Make it real: Students’ mathematical modelling realized with 3D printing
Résumé
Mathematical modelling addresses numerous demands of modern mathematics education: The learning of mathematics is directly linked to reality and students learn what they can use mathematics for. We focus on the link between architecture and geometry and observe the modelling steps of students in recreating Frankfurt’s fair tower – a 257 meters’ tall skyscraper. Hereby, the use of 3D print technology is taken up as a modern approach for the realization and production of the students’ mathematical modelling. In an explorative, qualitative study with eleven secondary school students,
we analyze the modelling activities and give a deeper insight into the relevance of individual selected modelling steps. The results show that particularly the simplifying and structuring and validation steps can be observed, partly in the use of the provided digital tool.
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