TY - CHAP
T1 - Mathematical modelling in Dutch textbooks
T2 - is it genuine mathematical modelling?
AU - Zwaneveld, B.
AU - Perrenet, J.C.
AU - van Overveld, C.W.A.M.
AU - Borghuis, V.A.J.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - n this chapter, we analyse the two most frequently used Dutch mathematics textbooks for upper secondary schools in order to determine to what extent the tasks in these textbooks meet the criteria we have set for genuine mathematical modelling: does a modelling task have a modelling purpose, and do the students have to perform characteristic modelling activities? The criterion of having a modelling purpose stems from a modelling course in tertiary education by the last two authors. For the characteristic modelling activities, we used the research of the first two authors. Only a very small percentage of the analysed tasks meets the criteria. So, there is hardly any genuine mathematical modelling in the two textbooks, although it is explicitly mentioned in the formal curriculum.
AB - n this chapter, we analyse the two most frequently used Dutch mathematics textbooks for upper secondary schools in order to determine to what extent the tasks in these textbooks meet the criteria we have set for genuine mathematical modelling: does a modelling task have a modelling purpose, and do the students have to perform characteristic modelling activities? The criterion of having a modelling purpose stems from a modelling course in tertiary education by the last two authors. For the characteristic modelling activities, we used the research of the first two authors. Only a very small percentage of the analysed tasks meets the criteria. So, there is hardly any genuine mathematical modelling in the two textbooks, although it is explicitly mentioned in the formal curriculum.
KW - Genuine mathematical modelling
KW - Dutch secondary mathematics textbooks
KW - Modelling purposes
KW - Characteristic modelling activities
KW - Problem solving and mathematical modelling
KW - Conceptual development and mathematical modelling
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-62968-1_42
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-62968-1_42
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-319-62967-4
T3 - International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling
SP - 503
EP - 514
BT - Mathematical modelling and applications
A2 - Stillman, Gloria Ann
A2 - Blum, Werner
A2 - Kaiser, Gabriele
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
ER -