Response Guide

for

The Mathematical Modeling Project

Initial Review

The purpose of this review is to gather information about the Mathematical Modeling lessons included in the COMAP Mathematical Modeling Handbook. Your answers to these questions will help assess the accuracy, feasibility, propriety, and utility of the lessons and will be used to improve the initial draft of the Handbook.

We thank you for reviewing the text and appreciate your time in answering the following questions. We expect this response to require about 30 minutes.

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1. Describe how you believe the modules could be implemented:

A. Could they be used as-is, or would you adapt them?

Please explain:

B. About how much instructional time per module would be needed?

C. About how much preparation time per module would be needed?

2. Utility
A. What are the strongest lessons you reviewed?

B. What are the strengths of these lessons?

C. What are the weakest lessons you reviewed?

D. What are the weaknesses of these lessons? How can they be improved?

3. Staff Development:
A. Would the text be useful in preparing teachers to implement CCSS Mathematical Modeling recommendations?

B. What background preparation do you believe would be needed by a typical teacher?

C. Contributors to the discussion of Mathematical Modeling have classified modeling instruction at three levels:

1) Novice – Step-by-step guidance by the instructor within a well-defined area of mathematics
2) Amateur – Occasional guidance to identify a possibly productive mathematical domain
3) Expert – No guidance other than clarity of statement often encumbered by extraneous information

The lessons in this Handbook are intended to be at a level between Novice and Amateur although, with alteration, some lessons could be recast at the Expert level. Please indicate your judgment of the level of these lessons (Novice, Amateur, Expert) and explain your conclusion.

4. Additional Comments/Recommendations: