Real-world problems for secondary school mathematics students : case studies /
Real-world problems for secondary school mathematics students : case studies /
edited by Juergen Maasz, John O'Donoghue.
- 1 online resource.
- Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001 .
- Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Preliminary Material / Modelling in Probability and Statistics / Problems for the Secondary Mathematics Classrooms on the Topic of Future Energy Issues / Coding Theory / Travelling to Mars: A Very Long Journey / Modelling the Storage Capacity of 2D Pixel Mosaics / Mathematics for Problems in the Everyday World / Political Polls and Surveys / Correlations between Reality and Modelling / Exploring the Final Frontier / What are the Odds? / Models for Logistic Growth Processes (e.g. Fish Population in a Pond, Number of Mobile Phones within a Given Population) / Teaching Aspects of School Geometry Using the Popular Games Rugby and Snooker / Increasing Turnover? Streamlining Working Conditions? A Possible Way to Optimize Production Processes as a Topic in Mathematics Lessons / Mathematics and Eggs / Digital Images / Modelling and Technology / List of Contributors / Juergen Maasz and John O’Donoghue -- Manfred Borovcnik and Ramesh Kapadia -- Astrid Brinkmann and Klaus Brinkmann -- Tim Brophy -- Jean Charpin -- Simone Göttlich and Thorsten Sickenberger -- Günter Graumann -- Ailish Hannigan -- Herbert Henning and Benjamin John -- Patrick Johnson -- Patrick Johnson and John O’Donoghue -- Astrid Kubicek -- Jim Leahy -- Juergen Maasz -- Juergen Maasz and Hans-Stefan Siller -- Thomas Schiller -- Hans-Stefan Siller -- Juergen Maasz and John O’Donoghue.
This is a book full of ideas for introducing real world problems into mathematics classrooms and assisting teachers and students to benefit from the experience. Taken as a whole these contributions provide a rich resource for mathematics teachers and their students that is readily available in a single volume. Nowadays there is a universal emphasis on teaching for understanding, motivating students to learn mathematics and using real world problems to improve the mathematics experience of school students. However, using real world problems in mathematics classrooms places extra demands on teachers in terms of extra-mathematical knowledge e. g. knowledge of the area of applications, and pedagogical knowledge. Care must also be taken to avoid overly complex situations and applications. Papers in this collection offer a practical perspective on these issues, and more. While many papers offer specific well worked out lesson type ideas, others concentrate on the teacher knowledge needed to introduce real world applications of mathematics into the classroom. We are confident that mathematics teachers who read the book will find a myriad of ways to introduce the material into their classrooms whether in ways suggested by the contributing authors or in their own ways, perhaps through mini-projects or extended projects or practical sessions or enquiry based learning. We are happy if they do!
9789460915437
10.1007/978-94-6091-543-7 DOI
2013442097
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Case studies.
QA16 / .R42 2011
510.712
Includes bibliographical references.
Preliminary Material / Modelling in Probability and Statistics / Problems for the Secondary Mathematics Classrooms on the Topic of Future Energy Issues / Coding Theory / Travelling to Mars: A Very Long Journey / Modelling the Storage Capacity of 2D Pixel Mosaics / Mathematics for Problems in the Everyday World / Political Polls and Surveys / Correlations between Reality and Modelling / Exploring the Final Frontier / What are the Odds? / Models for Logistic Growth Processes (e.g. Fish Population in a Pond, Number of Mobile Phones within a Given Population) / Teaching Aspects of School Geometry Using the Popular Games Rugby and Snooker / Increasing Turnover? Streamlining Working Conditions? A Possible Way to Optimize Production Processes as a Topic in Mathematics Lessons / Mathematics and Eggs / Digital Images / Modelling and Technology / List of Contributors / Juergen Maasz and John O’Donoghue -- Manfred Borovcnik and Ramesh Kapadia -- Astrid Brinkmann and Klaus Brinkmann -- Tim Brophy -- Jean Charpin -- Simone Göttlich and Thorsten Sickenberger -- Günter Graumann -- Ailish Hannigan -- Herbert Henning and Benjamin John -- Patrick Johnson -- Patrick Johnson and John O’Donoghue -- Astrid Kubicek -- Jim Leahy -- Juergen Maasz -- Juergen Maasz and Hans-Stefan Siller -- Thomas Schiller -- Hans-Stefan Siller -- Juergen Maasz and John O’Donoghue.
This is a book full of ideas for introducing real world problems into mathematics classrooms and assisting teachers and students to benefit from the experience. Taken as a whole these contributions provide a rich resource for mathematics teachers and their students that is readily available in a single volume. Nowadays there is a universal emphasis on teaching for understanding, motivating students to learn mathematics and using real world problems to improve the mathematics experience of school students. However, using real world problems in mathematics classrooms places extra demands on teachers in terms of extra-mathematical knowledge e. g. knowledge of the area of applications, and pedagogical knowledge. Care must also be taken to avoid overly complex situations and applications. Papers in this collection offer a practical perspective on these issues, and more. While many papers offer specific well worked out lesson type ideas, others concentrate on the teacher knowledge needed to introduce real world applications of mathematics into the classroom. We are confident that mathematics teachers who read the book will find a myriad of ways to introduce the material into their classrooms whether in ways suggested by the contributing authors or in their own ways, perhaps through mini-projects or extended projects or practical sessions or enquiry based learning. We are happy if they do!
9789460915437
10.1007/978-94-6091-543-7 DOI
2013442097
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Case studies.
QA16 / .R42 2011
510.712