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Lowe, James; Carter, Merilyn; Cooper, Tom – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2018
Mathematical models are conceptual processes that use mathematics to describe, explain, and/or predict the behaviour of complex systems. This article is written for teachers of mathematics in the junior secondary years (including out-of-field teachers of mathematics) who may be unfamiliar with mathematical modelling, to explain the steps involved…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Models, Algebra, Mathematics Teachers
Sandhu, Satwant; Kidman, Gillian; Cooper, Tom – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
Queensland rural and remote schools have difficulty in attracting experienced, in-field mathematics teachers. Thus, when such teachers arrive, much is expected of them to increase the mathematics knowledge of students. This paper looks at one such teacher who, against the high expectations placed upon him as an in-field teacher, experienced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction