Seeking Diversity in Mathematics Education: Mathematical Modeling in the Practice of Biologists and Mathematicians.

Smith, Erick; Haarer, Shawn; Confrey, Jere

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ERIC Number: EJ551196

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Seeking Diversity in Mathematics Education: Mathematical Modeling in the Practice of Biologists and Mathematicians.

Smith, Erick; Haarer, Shawn; Confrey, Jere

Science and Education, v6 n5 p441-72 Sep 1997

Provides details of a study that attempts to broaden the understanding of mathematics by investigating how applied mathematicians and biologists collaborate in developing dynamic population models. (DDR)

Descriptors: Biology, Diversity (Institutional), Educational Change, Epistemology, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mathematical Models, Mathematicians, Mathematics Education, Scientists, Secondary Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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