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Measuring Professional Competence for the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling

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Mathematical Modelling Education in East and West

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Teaching mathematical modelling is a cognitively challenging activity for (prospective) teachers. Thus, teacher education requires a detailed analysis of professional competence for teaching mathematical modelling. To measure this competence, theoretical models that accurately describe the requirements placed upon teachers are needed, as well as appropriate evaluation tools that adequately capture skills and abilities in this field. This is where the present study comes in, contributing to the teaching of mathematical modelling through the theory-based development of a structural model and an associated test instrument. In particular, this chapter discusses to what extent the proposed conceptualisation of the structural model can be empirically confirmed. To this end, insights into the test instrument are presented, as well as results of the structural equation analysis of the model.

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  1. Institute for Mathematics Education and Computer Science Education, University of Muenster, Apffelstaedtstr. 19, 48149, Muenster, Germany

    Raphael Wess & Gilbert Greefrath

  2. Institute of Mathematics, Chair of Mathematics V (Didactics of Mathematics), University of Wuerzburg, Emil-Fischer-Str. 30, 97074, Wuerzburg, Germany

    Heiner Klock & Hans-Stefan Siller

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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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Wess, R., Klock, H., Siller, HS., Greefrath, G. (2021). Measuring Professional Competence for the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling. 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_21

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