Vision Document

Below you find our Vision Document. This was created in the context of IO1 and as a starting point for this project.

Evaluation of Learning Environments

In the following you find all reports of the evaluation of the learning environments.

Evaluation of Teacher Course

In the following you find all reports of the evaluation of the teacher courses.

Project-related publications and conference contributions

Bos, R., Wei, H., van der Hoek, G., & Drijvers, P. (2023). Supporting Functional Thinking with Nomograms. Euclides.

Frey, K., Pittalis, M., Veldhuis, M., Geisen, M., Krišáková, M., Sajka, M., Nowińska, E., Hubeňáková, V., & Sproesser, U. (2022). Functional thinking: Conceptions of mathematics educators - a framework for analysis. In Fernández, C., Llinares, S., Gutiérrez, A., & Planas, N. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 45th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 4, p. 349). Alicante, Spain: PME.

Frey, K., & Sproesser, U. (accepted). Changes in pre-service teachers’ conceptions of functional thinking. Proceedings of the 13th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education.

Frey, K., Sproesser, U., Geisen, M., Hubeňáková, V., Krišáková, M., Nowińska, E., Pittalis, M., Sajka, M., & Veldhuis, M. (2023). Conceptions of functional thinking of mathematics educators: an international interview study, EARLI Thessaloniki

Frey, K., Sproesser, U., & Veldhuis, M. (2022). What is functional thinking? Theoretical considerations and first results of an international interview study. Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (pp. 497–504). ERME.

Gönciová, Z., & Krišáková, M. (2022). Metodiky podporujúce rozvoj funkčného myslenia. In Dva dni s didaktikou matematiky 2022 (pp. 50-55).

Krišáková, M. & Hubeňáková, V. (accepted). Two pre-service mathematics teachers’ beliefs about mathematics and its teaching and their lesson plans for linear function topic. Proceedings of the 13th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education.

Krišáková, M., & Slabý, M. (2022). Functional thinking development in Slovakia. Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (p. 3639). ERME.

Krišáková, M., & Slabý, M. (2022). FunThink na Slovensku [Conference session]. 52. konferencia slovenských matematikov, Žilina. EDIS – vydavateľstvo UNIZA, ISBN: 978-80-554-1869-8, 33. Otten, M., Vollmuller, B., & Veldhuis, M. (2022, 07 01). FunThink. [PowerPoint slides]. Presented at: PANAMA conference 2022: Zeist, the Netherlands.

Pittalis, M., Demosthenous E., Drijvers, P., Sproesser, U., & Frey, K. (2022). The development of functional thinking from primary school to high school. In Ch. Stathopoulou, T. Triadafillides, K. Hadjikyriakos, A. Chronaki, & V. Chrysikou (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Greek Council of Researchers in Mathematics Education (En.E.Di.M.) (pp. 199-208). University of Thessaly: Volos, Greece. (In Greek)

Pittalis, M., Demosthenous, E., & Sproesser, U. (2023). Representing covariation functional situations in a tablet-enabled digital learning environment. In M. Ayalon, B. Koichu, R. Leikin, L. Rubel., & M. Tabach (Eds.). Proceedings of the 46th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 4, pp. 43-50). PME.

Pittalis, M., Sproesser, U., Demosthenous, E., & Odysseos, E., (2023). Representing distance-time scenarios in a digital learning environment. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching, Athens: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Rosiek, R., & Sajka, M. (2022). Eye tracking research on difficulties of using the concept of function in kinematics. In M. Sajka, (Ed.), Book of Abstracts: TIMER CONFERENCE - Trends in Mathematics Education Research. Pedagogical University of Krakow 2022 (p. 33).

Rosiek, R., & Sajka, M. (2022). Jak zaradzić trudnościom związanym z nauczaniem pojęcia funkcji? In T. Greczyło, D. Sokołowska, & W. Zawadzki (Eds.), Program i książka abstraktów, II Kongres Nauczycieli Fizyki (pp. 54–54). Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków.

Šabáková, D. (accepted). The role of scaling in the development of students' functional thinking. Proceedings of the 13th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education.

Sajka, M. (2023). Myślenie funkcyjne w ujęciu teoretycznym i według ekspertów – studium przypadków. In E. Juskowiak (Hrsg.), Współczesne problemy nauczania matematyki. Tom 9 (pp. 53–70). Adam Mickiewicz University Press.

