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Dede, Yüksel; Akçakin, Veysel; Kaya, Gürcan – ECNU Review of Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the mathematical values, mathematics educational values, and educational values involved in mathematical modeling tasks based on different mathematical modeling perspectives. Design/Approach/Methods: In this context, the present study is a qualitative research based on document analysis. The data…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematical Models, Values, Social Justice
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Gök, Mustafa; Demir, Nihal – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
The opinions of mathematics teachers about using mathematical modeling (MM) in daily life problems and their use of MM in solving a daily life problem were examined within the scope of the graduate-level MM course in this study. The research was designed as a case study. Participants are five mathematics teachers selected by the purposive sampling…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Models
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Çelik, H. Coskun – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
The aim of the present study was to examine the mathematical modelling studies done between 2004 and 2015 in Turkey and to reveal their tendencies. Forty-nine studies were selected using purposeful sampling based on the term, "mathematical modelling" with Higher Education Academic Search Engine. They were analyzed with content analysis.…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Qualitative Research
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Doruk, Bekir Kürsat – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2016
Researchers have proposed a variety of methods to make a connection between real life and mathematics so that it can be learned in a practical way and enable people to utilise mathematics in their daily lives. Model-eliciting activities (MEAs) were developed to fulfil this need and are very capable of serving this purpose. The reason MEAs are so…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries
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Sokolowski, Andrzej – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2015
This study investigated the effects of applying mathematical modeling on revising students' preconception of the process of optimizing area enclosed by a string of a fixed length. A group of 28 high school pre-calculus students were immersed in modeling activity that included direct measurements, data collecting, and formulating algebraic…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, High School Students, Calculus, Algebra
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Aksoy, Yilmaz; Bayazit, Ibrahim; Dönmez, S. Merve Kirnap – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
This study investigates approaches, strategies and models used by prospective primary school teachers in responding to real-world problems. The research was carried out with 82 participants. Data were collected through written-exam and semi-structured interviews; and they were analysed using content and discourse analysis methods. Most of the…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Models, Elementary School Curriculum
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers