Research at the department of science and mathematics education

Research at the department is mainly conducted at pre-, primary-, and secondary school levels. The main research fields are science education and mathematics education.

Two interdepartment and interfaculty networks are located at the department; Umeå Mathematics Education Research Centre (UMERC) and Umeå Science Education Research (UMSER). These interdepartmental research environments has been successful both in terms of generating new perspectives on educational research, and in being rewarded several large research grants.

Doctoral studies and Research Environments

Doctoral studies

Read about our doctoral studies in pedagogical work and subject matter education.

UmSER

Umeå Science Education Research

UMERC

Umeå Mathematics Education Research Centre

Latest publications

“Every morning I take two steps to my desk…”: students’ perspectives on distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

Higher Education

Chiodaroli, Marco; Freyhult, Lisa; Solders, Andreas; et al.

Developing a diagnostic framework for primary and secondary students’ reasoning difficulties during mathematical problem solving

Educational Studies in Mathematics, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 115, (2) : 125-149

Säfström, Anna Ida; Lithner, Johan; Palm, Torulf; et al.

Geek nostalgia: the reflective and restorative defence of white male geek culture

New Media and Society

Ottemo, Andreas; Berge, Maria; Mendick, Heather; et al.

Formative assessment and problem solving in mathematics

Doktorsavhandlingar i pedagogiskt arbete, 98

Söderström, Sharmin

Probing a space exploration awareness in a Swedish secondary school

GIREP-EPEC 2023 Conference, Košice, Slovakia, July 3-7, 2023

Popov, Oleg

Promoting continuity in science education through transition to secondary school: Findings from a formative intervention

NOFA9: Education, knowledge and Bildung in a global world: Book of Abstracts, Åbo Akademi University 2023 : 138-138

Varg, Lina; Näs, Helena; Ottander, Christina

The effect of a formative assessment practice on student achievement in mathematics

Frontiers in Education, Frontiers Media S.A. 2023, Vol. 8

Boström, Erika; Palm, Torulf

On the relation between assistive technology system elements and access to assistive products based on 20 country surveys

Healthcare, MDPI 2023, Vol. 11, (9)

Borg, Johan; Winberg, Mikael T.; Eide, Arne H.; et al.

An in-depth analysis of programming in the Swedish school curriculum: Rationale, knowledge content and teacher guidance

Journal of Computers in Education, Springer 2023, Vol. 10 : 237-271

Vinnervik, Peter

Andraspråksstudenters förutsättningar att utveckla akademisk litteracitet inom högre utbildning

Forskning om högre utbildning, Stockholm, Sverige, 11-12 maj, 2023

Norberg, Malin; Dahlström, Helene

Algebra discourses in mathematics and physics textbooks: comparing the use of algebraic symbols

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology

Johansson, Helena; Österholm, Magnus

Equivalence in multilanguage mathematics assessment

Nordisk matematikkdidaktikk, NOMAD: [Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education], Göteborgs universitet 2023, Vol. 28, (1-2) : 7-29

Theens, Frithjof; Bergqvist, Ewa; Österholm, Magnus

Shifts in student attention on algorithmic and creative practice tasks

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Norqvist, Mathias; Jonsson, Bert; Lithner, Johan

Gender, passion, and 'sticky' technology in a voluntaristically-organized technology makerspace

Engineering Studies, Routledge 2023, Vol. 15, (2) : 101-121

Ottemo, Andreas; Berge, Maria; Mendick, Heather; et al.

Teachers’ conceptualisations of science teaching–obstacles and opportunities for pedagogical continuity across early childhood school forms

International Journal of Early Years Education, Routledge 2023, Vol. 31, (3) : 790-805

Due, Karin; Skoog, Marianne; Areljung, Sofie; et al.

Shape optimization for the strong routing of light in periodic diffraction gratings

Journal of Computational Physics, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 472

Araujo-Cabarcas, Juan Carlos; Engström, Christian; Wadbro, Eddie

Computer-based formative assessment for problem solving

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology

Söderström, Sharmin

Geek entrepreneurs: the social network, Iron Man and the reconfiguration of hegemonic masculinity

Journal of Gender Studies, Routledge 2023, Vol. 32, (3) : 283-295

Mendick, Heather; Ottemo, Andreas; Berge, Maria; et al.

Walking the line of being a geek or not: race, gender and re-surfacing stereotypes

ECER 2023: Programme

Berge, Maria; Mendick, Heather; Andreas, Ottemo; et al.

Walking ethnographies in higher education spaces of physics

ECER 2023: Programme

Danielsson, Anna; Berge, Maria; Österling, Lisa; et al.

Subject knowledge in Grade 3 after an inclusive mathematics intervention in preschool-class

Developing inclusive environments in education: global practices and curricula, Hershey, PA: IGI Global 2023 : 255-268

Vennberg, Helena

Ett aktivt engagemang i samhället: Yrkeselevers perspektiv på medborgarbildning

Undervisning idag och för framtiden: medborgarbildning på gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2023 : 13-24

Knekta, Eva; Ledman, Kristina; Kärnebro, Katarina; et al.

Att arbeta tillsammans i ett ULF-projekt

Undervisning idag och för framtiden: medborgarbildning på gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2023 : 63-65

Ledman, Kristina; Knekta, Eva; Kärnebro, Katarina; et al.

Medborgarbildningens förutsättningar ur olika perspektiv

Undervisning idag och för framtiden: Medborgarbildning på gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2023 : 53-61

Kärnebro, Katarina; Ledman, Kristina; Lindmark, Torbjörn; et al.

