The Compatibility of Model Eliciting Activities of Secondary School Teacher Candidates with Design Principles

Year 2020, Volume: 8 Issue: 15, 305 - 322, 25.03.2020

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https://doi.org/10.18009/jcer.695253

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is the investigation of the compatibility of model eliciting activities of secondary school teacher candidates with design principles. This study was conducted in the scope of Mathematical Modelling course with the students who were the secondary school mathematics teacher candidates. The participants of this case study were thirty-nine mathematics teacher candidates who worked in eight groups. The data of this study consisted of eight model eliciting activities which were created within the eight groups and their analysis. The activities created by the groups were analyzed by document analysis method in terms of design principles that were defined for model eliciting activities. It was concluded that the created model eliciting activities satisfied the construct share ability and reusability principle at minimum while they satisfied the reality principle at maximum. The effective prototype principle could not be determined. It can be ensured that the secondary school mathematics teacher candidates gain more experience by making more implementations related to model eliciting activities. The implementation of model eliciting activities in class can be effective in reducing the modelling deficiencies of secondary school mathematics teacher candidates.

Keywords

Mathematical modeling, model eliciting activities, the principles of model eliciting activities, secondary school mathematics teacher candidates

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