Ideas from the GAIMME report illustrate how teachers can engage students in the modeling process.
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Mathematical Modeling in the High School Curriculum
Maria L. Hernández, Rachel Levy, Mathew D. Felton-Koestler, and Rose Mary Zbiek
Original Recipes for Matrix Multiplication
Allyson Hallman-Thrasher, Erin T. Litchfield, and Kevin E. Dael
Frozen custard recipes are the starting point for students to derive and explain a method for multiplying matrices.
The Place and Purpose of Combinatorics
Zach Hurdle, Max Warshauer, and Alex White
The union of curriculum goals intersects with math education standards.
Using Mathematics to Elect the U.S. President
Alexis Stevens and John Stevens
The often misunderstood Electoral College is based on the simple, yet powerful, mathematical idea of proportional reasoning.
Mathematical Modeling with MyMaps and Spreadsheets
Victoria Weber, Nicholas Fortune, Derek Williams, and Ashley Whitehead
Available apps are used to develop and investigate an optimization problem.
A Study of Statistics Through Tootsie Pops
Shelby Aaberg, Jason Vitosh, and Wendy Smith
Students construct confidence intervals, write hypothesis tests, and use sampling data to evaluate claims–all by using candy wrappers.
Six Principles for Quantitative Reasoning and Modeling
Eric Weber, Amy Ellis, Torrey Kulow, and Zekiye Ozgur
Modeling the motion of a speeding car or the growth of a Jactus plant, teachers can use six practical tips to help students develop quantitative reasoning.
Authenticity of Mathematical Modeling
Dung Tran and Barbara J. Dougherty
The choice and context of authentic problems—such as designing a staircase or a soda can—illustrate the modeling process in several stages.
Pi All Month
Students analyze a photograph to solve mathematical questions related to the images captured in the photograph. This month, photographs of the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, serve a generous helping of pi from the editors.
Using Covariation Reasoning to Support Mathematical Modeling
Erik Jacobson
Table representations of functions allow students to compare rows as well as values in the same row.
