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This paper deals with the role of learning mathematics in context at tertiary level using modelling and applications, integrating technology and changing assessment practices. This opens interesting research issues.
I am grateful to the participants in the working group for their substantial contribution during the session we had in Dortmund and afterwards. Before we met in Dortmund the working group had already some e-mail exchanges in order to fix a collection of issues to be faced. We had a fruitful discussion about them during the ICMI Study and afterwards. In this final report I have tried to sum up our main conclusions.
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Alsina, C. (2007). Teaching Applications and Modelling at Tertiary Level. In: Blum, W., Galbraith, P.L., Henn, HW., Niss, M. (eds) Modelling and Applications in Mathematics Education. New ICMI Study Series, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-29822-1_53
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