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Rising to the Challenge: Promoting Mathematical Modelling as Real-World Problem Solving
Mathematical Modelling Education and Sense-making (2020)
  • Peter Galbraith, University of Queensland
  • Derek Holton, The University of Melbourne
  • Ross Turner, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Abstract
The International Mathematical Modelling Challenge (IM2C) adds a new incentive for applications of mathematics to problems beyond the classroom. Here we describe the design of a single package of support material for multiple audiences: on the one hand, for teachers intending to introduce modelling into curricula independent of Challenge involvement, on the other hand, for those wishing to enter teams in the Challenge. Some of the latter may also need modelling support provided for the former. It is necessary to identify and apply principles, some common to both and others directed to serving differing priorities within the two audiences. This involves addressing issues that continue to engage the international community, such as the purpose of modelling cycles, competencies, and the mentoring of student modellers. The chapter engages and illustrates such considerations.
Keywords
  • Competency,
  • Mentoring,
  • Modelling challenge,
  • Modelling processes,
  • Support materials
Publication Date
2020
Editor
Gloria Ann Stillman, Gabriele Kaiser, & Christine Erna Lampen
Publisher
Springer
Series
International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling
ISBN
978-3-030-37673-4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37673-4_22
Citation Information
Peter Galbraith, Derek Holton and Ross Turner. "Rising to the Challenge: Promoting Mathematical Modelling as Real-World Problem Solving" ChamMathematical Modelling Education and Sense-making (2020) p. 253 - 263
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ross_turner/59/