Project information
Project manager
Andreas Ebbelind
Project members
Hanna Palmér, Linnaeus University, Jorryt van Bommel, Dalarna University, Marie Hansson and Katarina Danielsson, Bäckalsövskolan, Matilda Gäfvert, Högstorpsskolan, Åsa Nilsson, Åby Skola and Charlotte Ronefors, Pilbäckskolan. All schools are located in Växjö Municipality.
Timetable
1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
Subject
Mathematics Education (Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Technology)
Research group
Mathematics Education
Linnaeus Knowledge Environment
Education in change
More about the project
The aim of the study is to study how problem formulation can be successfully implemented in early mathematics to promote young students' opportunities for learning mathematics in the early years of primary school (the preschool class). To become successful problem solvers, students need to be able to both solve and formulate problem tasks. A previous study, Problem solving in the preschool class, shows that problem solving is a possible and desirable starting point for mathematics in preschool class. However, problem formulation as part of early years mathematics has been studied to a very limited extent.
Based on design research, this study is carried out in a cyclical process where researchers and preschool class teachers systematically plan, implement and evaluate problem formulation as an integrated part of mathematics teaching.
Through design cycles, design principles are successively refined to empirically and theoretically develop the teaching of problem formulation based on the following questions:
- How can mathematics lessons in which problem formulation is integrated be designed?
- How does a systematic integration of problem formulation in mathematics affect young students' mathematics learning opportunities?
- How can a systematic integration of problem formulation in mathematics enable teachers to follow students' learning in mathematics?
The project is part of the research in the Mathematics Education research group and the Linnaeus Knowledge Environment: Education in change
