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v 52, 2008

Matematiska kollokviet

Tuesday 13 January 2009, Glashuset 13.15-14.15, Jonas Bergman Ärlebäck, MAI (Joint Seminar with Mathematics Education)

Title: Introducing mathematical modelling using Fermi problems in upper secondary school.

Abstract: In the documents governing the Swedish upper secondary mathematics education more and more emphasis is put on mathematical modelling. However, research suggests that the explicit teaching of mathematical modelling is not part of the implemented curricula in the classrooms. In this background, I report on and discuss a study aiming to investigate the potential of using Fermi problems to introduce mathematical modelling to Swedish upper secondary school students. The work of three groups of students engaged in solving realistic Fermi problems was analysed using an analytic tool referred to as the MAD framework, providing ‘modelling activity diagrams’ of the groups’ problem solving processes. Using these diagrams, I conclude that the processes involved in a mathematical modelling were richly represented in the problem solving processes of the groups.

Wednesday 14 January 2009, Glashuset 14.15-15.00, Magnus Herbertsson, MAI

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