PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2017
San Diego, California
Mathematical modeling and mathematical competencies: The case of biology students
Page: 1286
The research aims at introducing modelling tasks in order to engage students more actively into learning mathematics through tasks that are biologically ‘colored’. My focus is on the individual progression (if there is any) of students’ mathematical competencies during a sequence of modelling sessions that will be part of a regular course of their first year calculus. My ultimate goal is to construct a dynamic competence profile for every student that will participate in the project. Taking the above into consideration, my research suggests a number of interventions in a standard freshmen mathematics course for biology students, interventions that offer a fruitful didactical environment where students can sharpen their mathematical competencies.