Visualizations while Solving Modelling Problems (ViMo)

Basic data for this project

Type of projectIndividual project
Duration at the University of Münster01/08/2015 - 30/09/2022

Description

Modelling competency is important for students' current and future lives. Empirical research in this domain has shown that students' ability to solve real-word problems is poor and that stu-dents usually do not achieve a sufficient level of modelling competency in the regular class-room (Blum, 2011; Blum et al., 2007). One instructional element that can improve students' modelling competency is drawing a diagram to represent a modelling problem. However, re-sults on the effects of drawings on students' mathematics' performance have not been con-sistent (De Bock et al., 2003). One reason for these inconsistent results may be that previous studies have not paid sufficient attention to students' knowledge and quality of drawings. In the proposed project (Visualizations while solving modelling problems, ViMo), we will investigate the interplay between different types of drawings and students' strategy knowledge, quality of drawings, motivational predispositions, and performance.

KeywordsModelling; mathematics; real-world problems; diagramms; strategies; word problems
Website of the projecthttp://schukajlow.de
DFG-Gepris-IDhttps://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/279177618
Funding identifierSCHU 2629/3-1
Funder / funding scheme
  • DFG - Individual Grants Programme

Project management at the University of Münster

Leopold, Claudia
Professorship for Psychology of Learning in Education and Instruction (Prof. Dutke)
Schukajlow-Wasjutinski, Stanislaw
Professur für Didaktik der Mathematik/Sekundarstufe I (Prof. Schukajlow-Wasjutinski)

Applicants from the University of Münster

Leopold, Claudia
Professorship for Psychology of Learning in Education and Instruction (Prof. Dutke)
Schukajlow-Wasjutinski, Stanislaw
Professur für Didaktik der Mathematik/Sekundarstufe I (Prof. Schukajlow-Wasjutinski)

Project partners outside the University of Münster

  • University of Fribourg (UNIFR)Switzerland
  • University of KasselGermany
  • University of Gießen (JLU)Germany