Structure of mathematical modelling competence with digital tool (ModiWe)

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Gilbert Greefrath
• Subject Area: General and Domain-Specific Teaching and Learning
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 553154399

Following research on the acquisition of mathematical modelling competence by secondary school students, the ModiWe project will investigate the structure and acquisition of modelling competence with a digital mathematics tool. While modelling competence without the use of digital tools can be empirically described as a four-dimensional construct of sub-competences, this is an open question for modelling competence with a digital tool. In ModiWe, the structure of modelling competence with digital tools is therefore to be empirically determined with the help of a new test instrument and the influence of the use of a digital tool in mathematical modelling, compared to modelling without digital tools, on the acquisition of modelling competence with digital tools is to be investigated.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants