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Upper Secondary Perspectives on Applications and Modelling

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Modelling and Applications in Mathematics Education

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Several issues raised in this study are of heightened importance at the upper secondary level. There are many tensions at this level of schooling contributing to a reluctance by teachers to teach mathematics by modelling and a scepticism by many students that modelling is central to their mathematical learning. Several of these tensions are raised as the issues are discussed in this chapter. The challenge is for modelling to be seen as an essential embedded element of mathematics, mathematics teaching and assessment whether students are in academic, technical or general education courses.

Valued contributions to a discussion provided by: Michèle Artaud, Ferdinando Arzarello, Olive Chapman, Dirk De Bock, Solomon Garfunkel, Jerry Legé, Vimolan Mudaly, Geoffrey Roulet, Akihiko Saeki, and Rudolf Strässer.

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    Gloria Stillman

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  1. University of Kassel, Germany

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  2. The University of Queensland, Australia

    Peter L. Galbraith

  3. University of Dortmund, Germany

    Hans-Wolfgang Henn

  4. Roskilde University, Denmark

    Mogens Niss

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Stillman, G. (2007). Upper Secondary Perspectives on Applications and Modelling. In: Blum, W., Galbraith, P.L., Henn, HW., Niss, M. (eds) Modelling and Applications in Mathematics Education. New ICMI Study Series, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-29822-1_52

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