[Paper abstract]: The aims of the Interactive Virtual Math-project are to design and develop a digital tool for learning covariation graphs at high school (14-17 years old students) and to explore the use of new technologies for learning in classroom. Research provides some didactical directions to develop …

For many decades social sciences have been captivated by the statistical method. In itself there is nothing wrong with this method, but a serious side effect of a large fixation on surveys, likert-scales and normal distributions is that the argument is still seen mainly as opinion and therefore hardly …

Het percentage vrouwen dat kiest voor een STEM-studie (Science, Technology, Engeneering, Mathematics) is beperkt, maar neemt de laatste jaren sterk toe. Technisch opgeleide vrouwen verlaten werkveld echter significant eerder en vaker dan hun mannelijke collega's. Dat is jammer, want de sector zit te …

In recent decades, technology has influenced various aspects of assessment in mathematics education: (1) supporting the assessment of higher-order thinking skills in mathematics, (2) representing authentic problems from the world around us to use and apply mathematical knowledge and skills, and (3) making …

Proceedings of the 24th International Conference of Adults Learning Mathematics – A Research Forum (ALM).

This article reports on a post hoc study using a randomised controlled trial with 31,842 students in the Netherlands and an instrument consisting of 21 paired problems. The trial showed a variability in the differences of students’ results in solving contextual mathematical problems with either a descriptive …

Research on solving mathematical word problems suggests that students may perform better on problems with a close to real-life representation of the problem situation than on word problems. In this study we pursued real-life representation by a mainly depictive representation of the problem situation, …

Eind januari 2017 vond de 35e Panama-conferentie plaats. Die richtte zich op verschillende aspecten van ‘goed’ en ‘fout’ in het reken-wiskundeonderwijs. Aanleiding voor dit thema was onder andere de publicatie van het TIMSS onderzoek, waaruit bleek dat er in Nederland de afgelopen 20 jaar sprake is van …

Mastering academic language (AL) by elementary school students is important for achieving school success. The extent to which teachers play a role in stimulating students’ AL development may differ. Two types of AL stimulating behavior are distinguished: aimed at students’ understanding and at triggering …

From the article: "Most technical studies require and assume from the students a certain knowledge of mathematics. In this paper an experiment is described where students, starting with a study of ICT at a bachelor level, are performing a very short test in mathematics to measure their knowledge. The …