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This chapter presents partial results from a research project developed through a case study of ninth grade students attending a country secondary school in Colombia. The purpose of the study was to analyze mathematical modelling activity in the classroom addressing the students’ social and family situations. From the products and interpretations of some students in the creation of particular linear models in a school context, we could observe the reality the students live, brought to the classroom through the activities of the modelling process and their arguments built around problem solving. The study shows that it is not necessary for the teacher to suggest or make up real-world problems for modelling situations for students to work on in class as the students pose appropriate situations to model in the classroom from their our prior everyday experiences.
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Vélez, J.L.B., Orrego, S.M.L., López, C.M.J. (2015). Activation of Student Prior Knowledge to Build Linear Models in the Context of Modelling Pre-paid Electricity Consumption. In: Stillman, G., Blum, W., Salett Biembengut, M. (eds) Mathematical Modelling in Education Research and Practice. International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18272-8_26
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