“…Researchers agree that modeling is a cyclical process that includes multiple cycles (Haines & Crouch, 2007;Lehrer & Schauble, 2003;Zbiek & Conner, 2006). In the literature, a variety of visual references describe the stages of the cyclic nature of the modeling process (Borromeo Ferri, 2006;Hıdıroğlu & Bukova Güzel, 2013;Lingefjard, 2002b, NCTM, 1989. For instance, the modeling process described in the earlier Standards document by NCTM (1989, p. 138) emphasizes that mathematical modeling is a non-linear process that includes five interrelated steps: (i) Identify and simplify the realworld problem situation, (ii) build a mathematical model, (iii) transform and solve the model, (iv) interpret the model, and (v) validate and use the model.…”