Publisher's Synopsis
Presented here are the appropriate recent research and development studies in the teaching and learning of mathematics in connection with real-life situations, for example, theoretical concepts, empirical research, simple applications, and classroom examples. The book provides an international forum for the discussion and exchange of experiences with applications and modelling, considering in particular the social and technological developments and changes in mathematics teaching.;It commences with epistemological and methodological aspects of applications and modelling, viewing applications from the philosophical, historical and foundation of mathematics viewpoints: a section on empirical research on applications and modelling surveys the state-of-the-art in research in the area and reviews methodological problems in empirical investigation.
