3. Modelling learning path

3.5 Modelling skills

Parallel to the learning path of the modelling tasks in the curriculum, a number of supporting learning activities must be implemented to let students develop the required knowledge and skills for modelling.¹

The additional skills include both general skills and specific modelling skills:

• reading of diagrams and schemes;
• collecting and interpreting data;
• applying models and working with modelling environments;
• applying specific mathematicsl knowledge and skills.

The thinking in models and the working with models require a number of competencies, including in particular the use of the mathematical notion of variable and the use of formulas. Students need to develop the relevant mathematical skills by separate instruction and exercise sessions.^2,3