Abstract
We offer an analysis of the mathematical modelling literature identifying local and global tendencies and the diversity of approaches to mathematical modelling. The review comprises 502 documents from two source types: articles published in relevant journals and specific books from the International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling and Applications and the ICME conferences. We identify six top countries with significant numbers of publications and present relative distributions of percentages corresponding to mathematical modelling perspective, educational content, and unit of analysis (school level, job, or profession). The review shows that three countries account for half of the publications and that the educational content (mathematical or otherwise) may play a different role depending on the corresponding modelling perspective in specific countries.
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