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Saka, Ebru; Alkan, Sevilay – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
In the study, it was aimed to examine the activities in the Secondary School Mathematics Practices course books taught within the scope of mathematics practices course in Turkey and published by the Ministry of National Education, according to the principles of Model Eliciting Activity (MEA) design. For this purpose, document analysis technique,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Textbooks
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Armutcu, Yaprak; Bal, Ayten Pinar – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2023
This study was conducted to examine the effect of mathematical modelling activities on the mathematical modelling skills of secondary school students in the context of STEM education. The study was designed according to the embedded design, one of the mixed research methods. The study group of research consists of 66 eighth-grade students studying…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Skills, Program Effectiveness
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Rafiepour, Abolfazl; Abdolahpour, Kazem – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
The main purpose of the current study is modifying students' daily drinking water and managing waste water through modelling activities as context and modelling cycle as tool. In this study, 12 students (13-14 years old) from the lower secondary school were participated. These students were participated in two sessions (60 minutes) each week for…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Mathematical Models, Water Quality, Learning Activities
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Bush, Sarah B.; Gibbons, Katie; Karp, Karen S.; Dillon, Fred – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2015
The phenomenon of outbreaks of dangerous diseases is both intriguing to students and of mathematical significance, which is exactly why the authors engaged eighth graders in an introductory activity on the growth that occurs as an epidemic spreads. Various contexts can set the stage for such an exploration. Reading adolescent literature like…
Descriptors: Diseases, Public Health, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction
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Mousoulides, Nicholas G.; Christou, Constantinos; Sriraman, Bharath – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2008
This study analyzed the processes used by students when engaged in modeling activities and examined how students' abilities to solve modeling problems changed over time. Two student populations, one experimental and one control group, participated in the study. To examine students' modeling processes, the experimental group participated in an…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mathematical Models, Modeling (Psychology), Problem Solving