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Investigation of the Mathematics Modelling Competency of Mathematics Undergraduate Student Teachers

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Mathematical Modelling Education in East and West

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This study investigated the mathematical modelling competencies of junior mathematics student teachers (n = 273) in four universities in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai in China, using a scoring framework of the mathematical modelling steps. “Peeling a pineapple” was selected as the item for the modelling competency test. The study also used a questionnaire on modelling competition experience. The results show the performance of the student teachers, the differences between genders and between different types of universities, and revealed the correlation between the modelling competition experience of student teachers and their modelling competency.

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  1. Shanghai Xiangming High School, Shanghai, China

    Yangyu Wang

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  1. School of Mathematics and Statistics, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

    Frederick Koon Shing Leung

  2. Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

    Frederick Koon Shing Leung

  3. School of Education, Catherine of Siena Centre, Australian Catholic University (Ballarat Campus), Ballarat, VIC, Australia

    Gloria Ann Stillman

  4. Faculty of Education, Didactics of Mathematics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Gabriele Kaiser

  5. Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

    Ka Lok Wong

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Wang, Y. (2021). Investigation of the Mathematics Modelling Competency of Mathematics Undergraduate Student Teachers. In: Leung, F.K.S., Stillman, G.A., Kaiser, G., Wong, K.L. (eds) Mathematical Modelling Education in East and West. International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66996-6_20

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