{"id":10278,"date":"2026-06-09T09:52:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/%d7%90%d7%aa%d7%92%d7%a8-%d7%9e%d7%aa%d7%9e%d7%98%d7%99-%d7%91%d7%9b%d7%99%d7%aa%d7%94-%d7%94%d7%98%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%92%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%aa\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:40:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:40:45","slug":"mathematical-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/mathematical-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematical Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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About the Program<\/h2>

The “Mathematical Challenge in a Heterogeneous Classroom” program was a large-scale research project that spanned four years, beginning in September 2018. The project was funded by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) and operated within the framework of Range Center at the University of Haifa.<\/p>

The research focused on examining teachers’ skills in grading the level of mathematical challenge in teaching high-level mathematics within a heterogeneous high school classroom.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The central goal of the research was to examine what types of teaching methods related to grading the level of mathematical challenge teachers used for teaching high-level mathematics in a heterogeneous classroom.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Development of Tools<\/h3>

Within the framework of the project, dedicated research tools were developed, such as individual and group interviews and a classroom observation sheet, which allowed for the investigation of these teaching methods.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Comparison and Analysis<\/h3>

Examining the differences in teaching methods among teachers of varying levels of expertise, as well as a comparison between lessons that differ in their level of ability and heterogeneity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Research Aspects<\/h2>
  • Comparison of teachers: Examining the teaching methods among teachers who knew and implemented stepped tasks in their classroom versus teachers who did not.
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  • Levels of expertise: Analysis of the differences in the implementation of mathematical challenge between experienced teachers and novice teachers.
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    Prof. Roza Leikin<\/h4>

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    Dr. Regina Ovodenko<\/h4>

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    Ms. Aviva Sasson<\/h4>

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    Teaching high-level mathematics in a classroom with different learning levels is a significant challenge. This research develops tools and skills that help teachers adjust the level of difficulty and challenge for each student, without compromising on pedagogical quality. The page presents information on the research findings and the tools developed for teachers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,87,84,83,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-research","category-high-school","category-middle-school","category-research-programs","category-teachers","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10278"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12262,"href":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10278\/revisions\/12262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}