Conocimiento del profesorado sobre la evaluación competencial del alumnado con talento matemático = Teachers’ Knowledge on the Competence Evaluation of Students with Mathematical Talent = Conhecimento dos profesores sobre a avaliação de competências de alunos com talento matemático
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Students with mathematical talents generally receive little support to effectively guide
their teaching-learning process, including assessment. This exploratory study analyzes the teachers’
knowledge about assessing these students’ mathematical competence to begin to transform this
situation. A questionnaire previously validated by an expert judgment was administered to 32 inservice teachers to obtain the information; the teachers were selected through a non-probabilistic
convenience sampling. The results show that there are conceptual conflicts in the use of assessment
terminology by teachers and ignorance about assessing mathematical competence. Based on the
information collected, some first recommendations on the evaluation of mathematical competence
in general and of students with mathematical talent, in particular, are presented to contribute to the
professional development of teachers