September 10, 2025EncyclopediaOpen Access

Perspectives on Mathematical Modeling Education: Conceptions and Research

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This entry reviews modeling tasks and their impact on student engagement in mathematics education, highlighting necessary teacher preparation.

Modeling tasks enhance student engagement by involving them in authentic contexts and revising solutions.
The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics emphasize modeling with mathematics through mathematical practice 4.
Diverse conceptions of modeling exist, including holistic and atomistic frameworks that describe the modeling process.
Challenges persist for teachers in effectively enacting modeling tasks in classrooms.

Taite et al. (2025) studied this question.

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This entry reviews modeling tasks and their impact on student engagement in mathematics education, highlighting necessary teacher preparation.