Mathematical Modelling and Applications
Crossing and Researching Boundaries in Mathematics Education
Editors: Stillman, Gloria, Blum, Werner, Kaiser, Gabriele (Eds.)
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- Discusses mathematical modelling from early childhood to schools and higher education and workplace learning
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This volume documents on-going research and theorising in the sub-field of mathematics education devoted to the teaching and learning of mathematical modelling and applications. Mathematical modelling provides a way of conceiving and resolving problems in the life world of people whether these range from the everyday individual numeracy level to sophisticated new problems for society at large. Mathematical modelling and real world applications are considered as having potential for multi-disciplinary work that involves knowledge from a variety of communities of practice such as those in different workplaces (e.g., those of educators, designers, construction engineers, museum curators) and in different fields of academic endeavour (e.g., history, archaeology, mathematics, economics). From an educational perspective, researching the development of competency in real world modelling involves research situated in crossing the boundaries between being a student engaged in modelling or mathematical application to real word tasks in the classroom, being a teacher of mathematical modelling (in or outside the classroom or bridging both), and being a modeller of the world outside the classroom. This is the focus of many of the authors of the chapters in this book. All authors of this volume are members of the International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling (ICTMA), the peak research body into researching the teaching and learning of mathematical modelling at all levels of education from the early years to tertiary education as well as in the workplace.
- Table of contents (53 chapters)
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Crossing Boundaries in Mathematical Modelling and Applications Educational Research and Practice
Pages 1-22
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Mathematical Modelling with Increasing Learning Aids: A Video Study
Pages 25-35
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Modelling with Statistical Data: Characterisation of Student Models
Pages 37-47
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How Teachers Can Promote Mathematising by Means of Mathematical City Walks
Pages 49-58
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L’Hospital’s Weight Problem: Testing the Boundaries Between Mathematics and Physics and Between Application and Modelling
Pages 59-69
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Table of contents (53 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Mathematical Modelling and Applications
- Book Subtitle
- Crossing and Researching Boundaries in Mathematics Education
- Editors
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- Gloria Stillman
- Werner Blum
- Gabriele Kaiser
- Series Title
- International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-62968-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-62968-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-62967-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-87441-8
- Series ISSN
- 2211-4920
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 647
- Number of Illustrations
- 139 b/w illustrations
- Topics
