Fostering mathematical modelling competency of South African engineering students: which influence does the teaching design have?

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-462438
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.46243

Durandt, Rina ; Blum, Werner ; Lindl, Alfred

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Abstract

This paper reports on empirical results about the influence of two different teaching designs on the development of tertiary students’ modelling competency and attitudes towards modelling. A total of 144 first year engineering students were exposed to a diagnostic entrance test, a modelling unit consisting of five lessons with ten tasks, enframed by a pre- and a post-test, and at the end a ...