Modelling and Applications in Mathematics Education The 14th ICMI St
The overall goal of Modelling and Applications in Mathematics Education is to provide a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in the field of modelling and applications in mathematics education. Key issues are dealt with, among which are the foll
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VOLUME 10 Published under the auspices of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction under the general editorship of Michele Artigue, President
Bernard R. Hodgson, Secretary-General
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Werner Blum Peter L. Galbraith Hans-Wolfgang Henn Mogens Niss (Editors)
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Werner Blum University of Kassel/ Germany
Hans-Wolfgang Henn University of Dortmund/ Germany
Peter L. Galbraith The University of Queensland/ Australia
Mogens Niss Roskilde University/ Denmark
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006932713 ISBN-13: 978-0-387-29820-7 ISBN-10: 0-387-29820-7 e-lSBN-13: 978-0-387-29822-1 e-lSBN-10: 0-387-29822-3
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
xi
1
INTRODUCTION
1
MoGENS Niss, WERNER Introduction
2
PLENARIES
33
CLAUDIALSINA
35
2.1
1 BLUM
& PETER
GALBRAITH
3
Less chalk, less words, less symbols ... more objects, more context, more actions 2.2
MORTEN BLOMH0J & TOMAS HOJGAARD JENSEN
45
What's all the fuss about competencies? 2.3
JERE CONFREY & ALAN MALONEY
57
A theory of mathematical modelling in technological settings 2.4
HELEN M . DOERR
69
What knowledge do teachers need for teaching mathematics through applications and modelling? 2.5
PETER GALBRAITH
79
Beyond the low hanging fruit 2.6
BRIAN GREER, LIEVEN VERSCHAFFEL & SWAPNA MUKHOPADHYAY
89
Modelling for life: Mathematics and children's experience 2.7
GABRIELE KAISER & KATJA MAASS
99
Modelling in lower secondary mathematics classroom - problems and opportunities 2.8
HENRY POLLAK
Mathematical modelling - A conversation with Henry Pollak
109
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ISSUES IN APPLICATIONS AND MODELLING
121
3.1
EPISTEMOLOGY AND MODELLING
123
3.1.0
JERECONFREY
125
Epistemo