Linda Devi Fitriana, Rooselyna Ekawati, Zoltan Kovacs
There is an ongoing research interest to disclose factors that influence problem-posing performance by involving cross-national backgrounds. This research extends that effort by conducting a comparative analysis on the performance of Indonesian and Hungarian prospective teachers in a problem-posing task. A total of eighty-three prospective teachers from Indonesia and Hungary were asked to pose a problem based on the current calendar. For more in-depth insights, an interview was conducted with a representative participant. The obtained data were analysed quantitatively using Fisher's exact test and qualitatively in nature. Their mathematical background seems to influence the characteristic of their proposed problem and the solution approach they utilized. The typical tasks proposed by Indonesian prospective teachers are exercise and mostly related to arithmetic operations, while those by Hungarian prospective teachers are challenging problems and generally connected to arithmetic sequences. Moreover, in solving their problems, Indonesians tend to show arithmetic reasoning while Hungarians often denote algebraic reasoning. These disparities might be attributed to the types of problems that each group typically encounters during their mathematics lessons. © 2022 Sriwijaya University. All rights reserved.
University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary; Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia; Eszterhazy Karoly Catholic University, Eger, Hungary; MTA-ELKH-ELTE Research Group in Mathematics Education, Budapest, Hungary
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