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Direct linkMireia Brunet-Biarnes; Lluís Albarracín – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2024
Previous research has highlighted the importance of social relationships in mathematical group work while working on modelling activities. This study analyses the interaction of sixth-grade students in Primary Education (11 to 12 years old) carrying out a modelling task in groups with a Fermi problem used as the modelling activity. The focus of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Task Analysis
Fadime Ulusoy; Hanife Merve Erdogan; Nagihan Haliloglu; Damla Ceren Bakirci – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2025
Mathematization is a critical competency in the modelling process. This study aims to elicit prospective mathematics teachers' mathematizing through the analysis of their solution approaches to a modelling problem related to the bales of straw. This study was conducted with 75 fourth-year prospective mathematics teachers (PMTs) enrolled in a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Models, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
Jonathan Brown; Erin Turner; Delia Sotelo Fierros – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2025
Mathematical modeling involves using mathematics to represent, analyze, and make predictions or decisions about real- world situations. Garfunkel and Montgomery (2016) elaborate on six components of the mathematical modeling process, including identifying the problem, making assumptions and identifying variables, doing the math, analyzing and…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving
Download full textAmy Been Bennett; Julia Aguirre; Erin E. Turner; Elzena McVicar; Erin Carll – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
Mathematical modeling is a process in which students investigate authentic problems and everyday situations using mathematics. In doing so, they bring their multiple mathematical knowledge bases and cultural funds of knowledge into their solution strategies. During a task called "Abuelo's Birthday", 297 students in grades 3-5 decided how…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students, Cultural Background
Lomax, Kendra; Alfonzo, Kristin; Dietz, Sarah; Kleyman, Ellen; Kazemi, Elham – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2017
The goals of problem-solving activities in the elementary grades often include making sense of story problems, developing a range of strategies, and reaching accurate solutions. These are important mathematical aims, but they do not fully address the demands of modeling with mathematics as described in the fourth of the Common Core's eight…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Problem Solving
Gilat, Talya; Amit, Miriam – PNA, 2014
The aim of this paper is to show how engaging students in real-life mathematical situations can stimulate their mathematical creative thinking. We analyzed the mathematical modeling of two girls, aged 10 and 13 years, as they worked on an authentic task involving the selection of a track team. The girls displayed several modeling cycles that…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Females
Peled, Irit; Keisar, Einav – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2015
In this action research, first-graders were challenged to cope with a sequence of modelling tasks involving an analysis of given situations and choices of mathematical tools. In the course of the sequence, they underwent a change in the nature of their problem-solving processes and developed modelling competencies. Moreover, during the task…
Descriptors: Coping, Task Analysis, Tables (Data), Grade 1
