Learning to Model in Engineering

摘要: Policymakers and education scholars recommend incorporating mathematical modeling into mathematics education. Limited implementation of instruction in schools, however, has constrained research on how students learn to model, leaving unresolved debates about whether should be reified explicitly taught as a competence, it holistically or atomistically, students’ limited domain knowledge is barrier modeling. This study used the theoretical lens legitimate peripheral participation explore learning unfolds community practice—civil engineering—known develop expertise among its members. Twenty participants were selected represent various stages engineering education, from first-year undergraduates veteran practitioners. The data, comprising interviews, “think-aloud” problem-solving sessions, observations courses, analyzed produce description this professional ...