1st Edition
Mathematical Modelling from a Cognitive Perspective
Introduction – Modelling from a Cognitive Perspective: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Contributions
Stanislaw Schukajlow, Gabriele Kaiser, and Gloria Ann Stillman
1. Modelling the Phenomenon versus Modelling the Data Set
Gloria Ann Stillman and Jill P. Brown
2. Does Strategic Knowledge Matter? Effects of Strategic Knowledge about Drawing on Students’ Modelling Competencies in the Domain of Geometry
Johanna Rellensmann, Stanislaw Schukajlow, Judith Blomberg and Claudia Leopold
3. Metacognition in Mathematical Modelling: the Connection between Metacognitive Individual Strategies, Metacognitive Group Strategies and Modelling Competencies
Katrin Vorhölter
4. Mathematical Thinking about Systems – Students Modelling a Biometrics Identity Verification System
Ana Margarida Baioa and Susana Carreira
Biography
Stanislaw Schukajlow, Gabriele Kaiser, and Gloria Ann Stillman are active members of the international research community which focuses on researching mathematical modelling education viewing modelling as real-world problem solving. They have extensively edited and contributed to international journals and books on the topic. The latter two editors are past presidents of the International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling and Applications (ICTMA).
