and the problem-solving instruction are concealed.

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problem solving
mathematics teaching
lived experience
socio-cultural context

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INT ELECT J MATH ED, Volume 13, Issue 3, October 2018, 221-231

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Chahine, I. C. (2018). Exposing the Conscious Self: Lived Problem Solving Experience in a Socio-Cultural Context. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 13(3), 221-231. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3880

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Chahine IC. Exposing the Conscious Self: Lived Problem Solving Experience in a Socio-Cultural Context. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2018;13(3):221-31. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3880

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Chahine IC. Exposing the Conscious Self: Lived Problem Solving Experience in a Socio-Cultural Context. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2018;13(3), 221-231. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3880

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Chahine, Iman C.. "Exposing the Conscious Self: Lived Problem Solving Experience in a Socio-Cultural Context". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2018 13 no. 3 (2018): 221-231. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3880

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Chahine, I. C. (2018). Exposing the Conscious Self: Lived Problem Solving Experience in a Socio-Cultural Context. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 13(3), pp. 221-231. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3880

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Chahine, Iman C. "Exposing the Conscious Self: Lived Problem Solving Experience in a Socio-Cultural Context". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 13, no. 3, 2018, pp. 221-231. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3880