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Using Popular Science in a Mathematical Modeling Course

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A student-driven approach to a mathematical modeling course is presented. Students choose their topic based on an article from a popular science medium, spend time researching the background information of the article, constructing a mathematical model, solving it, and either writing a report or giving a brief presentation before a critical audience. Through this experience, students learn the underlying techniques of formulating relevant mathematical models.

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The author would like to acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation, Grant DUE-0231231.

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  1. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA

    Burt S. Tilley

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  1. Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marn, Créteil Cedex, Val-de-Marne, France

    Alain Damlamian

  2. Universidade de Lisboa/CMAF-FCUL, Lisboa, Portugal

    José Francisco Rodrigues

  3. Inst. Didaktik der Mathematik, Universität Gießen FB 12 Mathematik, Gießen, Germany

    Rudolf Sträßer

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Tilley, B.S. (2013). Using Popular Science in a Mathematical Modeling Course. In: Damlamian, A., Rodrigues, J., Sträßer, R. (eds) Educational Interfaces between Mathematics and Industry. New ICMI Study Series, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02270-3_35

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