Mathematical modelling : from theory to practice / edited by Lee Ngan Hoe, Ng Kit Ee Dawn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Ngan Hoe.

Contributor:

Lee, Ngan Hoe, editor.

Ng, Kit Ee Dawn, editor.

Series:

Series on mathematics education ; Volume 8.

Series on Mathematics Education ; Volume 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Study and teaching (Secondary).

Mathematics.

Mathematics teachers--Training of.

Mathematics teachers.

High school teachers--Training of.

High school teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, New Jersey ; London, [England] : World Scientific, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book documents the journey undertaken by educators from the Mathematics and Mathematics Education (MME) Academic Group in the National Institute of Education (NIE) and Singapore schools during a Mathematical Modelling Outreach (MMO) event in June 2010 under the guidance of renowned experts in the field of mathematical modelling. The main goal of MMO was to reach out to Singapore primary and secondary schools and introduce the potentials of mathematical modelling as a platform for eliciting mathematical thinking, communication, and reasoning among students. This book contributes to the expanding literature on mathematical modelling by offering voices from the Singaporean context. It suggests how theoretical perspectives on mathematical modelling can be transformed into actual practice in schools, all within the existing infrastructure of the current Singapore mathematics curriculum. More importantly, the book provides documentary evidence on how plans put in place through MMO in 2010 have since been realised. The publication of this book is hence timely at this juncture. Not only does the book record how MMO was among the first pebbles launched into the pond, it also serves as a bridge over which educators can stand upon to view how the ripple effect had developed from the initial MMO pebble and the directions it may continue to extend. Perhaps in the process, other ripples in the teaching, learning, and research of mathematical modelling can be created.

Contents:

ch. 1. Introduction: Mathematical modelling outreach in Singapore / Ng Kit Ee Dawn and Lee Ngan Hoe

Section 1. Setting the stage for mathematical modelling in schools. ch. 2. Promotion of mathematical modelling competencies in the context of modelling projects / Gabriele Kaiser and Susanne Grunewald

ch. 3. Problem finding and problem posing for mathematical modelling / Gloria Stillman

ch. 4. Mathematical modelling in Singapore schools: A framework for instruction / Ang Keng Chen

ch. 5. Mathematical modelling in Australia / Vincent Geiger

ch. 6. Mathematical modelling in Japan / Toshikazu Ikeda

Section 2. Fostering mathematical modelling in schools. ch. 7. Learning through modelling in the primary years / Lyn D. English

ch. 8. Fostering mathematical modelling in secondary schools / Gloria Stillman

ch. 9. Mathematical modelling - An example from an inter-school modelling challenge / Raymond Brown ... [et al.]

Section 3. Mathematical learning through modelling tasks. ch. 10. Learning through "designing a cafe" / Yeo Kai Kow Joseph

ch. 11. Learning through "plane punctuality" / Ho Weng Kin

ch. 12. Learning through "mobile phone plan" / Cheng Lu Pien and Chua Kwee Gek

ch. 13. Learning through "the best paper plane" / Soon Wan Mei Amanda, Chiok Hwee Fen and Kong May Hua Maybelline

ch. 14. Learning through "designing a tent" / Ho Siew Yin

ch. 15. Learning through "dream home" / Chan Chun Ming Eric

ch. 16. Learning through "the unsinkable Titanic" / Jaguthsing Dindyal and Foo Him Ho.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

981-4546-92-5

OCLC:

905865155