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Kathy Richardson, author and developer of the Assessing Math Concepts (AMC) and Developing Number Concepts (DNC) series, lists four stages of math modeling.
- Stage 1- The student needs to manipulate (touch) the model to make sense of the mathematics.
- Stage 2- The student can look at a model and mentally rearrange or move the model.
- Stage 3- The student can refer to a partial model (representation of one part) and imagine the rest of the model.
- Stage 4- The student can think about or visualize what is happening just by looking at symbols. The student can use a model to show the origin of solutions.