Students’ Conceptions of Models and Modelling

To research the quality of students’ conceptions, we collect data on students’ relevant mental concepts of models and modelling in semi-structured interviews. Simultaneously, we assemble established scientific conceptions from academic literature and employ the approach of educational reconstruction to contrast students with scientists’ conceptions of models, modelling and the scientific use of models. We align these two strands to produce appropriate guidelines to foster model competence through conceptual reconstruction of students’ conceptions (Kattmann 2007).