- International Mathematical Modeling Challenge (IM²C)

How did your team(s) use the five days available for the Challenge:

Please select the option that most closely reflects what happened with each team.

Team work was restricted to mathematics class time within the five-day period allotted
Three school days were used, with students attending other activities as required, as well as two weekend days.
Three whole school days and two weekend days were used.
Five consecutive school days were used, with students attending other activities as required
Five consecutive whole school days were used
Other (Please describe below)

What were the main reasons for the team deciding to work in this way?

Estimate the average number of hours per person the team spent on the Challenge.

Please select one

10 hours or less
More than 10, but less than 20 hours
More than 20, but less than 40 hours
More than 40 hours

Have the students who participated in the Challenge received instruction on mathematical modelling prior to their participation in the competition?

Please select one

No, students have never received guidance or instruction on mathematical modelling
No, students were only given specific guidance and teaching on mathematical modelling because of the Challenge
Yes, mathematical modelling has been an element of previous mathematics instruction

Resource materials on mathematical modelling have been developed by IM²C and made available online. To what extent were these used by the team prior to undertaking the Challenge?

Please select one

Some of these materials were used by me in classes involving team members
Teams were directed to these, but used them independently, outside normal classes
Teams were directed to website, but I’m unaware of the extent to which these materials were used by them
Materials were not used

What resources did members of your team use in working on the Challenge problem?

Select all that apply

The stimulus material provided in the question statement.
Additional web-based resources.
Technology resources
Additional resources from other sources

Please list the additional resources used by your teams:

What were the key challenges and main strategies used by your team to work together on the Challenge as a team?

Please describe

In making your affirmation that the team abided by the rules of the Challenge, were there any issues you would like the organisers to be aware of?

What benefits to the students or to the school did you observe from the participation of team(s) from your school?

From your observations, what were the major obstacles or challenges that participants from your school had to overcome in order to successfully participate in the Challenge?

Do you anticipate that team(s) from your school will enter the IM²C next year??
Please select one

Yes
No
Unsure

Did you make any use of the resources provided on the IM²C website (e.g. previous problems and team solutions, general modelling information, example modelling problems)? If so, please describe how you have used them, how useful the materials were for your purpose, and how they could be made more useful.

What additional resources or support would facilitate future participation of teams from your school?

IM2C 2025 - Team Advisor Survey