Fostering mathematical modelling competency of South African engineering students: which influence does the teaching design have?
Autor: | Durandt, Rina, Blum, Werner, Lindl, Alfred |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
General Mathematics
05 social sciences Mixed regression 050301 education Significant learning First year engineering 370 Erziehung Schul- und Bildungswesen 01 natural sciences language.human_language Education Unit (housing) Test (assessment) Attitudes towards modelling Engineering students Mathematical modelling competency Student independence Teaching design German 010104 statistics & probability Mathematics education language ddc:370 0101 mathematics Psychology 0503 education |
Popis: | 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 questionnaire on attitudes towards mathematical modelling. Similar to the German DISUM study, in the modelling unit, one group of participants followed an independence-oriented teaching style, aiming at a balance between students’ independent work and teacher’s guidance, while two other groups were taught according to a more traditional teacher-guided style. Linear mixed regression models were used to compare pre- and post-test results. The results show that all groups had significant learning progress, although there is much room for further improvement, and that the group taught according to the independence-oriented design had the biggest competency growth. In addition, this group exhibited more positive attitudes than the other groups in five of six attitudinal aspects. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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