Identifying a Model for Creative Activities of Mathematics Students: a Qualitative Research

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Assistant Professor at Department of Mathematics. Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University

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The purpose of this study was to examine the experience of creative activities of undergraduate students in mathematics and identify a model for better understanding of these activities. Data have been collected using a methodology approach based on grounded theory and semi-structured introspective interviews. The population is all students who study mathematics in one of the universities in Tehran. Thirteen math students volunteered to collaborate with purposeful and theoretical sampling. The data was analyzed through the free and axial coding process. To ensure the quality of research, the credibility, dependability, transferability and conformability criteria were used and the results were given in grounded theory systematic paradigm model which includes phenomenon, causal conditions, strategies, intervening factors, contextual conditions, context and consequences. The model shows there are several affecting factors involved in those activities.

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  • Receive Date: 10 August 2015
  • Revise Date: 18 July 2017
  • Accept Date: 30 December 2017

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