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Assessment of the Competency of Grade Four Students in Mathematical Modelling: An Example from One City in China

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This study explored 298 grade four Chinese students’ competency in mathematical modelling and its relationship to mathematics competency. Descriptive analysis, t tests and correlation coefficients were used and reported to describe the mathematical modelling competency and sub-competencies of grade four students and to analyse the relationship between mathematics competency and the sub-competencies. The findings indicate that grade four students’ competency in mathematical modelling was not proficient. However, among the subdimensions of mathematical modelling, students’ competency of working mathematically was the best. In addition, a strong positive correlation between mathematical modelling competency and mathematics competency (p < 0.001) was found in the data collected.

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The data collection of this study was supported by the Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment towards Basic Education Quality (CICA-BEQ) at Beijing Normal University.

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    Tian Wang & Jian Liu

  2. College of Teacher Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China

    Zhiyong Xie

  3. China Education Innovation Institute, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, 519087, China

    Tian Wang & Jian Liu

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Wang, T., Xie, Z., Liu, J. (2023). Assessment of the Competency of Grade Four Students in Mathematical Modelling: An Example from One City in China. In: Greefrath, G., Carreira, S., Stillman, G.A. (eds) Advancing and Consolidating Mathematical Modelling. International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27115-1_8

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