Modeling as a Decision-Making Process

Autor/inn/en	Bleiler-Baxter, Sarah K.; Stephens, D. Christopher; Baxter, Wesley A.; Barlow, Angela T.
Titel	Modeling as a Decision-Making Process
Quelle	In: Teaching Children Mathematics, 24 (2017) 1, S.20-28 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1073-5836
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Decision Making; Teaching Methods; Elementary School Mathematics; Elementary School Students; Student Centered Learning; Vignettes; Mathematical Models; Mathematical Concepts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Mathematical model; Mathematisches Modell
Abstract	The goal in this article is to support teachers in better understanding what it means to model with mathematics by focusing on three key decision-making processes: Simplification, Relationship Mapping, and Situation Analysis. The authors use the Theme Park task to help teachers develop a vision of how students engage in these three decision-making processes in an elementary school classroom. Following this discussion, the authors reflect on the implementation of this task, giving attention to the roles that student autonomy and task selection play in the use of modeling with mathematics. Using simplification, relationship mapping, and situation analysis as a framework, the authors offer vignettes of student discussions about the Theme Park task to highlight their key choices as they model with mathematics. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01