READING ROOM | Math Modeling Reading Room

We are creating a repository of papers related to Early Math Modeling. You will need a password- contact Jennifer Suh at jsuh4@gmu.edu

Research Papers

Suh, J. M ., Burke, L., Britton, K., Matson, K., Ferguson, L., Jamieson, S., & Seshaiyer, P. (2018). Every Penny Counts: Promoting Community Engagement to Engage Students in Mathematical Modeling. In R. Gutierrez & Goffney, I. (Eds.), Annual Perspectives in Mathematics Education: Rehumanizing Mathematics for Students who are Black, Indigenous, and/or Latin@. (pp.63-78). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Suh, J.M., Matson, K. & Seshaiyer, P. (2017). Engaging Elementary Students in the Creative Process of Mathematizing Their World through Mathematical Modeling. Education Sciences 7 (62) doi:10.3390/educsci7020062

Carlson, M.A., Wickstrom, M.H., Burroughs, B. & Fulton, E. (2016). A Case for Mathematical Modeling in the Elementary School Classroom . Annual Perspectives in Mathematics Education (APME) 2016: Mathematical Modeling and Modeling Mathematics, ed., Christian R. Hirsch, pp. 121–29. Reston, Va.: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

English, L. D. (2010). Young children’s early modelling with data. Mathematics Education Research Journal , 22(2), 24–47.

English, L. D. (2013). Complex modelling in the primary and middle school years: An interdisciplinary approach. In G. A. Stillman, G. Kaiser, W. Blum, & J. P. Brown (Eds.), Teaching Mathematical Modelling: Connecting to Research and Practice (pp. 491–505). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-007-6540-5_42

Doerr, H.M., & English, L.D. (2003). A Modeling perspective on students’ mathematical reasoning about data. Journal of Research in Mathematics Education , 34(2), 110-136.

English LD, Bergman Arleback J, Mousoulides N, (2016) Reflections on progress in mathematical modelling research, The second handbook of research on the psychology of mathematics education: The journey continues p383-413

Practitioner Journal Articles

Exploring Yellow Stone with Math Modeling

Wickstrom, M. H., Carr, R., & Lackey D. (2017). Exploring yellowstone park with mathematical modeling. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School . NCTM.

English, L.D., Fox, J.L., & Watters, J.J. (2005). Problem posing and solving with mathematical modeling. Teaching Children Mathematics , 12(3), 156-163.