Department of Mathematical Sciences
Colloquium Series
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Mathematical Modelling: Linking Mathematics, Science, and the Arts in the Primary Curriculum
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Lyn D. English
Queensland University of Technology
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This paper presents one approach to incorporating interdisciplinary experiences in the primary school mathematics curriculum, namely, the creation of realistic mathematical modelling problems that draw on other disciplines for their contexts and data. The paper first considers the nature of modelling with complex systems and how such experiences differ from existing problem-solving activities in the primary mathematics curriculum. Principles for designing interdisciplinary modelling problems are then presented, with reference to two mathematical modelling problems, one based in the scientific domain and the other in the literary domain. Examples of the models children have created in solving these problems follow. Finally, a reflection on the differences in the diversity and sophistication of these models raises issues regarding the design of interdisciplinary modelling problems.
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Wednesday, 1 August 2007
4:10 p.m. in Math 109 |
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