What is mathematical modelling? Exploring prospective teachers’ use of experiments to connect mathematics to the study of motion
This paper focuses on the construction, development, and use of mathematical models by prospective science and mathematics teachers enrolled in a university physics course. By studying their involvement in an inquiry-based, experimental approach to learning kinematics, we address a fundamental question about the meaning and role of abstraction in modelling when such approaches involve students encountering and resolving experimental error. We use a “tensions” framework to explore the capability of learners to make necessary connections between abstract mathematical models and physical phenomena.
The paper has introduced the ways and steps of application Excel for dealing with wire measuring.It also tells us how to use excel to solve the problems such as lofting,calculating and checking.