MAVI29 Scientific and Social Program

Wednesday, September 20

location: Università del Piemonte Orientale, Complesso S. Giuseppe, Piazza Sant'Eusebio 5, Vercelli

room D11

9:00 - 9:20 : Game-based activity (led by Chiara Andrà)

Session 1: Affect-related research in Mathematics Education on students

Chair: Camilla Spagnolo

1A: Students' views

• 9:20-9:30 : A. Ebbelind, H. Palmer & J. van Bommel, How does children's participation in a problem-solving project affect their view on what it means to be taught and learnt in mathematics?

• 9:30-9:40 : L. Sumpter, Grade-2 students' conceptions about working with sharing

• 9:40-9:50 : Y. Dede, H.-J. Kim, G. Kaya & V. Akcakin, Comparing mathematics educational values of Turkish and South Korean students using a two-step cluster analysis

• 09:50-10:20 : Discussion

1B: Students' emotions and difficulties

• 10:25-10:35 : R. Alakoski, A. Lane & M.S. Hannula, The impact of innovative learning environments in collective emotional atmosphere in mathematics lessons

• 10:35-10:45 : J. Vicini, C. Andrà & M. Pezzutto, Satisfaction, satisfactoriness, motivation and ambiental factors of second year university students

• 10:45-11:05 : Discussion

11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break (Room 23)

Session 2: Affect-related research in Mathematics Education on becoming a math teacher

Chair: Chiara Andrà

2A: Preservice teachers' stories

• 11:35-11:45 : A. Ebbelind & T. Helliwell, This was not how it should end: the role of mathematics teacher education in preparing teachers for sustainable careers

• 11:45-11:55 : L.J. Rodriguez-Muniz & G. Capomagi, Exploring the relationship of prospective primary teachers with mathematics and statistics: memories, emotions and turning points

• 11:55-12:15 : Discussion

2B: Methods for studying preservice teachers

• 12:20-12:30 : A. Ebbelind & S. Lutovac, The lack of discursive possibilities when becoming a mathematics teacher

• 12:30-12:40 : M. Vollstedt & N. Bucholtz, Comparing Likert and Q: The potential of two different approaches to study future teachers' beliefs of teaching and learning of mathematics

• 12:40-13:00 : Discussion

13:05 - 14:25 Lunch (at Pizzeria Ristorante Le Cinque Stelle)

Session 3: Understanding in-service mathematics teachers

Chair: Andreas Ebbelind

3A: Cognitive-related issues

• 15:20-15:30 : J.M. Marban Prieto, M. Marban de Frutos & A.I. Maroto Saez, Cognitive dissonances in mathematics teachers: a cross-case study

• 15:30-15:40 : M. Walla & A. Palmer, Preschool class teachers' talk about early assessment in mathematics

• 15:40-15:55 : Discussion

3B: Beliefs

• 15:55-16:05 : C. Bassi, D. Brunetto & U. Dello Iacono, Mathematics teachers' views towards desing: An exploratory study in the Italian context

• 16:05-16:15 : A. Boscolo, Educators' perspectives on teachers' beliefs as key-factors for the implementation of mathematics learning activities designed from an enactive-embodied perspective. 

• 16:15-16:30 : Discussion

3C: Little explored areas of teacher practice

• 16:30-16:40 : M.S. Hannula, J. Taskinen, T. Karkainen & T. Lassila, Dramatising mathematics anxiety

• 16:40-16:50 : G. Pocalana & P. Liljedahl, Why do you want to be a mathematics teacher? Stories "in the middle"

• 16:50-17:05 : Discussion

17:05 - 17:35 Coffee break (Room 23)

17:40 - 18:55   Workshop: Creative ways of analysing data - Day 1

Led by: A. Ebbelind, T. Helliwell and M. Hannula

Link to the padlet: https://uob.padlet.org/tracyhelliwell1/creative-methods-mavi-29-zzdpewj94q0ykdnd

19:00 - 20:00 Dinner (at Pizzeria Ristorante Le Cinque Stelle)

Thursday, September 21

Session 4: Pushing the field further

Chair: Matteo Pezzutto

• 9:00-9:10 : M.-C. von der Bank, Fundamental ideas of mathematics and the importance of affect-related aspects of learning

• 9:10-9:20 : E. Haataja & V. Salonen, Mathematics teachers' visual attention to co-teaching adults

• 10:20-9:40 : Discussion

• 9:45-9:55 : M. Saccoletto, Acceptability of an argument

• 9:55-10:05 : N. Suriakumaran & M.S. Hannula, Exploring the complex relationship between theory and methodology when studying mathematic-related motivation

• 10:05-10:25 : Discussion

10:25 - 10:55 : Game-based activity (led by Luca Doria and Cristina Scalvini)

10:55 - 11:25 Coffee break (Room 23)

Session 5: Teachers and students

Chair: Luca Doria

• 11:25-11:35 : C. Spagnolo & U. Dello Iacono, What do teachers think about students' approaches to collaborative problem solving? Comparison among teachers' beliefs at different school grades

• 11:35-11:45 : F. Woltron, 'Nature of mathematics weiterDenken' - first findings of an empirical study among prospective teachers and mathematics students at the University of Vienna

• 11:45-12:05 : Discussion

• 12:10-12:20 : L. Niemi & E. Haataja, The role of class teachers' self-efficacy in students' mathematics motivation

• 12:20-12:30 : F. Ferretti, F. Arzarello, S. Bagossi & E. Taranto, Covariational reasoning: an exploratory study with in-service mathematics teachers

• 12:30-12:50 : Discussion

12:55 - 14:15 Lunch (at Pizzeria Ristorante Le Cinque Stelle)

14:30 - 16:00 MAVI Annual General Meeting

Led by the MAVI board: Chiara Andrà, Andreas Ebbelind, Ralf Erens, Marie Kirstine Oestergaard and Camilla Spagnolo

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break (Room 23)

Session 6: Affect related to tasks and lesson design in math classes

Chair: Luis J. Rodriguez-Muniz

• 16:30-16:40 : C. Spagnolo & B. Nicchiotti, Perceived difficulty of a mathematical task: Do teachers and students have a common view?

• 16:40-16:50 : L. Doria & C. Scalvini, Reading mathematical graphs

• 16:50-17:00 : M. Piroi, University students' attitude towards a non-standard instructional proposal for introducing eigentheory

• 17:00-17:30 : Discussion

18:00 - 19:00 Excursion: walking around Vercelli and its historical buildings

19:00 - 20:30 Social dinner (at Pizzeria Ristorante Le Cinque Stelle)

Friday, September 22

Session 7: Assessment and feedback in mathematics: affective issues

Chair: Marie Kirstine Oestergaard

• 9:00-9:10 : F. Razeghpour, Effects of tutorial training tasks on mathematical self-efficacy of engineering students

• 9:10-9:20 : F. Ferretti & G. Santi, Pre-service teachers' subjectification: a dialogue between large-scale assessment data and mathematics education

• 9:20-9:30 : R.K. Yadav, Beliefs and practices about mathematical assessment

• 9:30-10:00 : Discussion

• 10:05-10:15 : R. Erens & T. Leuders, Professional behavior of teacher facilitators: Roles, beliefs and challenges

• 10:15-10:25 : Discussion

10:30 - 11:45 Workshop: Creative ways of presenting research - Day 2

Led by: A. Ebbelind, T. Helliwell and M. Hannula

11:50 - 12:00 Closing of MAVI29

Led by Chiara Andrà