PROCEEDINGS OF THE 23RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2020
Boston, Massachusetts
Conflicts during mathematical modeling
Page: 1201
This exploratory study investigates how students attend to conflicts that arise during the validation of a model while engaging with a mathematical modeling task. Analysis of a one-on-one task-based interview revealed that the student attended to conflict in the following ways: (1) modifying the object of validation (2) modifying the standard of validation, and (3) leaving the conflict unresolved.