Siew Yee Lim, Hui Yi Ting, Deepa Patel, Linda Shear,& Eddie Tay
This study aims to investigate the influence of mathematical modelling on students’ real-world problem solving skills. In mathematical modelling, students have to convert real-world problem scenarios into mathematical problems. They then solve the mathematical problems using known mathematical techniques before interpreting and 689 translating the solutions for the scenarios. Using pre and post surveys, scoring of students’ real-world problem solving skills, classroom observations as well as focus group discussions, this study investigated how mathematical modelling influences Grade 9 students’perception of mathematics in practical situations, as well as how mathematical modelling influences teachers’ practices to provide students with the opportunities to form links between theoretical and real-world situations.