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Students and Real World Applications: Still a Challenging Mix
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Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia . 2013Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA, 36th, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2013). - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Rhetoric about the importance of students being equipped to apply mathematics to relevant problems arising in their lives, individually, as citizens, and in the workplace has never been matched by serious policy or curricular support. This paper identifies and elaborates authenticity implications for addressing this issue, and describes aspects of a modelling challenge in which students were mentored to engage in problem solving located in real world settings. Characteristics of the approach and selected student responses to the challenge are provided.
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
- Publication Type :
- Conference
- Accession number :
- ED572874
- Document Type :
- Speeches/Meeting Papers<br />Reports - Research