Overview

This book documents the journey undertaken by educators from the Mathematics and Mathematics Education (MME) Academic Group in the National Institute of Education (NIE) and Singapore schools during a Mathematical Modelling Outreach (MMO) event in June 2010 under the guidance of renowned experts in the field of mathematical modelling. The main goal of MMO was to reach out to Singapore primary and secondary schools and introduce the potentials of mathematical modelling as a platform for eliciting mathematical thinking, communication, and reasoning among students. This book contributes to the expanding literature on mathematical modelling by offering voices from the Singaporean context. It suggests how theoretical perspectives on mathematical modelling can be transformed into actual practice in schools, all within the existing infrastructure of the current Singapore mathematics curriculum. More importantly, the book provides documentary evidence on how plans put in place through MMO in 2010 have since been realised.The publication of this book is hence timely at this juncture. Not only does the book record how MMO was among the first pebbles launched into the pond, it also serves as a bridge over which educators can stand upon to view how the ripple effect had developed from the initial MMO pebble and the directions it may continue to extend. Perhaps in the process, other ripples in the teaching, learning, and research of mathematical modelling can be created.

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Author:   Ngan Hoe Lee (Nie, Ntu, S'pore) ,  Kit Ee Dawn Ng (Nie, Ntu, S'pore)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Volume:   8
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9789814546911

ISBN 10:   9814546917
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   13 March 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Setting the Stage for Mathematical Modelling in Schools: Promotion of Mathematical Modelling Competencies in the Context of Modelling Projects; Problem Finding and Problem Posing for Mathematical Modelling; Mathematical Modelling in Singapore Schools: A Framework for Instruction; Mathematical Modelling in Australia; Mathematical Modelling in Japan; Fostering Mathematical Modelling in Schools: Learning through Modelling in the Primary Years; Fostering Mathematical Modelling in the Secondary Schools; Fostering Mathematical Competencies: Initial Perspectives from Singapore; Mathematical Modelling - An Example from an Inter-School Modelling Challenge; Mathematical Learning through Modelling Tasks: Learning through 'Designing a Cafe'; Learning through 'Plane Punctuality'; Learning through 'Mobile Phone Plan'; Learning through 'The Best Paper Plane'; Learning through 'Designing a Tent'; Learning through 'Dream Home'; Learning through 'The Unsinkable Titanic'; Implications and Future Directions: Bringing the Ideas Forward.

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