TY  - CONF
AU  - Kadijević, Đorđe
PY  - 2009
UR  - http://ipir.ipisr.org.rs/handle/123456789/1038
AB  - The study used a sample of first-year business undergraduate students
who developed simple (deterministic & non-optimization) models with
Microsoft Excel. The students were required to choose business of their choice
and give recommendations to have it profitable or more profitable. To help them
achieve this end, the teacher presented to the students his solution regarding a
taxi business within a local area, having previously explained to the students
various ways to do “what-if” analyses. By referring to the framework of
Galbraith and Stillman (2006), this paper mainly presents some of frequent
modelers’ difficulties regarding the transition from real world problem statement
to mathematical model. These difficulties deal with selecting variables,
initializing variables, and relating variables. Possible reasons for such difficulties
and suggestions for further research are included.
PB  - Roskilde University, Denmark: Department of Science, Systems and Models
C3  - Mathematical applications and modeling in the teaching and learning of mathematics: Proceedings from Topic Group 21 at the 11th International congress on mathematical education
T1  - Simple spreadsheet modeling by first-year business undergraduate students: Difficulties in the transition from real world problem statement to mathematical model
EP  - 248
SP  - 241
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ipir_1038
ER  - 

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author = "Kadijević, Đorđe",
year = "2009",
abstract = "The study used a sample of first-year business undergraduate students
who developed simple (deterministic & non-optimization) models with
Microsoft Excel. The students were required to choose business of their choice
and give recommendations to have it profitable or more profitable. To help them
achieve this end, the teacher presented to the students his solution regarding a
taxi business within a local area, having previously explained to the students
various ways to do “what-if” analyses. By referring to the framework of
Galbraith and Stillman (2006), this paper mainly presents some of frequent
modelers’ difficulties regarding the transition from real world problem statement
to mathematical model. These difficulties deal with selecting variables,
initializing variables, and relating variables. Possible reasons for such difficulties
and suggestions for further research are included.",
publisher = "Roskilde University, Denmark: Department of Science, Systems and Models",
journal = "Mathematical applications and modeling in the teaching and learning of mathematics: Proceedings from Topic Group 21 at the 11th International congress on mathematical education",
title = "Simple spreadsheet modeling by first-year business undergraduate students: Difficulties in the transition from real world problem statement to mathematical model",
pages = "248-241",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ipir_1038"
}

Kadijević, Đ.. (2009). Simple spreadsheet modeling by first-year business undergraduate students: Difficulties in the transition from real world problem statement to mathematical model. in Mathematical applications and modeling in the teaching and learning of mathematics: Proceedings from Topic Group 21 at the 11th International congress on mathematical education
Roskilde University, Denmark: Department of Science, Systems and Models., 241-248.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ipir_1038

Kadijević Đ. Simple spreadsheet modeling by first-year business undergraduate students: Difficulties in the transition from real world problem statement to mathematical model. in Mathematical applications and modeling in the teaching and learning of mathematics: Proceedings from Topic Group 21 at the 11th International congress on mathematical education. 2009;:241-248.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ipir_1038 .

Kadijević, Đorđe, "Simple spreadsheet modeling by first-year business undergraduate students: Difficulties in the transition from real world problem statement to mathematical model" in Mathematical applications and modeling in the teaching and learning of mathematics: Proceedings from Topic Group 21 at the 11th International congress on mathematical education (2009):241-248,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ipir_1038 .