Fermi problems as tasks to introduce modelling: what we know and what else we should know

Fermi problems as tasks to introduce modelling: what we know and what else we should know

Fermi problems have been widely used in Physics teaching at university level in the United States. Multiple recommendations for use in other educational areas can be found in the literature, as the case of mathematical modeling introduction, but its presence in math classrooms has not been yet achie...

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Main Author: Lluís Albarracín
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat Politècnica de València 2017-08-01
Series:Modelling in Science Education and Learning
Subjects:
Problemas de Fermi
modelización
estimación
grandes cantidades
Online Access:https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/MSEL/article/view/7707
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spelling doaj-2509abe561a84319a5d7b45df9b73dfb2020-11-25T00:10:19ZengUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaModelling in Science Education and Learning1988-31452017-08-0110211713610.4995/msel.2017.77075480Fermi problems as tasks to introduce modelling: what we know and what else we should knowLluís Albarracín0Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaFermi problems have been widely used in Physics teaching at university level in the United States. Multiple recommendations for use in other educational areas can be found in the literature, as the case of mathematical modeling introduction, but its presence in math classrooms has not been yet achieved. We present these problems and discuss about its definition and characteristics that make them particularly interesting for the use of mathematics in real contexts. We also review those aspects that have been investigated from the perspective of mathematics education, especially the way in which students generate mathematical models to solve them and we aim some directions that should be addressed in future research.https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/MSEL/article/view/7707Problemas de Fermimodelizaciónestimacióngrandes cantidades
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Fermi problems as tasks to introduce modelling: what we know and what else we should know
Modelling in Science Education and Learning
Problemas de Fermi
modelización
estimación
grandes cantidades
author_facet Lluís Albarracín
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title Fermi problems as tasks to introduce modelling: what we know and what else we should know
title_short Fermi problems as tasks to introduce modelling: what we know and what else we should know
title_full Fermi problems as tasks to introduce modelling: what we know and what else we should know
title_fullStr Fermi problems as tasks to introduce modelling: what we know and what else we should know
title_full_unstemmed Fermi problems as tasks to introduce modelling: what we know and what else we should know
title_sort fermi problems as tasks to introduce modelling: what we know and what else we should know
publisher Universitat Politècnica de València
series Modelling in Science Education and Learning
issn 1988-3145
publishDate 2017-08-01
description Fermi problems have been widely used in Physics teaching at university level in the United States. Multiple recommendations for use in other educational areas can be found in the literature, as the case of mathematical modeling introduction, but its presence in math classrooms has not been yet achieved. We present these problems and discuss about its definition and characteristics that make them particularly interesting for the use of mathematics in real contexts. We also review those aspects that have been investigated from the perspective of mathematics education, especially the way in which students generate mathematical models to solve them and we aim some directions that should be addressed in future research.
topic Problemas de Fermi
modelización
estimación
grandes cantidades
url https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/MSEL/article/view/7707
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