Mathematical modelling: Providing valid description or lost in translation?

Jeremy Burke; Eva Jablonka; Christopher Olley

Mathematical modelling: Providing valid description or lost in translation?

Jeremy Burke, Eva Jablonka, Christopher Olley

School of Education, Communication & Society

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper

Abstract

With a focus on ‘translation’, we will discuss elements of a language of
description that captures a range of strategies and criteria deployed in
setting up a mathematical model and demonstrate its usefulness for
analysing and evaluating school mathematical modelling activities. We
see this as part of a larger project of exploring mathematical modelling
and its recontextualisation in school mathematics.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics
Editors	Patrick Barmby
Publisher	British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics
Pages	31-36
Number of pages	6
Volume	34
Edition	1
Publication status	Published - 2014

Publication series

Name	Informal Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics
Publisher	ritish Society for Research into Learning Mathematics
Number	1
Volume	34
ISSN (Electronic)	1463-6840

Keywords

modelling
mathematisation
recontextualisation

Cite this

Burke, J., Jablonka, E., & Olley, C. (2014). Mathematical modelling: Providing valid description or lost in translation? In P. Barmby (Ed.), Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics (1 ed., Vol. 34, pp. 31-36). (Informal Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics; Vol. 34, No. 1). British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics.

Burke, Jeremy ; Jablonka, Eva ; Olley, Christopher. / Mathematical modelling : Providing valid description or lost in translation?. Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics. editor / Patrick Barmby. Vol. 34 1. ed. British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, 2014. pp. 31-36 (Informal Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics; 1).

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Mathematical modelling: Providing valid description or lost in translation? / Burke, Jeremy ; Jablonka, Eva ; Olley, Christopher.
Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics. ed. / Patrick Barmby. Vol. 34 1. ed. British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, 2014. p. 31-36 (Informal Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics; Vol. 34, No. 1).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper

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Burke J , Jablonka E , Olley C. Mathematical modelling: Providing valid description or lost in translation? In Barmby P, editor, Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics. 1 ed. Vol. 34. British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics. 2014. p. 31-36. (Informal Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics; 1).