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which involves ingredients which can be accessed by the students in real life.”<br />

(Bock et al., 2012)<br />

Another essential point about modelling problems is, that they need to be<br />

formulated widely open such that various mathematical models can be built<br />

and such that the problem can be solved with respect to different approaches.<br />

Due to the lack of experience and many uncertainties how to implement<br />

mathematical modelling in regular school lessons or larger projects, teachers<br />

need to be trained and prepared for an efficient classroom practice. The<br />

question of how to do this efficiently has been addressed in various research<br />

projects as, for example, the project LEMA3. LEMA (2006-2009) was an<br />

international research project with the goal to develop a concept and materials<br />

for teacher training courses in the field of modelling and applications. Within<br />

this and other projects a spiral model has been proven to be efficient, meaning<br />

a continuous cycle of analysis, implementation and reflection. With each cycle<br />

the knowledge and experiences can be extended and improved. This concept<br />

of combining theory, actual implementation in the classroom and a reflection<br />

afterwards is also used in the teacher training courses carried out by KOMMS.<br />

3 Concept of teacher training courses in the framework of KOMMS<br />

Teacher training courses in the framework of KOMMS are based on three<br />

main concepts:<br />

1. Additional teacher training courses for the mathematical staff of single<br />

schools.<br />

2. Training courses to be undertaken in the three modules: Implementation,<br />

mathematical topics and software.<br />

3. Connection of theory (training courses) and practice (implementation to<br />

classes in school).<br />

To successfully educate teachers to become multipliers of modelling, training<br />

courses are not only offered for individual teachers from different schools, but<br />

also for the complete mathematical teaching staff of specific schools. From our<br />

experiences, this enhances the chances for actual implementation of<br />

modelling to the classroom of participating teachers as the communication with<br />

colleagues who have gone through the same learning is efficient and<br />

motivating.<br />

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