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Harnessing the Power of Cloud Computing for Mathematical Modelling in Two Different Schools
Bock Boon Lim, Mei Chuen Chen, Trevor Redmond & Joanne SheehyThis paper describes how two schools: one form Singapore and one from Australia, harnessed the power of the emerging Cloud Computing technology to establish a cohesive social network amongst teachers between the two countries as they co-developed Mathematical Modelling lesson units. Both schools adopted the research-based Teaching for Understanding (TfU) framework as a common language and teaching philosophy for the teachers to develop and build the units. This project has demonstrated how the schools have synergistically combined new technology (Cloud Computing), innovative pedagogy (TfU) and content knowledge (Math Modelling) to enrich students’ learning experiences and enhance their understanding of the mathematical ideas and concepts. This model of collaboration exemplifies how schools in different parts of the world can use new technologies to teach the 21st Century skills to students.

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Research papers will be blind reviewed by a panel of peers approved by the conference committee. The main purpose of the refereeing process is to contribute to the growth and development of quality practice in mathematics education research. Thus reviewers are asked to assist authors by providing helpful feedback and to comment on the suitability of papers for presentation at the conference. Accordingly, it will not be assumed that published papers presented at the conference will be as polished as articles in scholarly journals. Referees will be asked to assess papers being reviewed against the accepted norms for scholarly works presented at MERGA conferences, as set out above.

Each conference proceedings’ Editorial Team will exercise discretion over the reviewing process.

Reviewers’ comments will be returned to the authors. Authors whose papers are not accepted for publication may be invited by the editorial panel to present their paper at the conference, with an abstract (only) being published in the proceedings. Papers may be rejected outright, with no opportunity for presentation at the conference in an alternative form.

The MERGA website has detailed advice about criteria for reviewing of MERGA papers, review forms, and examples of strong and poor reviews of different types.

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