Six Principles to Assess Modelling Abilities of Students Working in Groups

Abstract

This chapter sets out how the six instructional design principles for model-eliciting activities (MEAs) can be reworded and may serve as principles for assessing modelling abilities of students working in groups. The chapter explores some modelling assessment ideas and explains how the six principles form a framework for a holistic evaluation of group modelling. A design research study investigated the modelling competencies of grade 7 students working in a group. The assessment unit was that of the group as a whole and not of individual students. It was found that the six principles reworded as an assessment framework enabled the authors to evaluate significant aspects of model-eliciting activities such as model construction, reality integration, quality of documentation, self-evaluation, development of prototypes for thinking and generalisation.