Space weather disturbances in non-stormy times: occurrence of dB/dt spikes during three solar cycles

Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics, American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2023, Vol. 128, (10)

Hamrin, Maria; Schillings, Audrey; Opgenoorth, Hermann J.; et al.

Vilken information går det att lita på?: Medborgarbildning i Naturkunskap

Undervisning idag och för framtiden: medborgarbildning på gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2023 : 25-34

Ottander, Katarina

Därför behövs ett FoU-projekt om medborgarbildning på yrkesprogram

Undervisning idag och för framtiden: medborgarbildning på gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2023 : 1-11

Ottander, Christina; Knekta, Eva; Kärnebro, Katarina; et al.

Skogsanvändning och skogsbevarande som undervisningstema för elevers intresse för naturvetenskap och engagemang i samhällsfrågor

Forum för forskningsbaserad NT-undervisning (FobasNT) - konferens 2023, Norrköping, Sverige, 18-19 oktober, 2023

Hellgren, Jenny; Varg, Lina; Forsgren, Helen; et al.

Rumtid: Är det något vi har tid och rum för i undervisningen?

LMNT-nytt, (1) : 7-9

Eriksson, Urban; Hellgren, Jenny

Predicting formative feedback practices: improving learning and minimising a tendency to ignore feedback

Frontiers in Education, Frontiers Media S.A. 2023, Vol. 8

Brown, Gavin T. L.; Andersson, Catarina; Winberg, Mikael T.; et al.

How humour can support researcher independence

Developing researcher independence through the hidden curriculum, Palgrave Macmillan 2023 : 137-146

Kobayashi, Sofie; Berge, Maria

Programming in school technology education: the shaping of a new subject content

International journal of technology and design education, Springer 2023, Vol. 33, (4) : 1449-1470

Vinnervik, Peter

I skämten döljs framtidens ingenjör

FemHum symposium: Humor på allvar, Online, 4-5 december, 2023

Berge, Maria; Lönngren, Johanna

From curriculum to enacted teaching of photosynthesis, the carbon cycle and sustainability in an upper primary school class

Shaping the future of biological education research: selected papers from the ERIDOB 2022 conference, Springer 2023 : 219-231

Varg, Lina

Student teachers as co-creators when elaborating on a model for multimodal text analysis

Educare, Malmö University 2023, (2) : 87-113

Norberg, Malin; Dahlström, Helene

'Happy Stories' of Swedish Exceptionalism: Reproducing Whiteness in Teaching and Biology Textbooks in Sexuality Education

Science & Education

Fingalsson, Rebecka; Junkala, Hannele

Mastering online searches: how students find science information

European Conference on Educational Research, Glasgow, UK, August 22-25, 2023

Lodén, Anna; Lönngren, Johanna; Ottander, Christina

Learning for an unknown future: emotional positioning in and for expansive learning

ECER 2023, European Conference on Educational Research, Glasgow, UK, August 22-25, 2023

Lönngren, Johanna; Berge, Maria; Holmén, Johan

Roundtable discussion: Why should CDIO-programs and educators care about emotions?

Trondheim: 2023

Lönngren, Johanna; Tormey, Roland

Emotions in engineering education

International handbook of engineering education research, New York: Routledge 2023 : 156-182

Lönngren, Johanna; Direito, Inês; Tormey, Roland; et al.

Komplekse utfordringer krever nye løsninger

Bærekraft og digitalisering, Trondheim: Norges Tekniske Vitenskapsakademi; John Grieg Forlag 2023 : 49-58

Lönngren, Johanna

Process för kollegial extern granskning av ingenjörsutbildningarna vid Umeå universitet

Bidrag från den 9:e utvecklingskonferensen för Sveriges ingenjörsutbildningar, Västerås: Mälardalens universitet 2023 : 173-182

Schedin, Staffan; Vikström, Susanne; Broman, Karolina

Balansakter - kroppar, sexualiteter och det oväntade: kritiska och didaktiska perspektiv på sexualundervisning inom biologiämnet

Umeå University 2023

Junkala, Hannele

Future perspectives of capacity building in engineering education

Book of Proceedings for the 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability, Dublin: TU Dublin; SEFI 2023 : 3152-3157

Griffith, Jennifer Ann; Jalali, Yousef; Kálmán, Aniko; et al.

The role of implicit theoretical assumptions in empirical research

Proceedings of the 46th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education: Volume 2, Haifa: University of Haifa 2023 : 107-114

Bergqvist, Ewa; Österholm, Magnus

Interplay between modes in mathematics textbooks

Proceedingsof the 46th conference of the international group for the psychology of mathematics education: vol 1, Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) 2023 : 262-262

Johansson, Helena; Norberg, Malin; Österholm, Magnus

Fostering students’ scientific attitude and empathy in the science classroom as a potential response to post-truth

Busting post-truth in the science classroom, Tartu: University of Tartu 2023 : 29-36

Vaino, Katrin; Hellgren, Jenny

Mechanisms underlying effects of formative assessment on student achievement: a proposed framework to ignite future research

CADMO, Edizioni Franco Angeli 2023, (2) : 9-20

Palm, Torulf; Andersson, Catarina; Palmberg, Björn; et al.

Applying a new framework of connections between mathematical symbols and natural language

Journal of Mathematical Behavior, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 72

Wikström Hultdin, Ulrika; Bergqvist, Ewa; Bergqvist, Tomas; et al.

Fritidshemmet - en förbisedd potential i arbetet med lärande för hållbar utveckling?: School-Age Educare - a neglected potential in education for sustainable development?

NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, Oslo: University of Oslo 2022, Vol. 18, (1) : 63-81

Manni, Annika; Knekta, Eva

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