Effective Teaching of Mathematics Using Examples From the Proffesional Context

Mathematical literacy is not only the knowledge of mathematical concepts and procedures, but also represents successful use of that knowledge in solving problems. However, for most students mathematical contents taught during their education represents isolated knowledge. In the moment when students pass the exam for a particular mathematical course, their interest in mathematics ends, although the identification and application of appropriate mathematical models could be the great help in solving everyday problems. Also, students do not realize that mathematics is a powerful tool in the hands of other sciences without whose help serious approach to the problem is impossible. The introduction of key mathematical terms using examples from the particular profession can be of great help in understanding terms as well as in recognizing the possibility of using appropriate mathematical model, even in a different context. In this paper is shown that the use of appropriate examples could clarify the certain mathematic term and make it more acceptable to students, depending on are they students of technical or economic studies so that mathematics is not perceived as a science which exists for its own sake.