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The Relevance of Modelling and Applications: Relevant to Whom and for What Purpose?

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The criteria for relevance of modelling and applications vary with the educational goals and the cultural context. But the competence of judging quantitative information and of evaluating mathematical models is a key competence that is linked to all levels of goals in a diversity of contexts. It is suggested that different mathematical practices should be distinguished and analysed in order to develop a curriculum, which aims at developing this competence.

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  1. Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin

    Eva Jablonka

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  1. University of Kassel, Germany

    Werner Blum

  2. The University of Queensland, Australia

    Peter L. Galbraith

  3. University of Dortmund, Germany

    Hans-Wolfgang Henn

  4. Roskilde University, Denmark

    Mogens Niss

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Jablonka, E. (2007). The Relevance of Modelling and Applications: Relevant to Whom and for What Purpose?. In: Blum, W., Galbraith, P.L., Henn, HW., Niss, M. (eds) Modelling and Applications in Mathematics Education. New ICMI Study Series, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-29822-1_19

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