Content
What is Math – and Why Learn it? iii
A Short History of Mathematics v
Mathematics Before or Through Applications 01
Fact, Fiction, Fiddle – Three Types of Models 09
Applying Mathe-Matics, Mathe-Matism or Meta-Matics (ICME 10) 16
Applying Pastoral Metamatism or Re-Applying Grounded Mathematics (ICME 11) 24
Saving Dropout Ryan with a TI-82 (ICME 12) 35
Sustainable Adaption to Double-Quantity: From Pre-calculus to Per-number Calculations 40
Project Forecasting
Project Population and Food Growth
Project Saving and Pension
Project Supply, Demand and Market Price
Project Collection and LafferCurve
Project Linear Programming
Project Game Theory
Project Distance to a Far-away Point
Project Bridge
Project Driving
Project Vine Box
Project Golf
Project Family Firm
Classic Word Problems
References
Tarp, A. (2001). Fact, fiction, fiddle – three types of models. in J. F. Matos, W. Blum, K. Houston & S. P. Carreira (Eds.), Modelling and mathematics education. ICTMA 9: Applications in Science and Technology. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling and Applications (pp. 62-71). Chichester, UK: Horwood Publishing.
Tarp, A. (2001). Mathematics before or through applications, top-down and bottom-up understandings of linear and exponential functions. In J. F. Matos & W. Blum & K. Houston & S. P. Carreira (Eds.), Modelling and Mathematics Education. ICTMA 9: Applications in Science and Technology. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling and Applications (pp. 119-129). Chichester UK: Horwood Publishing.
Tarp, A. (2019). Sustainable Adaption to Double-Quantity: From Pre-calculus to Per-number Calculations. Paper written for the MADIF 12 Conference in Sweden, rejected. Retrieved at http://mathecademy.net/madif12-2020/.
Projects from:
Tarp, A. (2019). Mathematics Predicts, PreCalculus, How to add constant PerNumbers. Compendium retrieved at http://mathecademy.net/various/us-compendia/