A brief guide to modelling in secondary school: Estimating big numbers

L. Albarracín; N. Gorgorió

doi:10.1093/teamat/hrv006

A brief guide to modelling in secondary school: Estimating big numbers

L. Albarracín, N. Gorgorió

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

2 Citations (Web of Science)

Abstract

© The Author 2015. Fermi problems are problems which, due to their difficulty, can be satisfactorily solved by being broken down into smaller pieces that are solved separately. In this article, we present different sequences of activities involving Fermi problems that can be carried out in Secondary School classes.The aimof these activities is to discuss problem-solving strategies and to introduce modelling processes in compulsory education.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	223-228
Journal	Teaching Mathematics and its Applications
Volume	34
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/teamat/hrv006
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

Access to Document

10.1093/teamat/hrv006

Cite this

@article{42effb934d4f4ced83afbe206eb47d2d,

title = "A brief guide to modelling in secondary school: Estimating big numbers",

abstract = "{\textcopyright} The Author 2015. Fermi problems are problems which, due to their difficulty, can be satisfactorily solved by being broken down into smaller pieces that are solved separately. In this article, we present different sequences of activities involving Fermi problems that can be carried out in Secondary School classes.The aimof these activities is to discuss problem-solving strategies and to introduce modelling processes in compulsory education.",

author = "L. Albarrac{\'i}n and N. Gorgori{\'o}",

year = "2015",

month = jan,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1093/teamat/hrv006",

language = "English",

volume = "34",

pages = "223--228",

journal = "Teaching Mathematics and its Applications",

issn = "0268-3679",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - A brief guide to modelling in secondary school: Estimating big numbers

AU - Albarracín, L.

AU - Gorgorió, N.

PY - 2015/1/1

Y1 - 2015/1/1

N2 - © The Author 2015. Fermi problems are problems which, due to their difficulty, can be satisfactorily solved by being broken down into smaller pieces that are solved separately. In this article, we present different sequences of activities involving Fermi problems that can be carried out in Secondary School classes.The aimof these activities is to discuss problem-solving strategies and to introduce modelling processes in compulsory education.

AB - © The Author 2015. Fermi problems are problems which, due to their difficulty, can be satisfactorily solved by being broken down into smaller pieces that are solved separately. In this article, we present different sequences of activities involving Fermi problems that can be carried out in Secondary School classes.The aimof these activities is to discuss problem-solving strategies and to introduce modelling processes in compulsory education.

U2 - 10.1093/teamat/hrv006

DO - 10.1093/teamat/hrv006

M3 - Article

SN - 0268-3679

VL - 34

SP - 223

EP - 228

JO - Teaching Mathematics and its Applications

JF - Teaching Mathematics and its Applications

IS - 4

ER -

A brief guide to modelling in secondary school: Estimating big numbers

Abstract

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this