Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) - The UTeach Institute
Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) - The UTeach Institute
Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) - The UTeach Institute
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Adem Ekmekci & Gladys Krause<br />
<strong>UTeach</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> - NMSI Annual Conference<br />
Austin, TX / May 24 – 26, 2011<br />
<strong>Model</strong>-<strong>Eliciting</strong> <strong>Activities</strong> (<strong>MEAs</strong>)<br />
What are <strong>MEAs</strong>?<br />
• Thought-revealing activities that elicit students’<br />
mathematical and scientific knowledge (Lesh, 1999;<br />
Lesh & Doerr, 2003; and others),<br />
• Complex problem solving situation for students that<br />
incorporate the development of a mathematical or<br />
scientific model to describe a real-life situation,<br />
• Encourages students to describe, revise, and refine<br />
their mathematical and/or scientific ideas,<br />
• Encourages the use of representational media to<br />
explain and document students’ conceptual systems,<br />
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