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Teaching and Facilitating Mathematical Modeling: Teaching, Teaching Practices, and Innovation

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This commentary acknowledges contributions from three chapters that address the teaching of mathematical modeling in the early grades. Carlson, Fulton, and Suh and colleagues each report on projects that engaged in-service elementary school teachers in crafting and implementing early experiences in mathematical modeling in the United States. The contributions of the chapters inform understanding of teaching of mathematical modeling (MM), especially in terms of teaching practices during planning and implementation of early MM experiences. Other contributions come in the form of tools that could assist teachers and researchers to monitor and improve classroom MM activities. In the commentary, the teaching practices illuminated by the reported research are contrasted and connected to broader literature on teacher practices. The phenomenon is compared also to the use of different frameworks to understand the more established area of teacher growth in the use of technology in teaching mathematics.

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  1. Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

    Rose Mary Zbiek

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  1. College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

    Jennifer M. Suh

  2. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA

    Megan H. Wickstrom

  3. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Lyn D. English

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Zbiek, R.M. (2021). Teaching and Facilitating Mathematical Modeling: Teaching, Teaching Practices, and Innovation. In: Suh, J.M., Wickstrom, M.H., English, L.D. (eds) Exploring Mathematical Modeling with Young Learners. Early Mathematics Learning and Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63900-6_9

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