Edu-Edition Spreadsheet Competency Framework

Based on the Spreadsheet Competency Framework for finance professionals, in the present paper we introduce the Edu-Edition of the Spreadsheet Competency Framework (E 2 SCF). We claim that building spreadsheet competences should start in education, as early as possible, and this process is a lot more effective if support arrives from expert teachers. The main feature of E 2 SCF is high mathability computer-supported real world problem solving. This approach is based on – from the very beginning of training – a two-directional knowledge transfer, data and error analysis and handling, and the programming aspect of spreadsheets. Based on these features, E 2 SCFis set up for basic and general users to build up firm spreadsheet knowledge and to develop transferable problem solving skills and competences.