Problemlösning i läroböcker utgivna år 1979-2012 : En komparativ läroboksanalys med ett perspektiv på problemlösning

Sammanfattning: According to research, problem solving is one of mathematics most important content, since teaching problem solving helps students to develop a deeper understanding of mathematics. At the same time, research shows that through history and even today, the majority of mathematics education consists of students working individually with information in the textbook that deals with methodology. This means that students are taught to develop their procedural skills, thus not being able to develop their problem solving skills and deeper understanding of mathematics. The purpose of this study was therefore to investigate the extent to which different textbooks for grade three deal with problem solving as well as the strategies and perspectives on problem solving that are identifiable in the textbooks. To find answers to my purpose, a study component analysis has been carried out on textbooks published in the following years: 1979, 1984, 2005, 2006 and 2012. The results show that textbooks handle problem solving in different ways but that similarities can also be identified. All books contain problem solving tasks that can be solved through different strategies, but the perspective of problem solving differs between the textbooks. The relationship between textbook and syllabus varies among the textbooks, which proves the importance of the teacher being able to influence the pupils' learning opportunities when selecting textbooks.