Teaching and Learning Mathematical Modelling von Gilbert Greefrath | Approaches and Developments from German Speaking Countries | ISBN 9783319450032

Teaching and Learning Mathematical Modelling

Approaches and Developments from German Speaking Countries

von Gilbert Greefrath und Katrin Vorhölter
Mitwirkende
Autor / AutorinGilbert Greefrath
Autor / AutorinKatrin Vorhölter
Buchcover Teaching and Learning Mathematical Modelling | Gilbert Greefrath | EAN 9783319450032 | ISBN 3-319-45003-4 | ISBN 978-3-319-45003-2

Teaching and Learning Mathematical Modelling

Approaches and Developments from German Speaking Countries

von Gilbert Greefrath und Katrin Vorhölter
Mitwirkende
Autor / AutorinGilbert Greefrath
Autor / AutorinKatrin Vorhölter

This survey provides an overview of the German discussion on modelling and applications in schools. It considers the development from the beginning of the 20th century to the present, and discusses the term “mathematical model” as well as different representations of the modelling process as modelling cycles. Different trends in the historical and current debate on applications and modelling can be differentiated as perspectives of modelling. Modelling is now one of the six general mathematical competencies defined in the educational standards for mathematics introduced in Germany in 2003, and there have been several initiatives to implement modelling in schools, as well as a whole range of empirical research projects focusing on teachers or students in modelling processes. As a special kind for implementing modelling into school, modelling weeks and days carried out by various German universities have been established.