Sajka, M. (2020). Rozwijanie myślenia funkcyjnego na wszystkich etapach matematycznego kształcenia w ramach projektu unijnego „FunThink”, Commentarii Academici, Kwartalnik Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego [Quarterly of Pedagogical University], No.15/2020, pp. 56-58. ISSN 2545–1510

Sajka, M., & Rosiek, R. (2020). Enhancing functional thinking from primary to upper secondary school according to “FunThink” project. Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis | Studia Ad Didacticam Mathematicae Pertinentia, 12, 281–284.

Semanišinová, I. & Sajka, M. (accepted). Preservice teachers’ feedback to students’ solutions on linking linear function equation and graph: a Polish and Slovak case. Proceedings of the 13th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education.

Slabý, M. (accepted). Pre-service teachers’ knowledge of students’ misconceptions and difficulties about functions. Proceedings of the 13th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education.

Slabý, M. (2022). Špecifické poznanie učiteľa matematiky v tematickom celku Funkcie. In Dva dni s didaktikou matematiky 2022 (pp. 86-90).

Slabý, M. & Semanišinová, I. (2022). What do pre-service teachers consider important when introducing the concept of function? In C. Fernández, S. Llinares, A. Gutiérrez, & N. Planas (Eds.), Proceedings of the 45th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 4, p. 294). PME

Slabý, M., Semanišinová, I., & Climent, N. (2022). The specialized knowledge of middle school teachers concerning the concept of function. Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis | Studia Ad Didacticam Mathematicae Pertinentia, 14, 81–101. https://doi.org/10.24917/20809751.14.5

Sproesser, U., & Frey, K. (2023). Was ist funktionales Denken und wie kann es im Unterricht adressiert werden? Ergebnisse einer Interviewstudie. In IDMI-Primar Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (Hrsg.), Beiträge zum Mathematikunterricht 2022. 56. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik (Band 1, S. 183–186). WTM. https://doi.org/10.37626/GA9783959872089.0

Veldhuis, M. (2022). Designing tasks to develop primary school students’ mathematical reasoning using insights from realistic mathematics education. [PowerPoint slides]. Presented at 2nd international conference of innovation and Technology in Mathematics and Mathematics Education: Surakarta, Indonesia.

Veldhuis, M. (2021). FunThink: Enhancing functional thinking from primary until upper secondary education. [PowerPoint slides]. Presented at: 1st international conference of innovation and Technology in Mathematics and Mathematics Education: Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Veldhuis, M., & Otten, M. (2023, 03 24). Rekenen met de getallenlijn. [PowerPoint slides], Presented at: Nationale RekenCoördinatorenDag 2023, Hogeschool IPABO, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Veldhuis, M., Otten, M., Vollmuller, B., & Anantharajan, M. (2023, 06 01). Van Pabo tot praktijk: hoe vertalen studenten activiteiten rondom functioneel denken? [PowerPoint slides]. Presented at: PANAMA conference 2023: Zeist, the Netherlands.

Veldhuis, M. & Stuber, S. (2023) Wat is de geheime regel? Pabostudenten lopen over een getallenlijn en vinden regels. 43(1). Volgens Bartjens.

Veldhuis, M., Vollmuller, B., & Otten, M. (2022, 03 25). FunThink: Enhancing functional thinking from primary to upper secondary school. [PowerPoint slides]. Presented at: Nationale RekenCoördinatorenDag 2022, Online

Vollmuller, B., Veldhuis, M., Otten, M., Stuber, S., Anantharajan, M., & Keijzer, R. (accepted). Developing functional thinking from teacher education to primary school: students walk along the number line. Proceedings of the 13th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education.

Wei, H., Bos, R. & Drijvers, P. (2023). An Embodied Approach to Abstract Functional Thinking Using Digital Technology: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 30(2), 75–94. https://doi.org/10.1564/tme_v30.2.2

Wei, H., Bos, R., & Drijvers, P. (2022). Embodied approaches to functional thinking using digital technology: A bibliometrics-guided review. Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (pp. 2897–2904). ERME.

Wei, H., Bos, R., & Drijvers, P. (accepted). Embodied approaches to functional thinking using digital technology. Proceedings of the 13th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education.

If you are interested in any publication or conference contribution, please send us an email (funthink@ph-ludwigsburg.de) and we will send you the document.