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A structural plan for organizing the cognitive skills and abilities used in learning and doing mathematics.
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The concept of competence is one of the most elusive in the educational literature. Writers often use the term competence or competency and assume they and their readers know what it means. But arriving at a simple definition is a challenging matter. Dictionaries give such definitions as “the state or quality of being adequately or well qualified”; “the ability to do something successfully or efficiently”; “possession of required skill, knowledge, qualification, or capacity”; “a specific range of skill, knowledge, or ability”; and “the scope of a person’s or group’s knowledge or ability.” Competence seems to possess a host of near synonyms: ability, capability, cognizance, effectuality, efficacy, efficiency, knowledge, mastery, proficiency, skill, and talent – the list goes on.
Arriving at a common denotation across different usages in social science is...
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Kilpatrick, J. (2014). Competency Frameworks in Mathematics Education. In: Lerman, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4978-8_27
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