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This chapter frames eight papers which are all addressing questions and issues related to the teaching, learning and assessing of mathematical modelling competency. As a main commonality in the papers, the authors take point of departure in the existence of (such a thing as) mathematical modelling competency (as a concept). A competency in general is understood as a person’s mental capacity to cope with a certain type of challenge in a knowledgeable and reflective way. According to this, a person possesses mathematical modelling competency if he or she is capable of carrying through a mathematical modelling process in order to solve a problem or to understand a situation within a certain domain.
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Blomhøj, M. (2011). Modelling Competency: Teaching, Learning and Assessing Competencies – Overview. In: Kaiser, G., Blum, W., Borromeo Ferri, R., Stillman, G. (eds) Trends in Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling. International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0910-2_34
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