Research group

Mathematics Education

Group information

Contact

Anna Teledahl

Research subject

We are a research group united around our interest in practice‑based research on the learning and teaching of mathematics, and we collaborate in most of our projects directly with in‑service teachers, prospective teachers, and students. The focus of our research is on characterizing and understanding learning processes and the teaching of mathematics, but we also examine what supports are needed to advance the development of mathematics teaching. Therefore, our group is anchored in the Research Environment on Learning and Teaching of Mathematics, and we strive to expand our exchange and collaboration with other research environments both nationally and internationally.

Research Environment on Learning and Teaching of Mathematics (RELATE-Math RELATE’M)

The Research Environment on Learning and Teaching of Mathematics brings together researchers with diverse backgrounds and levels of experience in mathematics education. The environment provides a collaborative platform for exploring the processes, conditions, and outcomes of mathematics learning and teaching from early childhood to higher education. In this sense, we aim to advance high quality research that deepens understanding of how mathematics is taught, learned, and used across educational contexts. Our vision is to contribute to equitable, meaningful, and research informed mathematics education by generating new knowledge, supporting teacher development, and strengthening connections between research, practice, and society.

Our research addresses a broad range of themes, including:

  • Teacher education and professional development
  • Communication and interaction in mathematics classrooms
  • Students’ mathematical thinking, reasoning, and problem solving
  • Opportunities and challenges in learning mathematics
  • Analyses of textbooks and curriculum materials
  • Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) and mathematical modelling
  • Problem solving and problem posing
  • Mathematics learning in interdisciplinary and applied contexts
  • Connections between mathematics, science education, STEM fields, and other disciplines

The environment engages with learners and educators across the educational spectrum, including young children, compulsory school students, upper secondary students, university students (such as prospective teachers and engineering students), and in service teachers.

Researchers in the environment participate in a range of activities that support both individual and collective scholarly development, such as regular research seminars, invited talks by national and international scholars, thematic working groups for project development, proposal refinement, collaborative writing, and manuscript review, and joint initiatives aimed at strengthening methodological and theoretical competence

These activities foster a dynamic and supportive research culture.

The environment consists of three interconnected research groups:

  1. Research on Mathematics Teacher Education and Professional Development
  2. Research on Mathematical Thinking and Learning
  3. Research on Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning

Researchers in the environment are active in several national and international networks, including:

  • Svensk förening för MatematikDidaktisk Forskning (SMDF) and MADIF Conference
  • Nationellt Centrum för Matematikutbildning (NCM)
  • Nordic Society for Research in Mathematics Education and Nordic Conference on Mathematics Education (NORMA)
  • Lärarutbildare i matematik (LUMA)
  • International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling and Applications and International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling and Applications (ICTMA)
  • European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (ERME) and Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education (CERME)
  • The International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) and PME Conferences
  • The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) and International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME)

Members of the environment collaborate with researchers across Sweden and internationally, including partners in Norway, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Türkiye, and the United States.

The research environment is led by a steering group consisting of Professor Serife Sevinc and Associate Professor Anna Teledahl.