Article
How Much Do I Know About Mathematical Modeling?
Mathematics Conference Papers, Posters and Presentations
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Disciplines
Conference
PME-NA39 2017
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
10-5-2017
Conference Title
Proceedings of the Thirty-ninth Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA)
Conference Date
October 5-8, 2017
Geolocation
(39.768403, -86.15806800000001)
Abstract
Despite the importance of teachers’ conception of mathematical modeling, limited attention is given to this area in the current literature. In this study we examined 78 preservice teachers’ (PSTs) views of mathematical modeling and how their conceptions are reflected in their performance of mathematical modeling problems. Analyses of survey responses revealed that our PSTs seem to develop narrow views of mathematical modeling. In addition, although a large portion of PSTs mistook mathematical modeling with mathematical models or with traditional word problems, we found a positive association between PSTs’ conceptions of mathematical modeling and their mathematical modeling abilities.
Copyright Owner
The Author(s)
Copyright Date
2017
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Ji-Won Son, Hyunyi Jung and Ji Yeong I. "How Much Do I Know About Mathematical Modeling?" Indianapolis, Indiana(2017) p. 913 - 916 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jiyeong-i/17/
This conference paper is published as Son,J., Jung, H., I,J. (2017, October).How much do I know about mathematical modeling? . In E. Galindo & J. Newton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39thannual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 913-916). Posted with permission.