Öppna matematiska uppgifter : En studie om möjligheten att inkludera högpresterande elever i det heterogena klassrummet.

Sammanfattning: The overall purpose of the study is partly to increase knowledge about the use of open mathematics by primary school teachers, and partly if the tasks are considered functional to use to include high-performing students in mathematics education. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, an internet survey was constructed. Through the survey, data were collected from 104 active primary school teachers who teach mathematics in Sweden. The results show that a large part of the teachers who participated in the study use open mathematical tasks in the teaching. In addition, more than half of the respondents considered that the tasks could be used to include high-performing students in the heterogeneous classroom. The study suggests that professional development among primary school teachers is needed to enable an improvement in the ability to work with open mathematical tasks and the inclusion of high-performing students.