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Eric, Chan Chun Ming; Vapumarican, Rashidah; Vanessa, Oh Kaiwen; Tracy, Liu Huanjia; Shirley, Seah Yew Hwee – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2016
The solving of structured multi-step word problems has been a dominant practice in schools and is seen as a way to develop students' mathematical reasoning abilities. Unfortunately, it is limited in scope and does not provide opportunities for eliciting deeper reasoning as they are neither rich enough nor anchored in authentic data that resemble…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Mathematical Logic, Elementary School Students, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Galbraith, Peter – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
Rhetoric about the importance of students being equipped to apply mathematics to relevant problems arising in their lives, individually, as citizens, and in the workplace has never been matched by serious policy or curricular support. This paper identifies and elaborates authenticity implications for addressing this issue, and describes aspects of…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Mathematical Models