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2023/2024

Research into Specific Ambits of Science and Mathematics Teaching

Code: 43929 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
4313815 Research in Education OT 0 1

Contact

Name:
Anna Marba Tallada
Email:
anna.marba@uab.cat

Teaching groups languages

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Teachers

Maria Merce Edo Baste
Josep Maria Fortuny Aymemi
Begoña Oliveras Prat
Edelmira Rosa Badillo Jimenez

Prerequisites

None


Objectives and Contextualisation

The goal of this module is to show and discuss different research perspective in science and math learning and teaching from early childhood to secondary education, as well as in the field of teacher training.


Learning Outcomes

  1. CA62 (Competence) Formulate research problems on the development of competence and scientific thinking in innovative contexts while also formulating relevant questions and goals.
  2. CA63 (Competence) Contrast the data from research and innovations on the development of scientific competence and thinking with the goals of the study and the corpus of available knowledge in order to draw conclusions.
  3. KA61 (Knowledge) Identify lines of research in the field of the didactics of science and mathematics that address the development of scientific and mathematical competence and thinking in teachers and students.
  4. KA62 (Knowledge) Identify the learning difficulties associated with scientific and mathematical competence and thinking in order to provide innovative solutions for the training of teachers and students.
  5. SA47 (Skill) Produce a comprehensive review of the scientific literature in relation to a specific topic regarding learning in science and mathematics education.
  6. SA48 (Skill) Analyse different kinds of data obtained from research on the development of scientific and mathematical competence and thinking.
  7. SA49 (Skill) Present research on the didactics of mathematics or didactics of experimental sciences, adapting the tone to the typical type of communication in the disciplines of the didactics of sciences and mathematics.

Content

The contents will focus on the following disciplinary areas:
										
											
										
											Development of competence and mathematical and scientific thinking
										
											
										
											Development of the knowledge and professional skills of mathematics and science teachers
										
											
										
											Thematic axes:
										
											
										
											Innovation and Learning
										
											
										
											Representation and Communication
										
											
										
											Context and Critical Thinking
										
											 
										
											
										
											Sessions:
										
											Modeling and conceptual ideas progression . The learning cycle as a design structure (2 sessions)
Numerical representation (2 sessions)
Critical thinking (2 sessions)
The development of professional competence (2 sessions)
Evaluation

Methodology

The sessions will be based on the presentation of the main research theoretical framework and on the discussion of the results of research articles, as well as the analysis of data.

Our teaching approach and assessment procedures may be altered if public health authorities impose new restrictions on public gatherings for COVID-19

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Research results discussions and case analisys 0 0
Theoretical framework discussion 0 0

Assessment

1. Continuous assessment consists of 3 activities:
										
											
										
											Activity 1: Questionnaire about a research article with the following format.
										
											
										
											The student will choose a research article from the didactics of mathematics or didactics of the sciences and will prepare a text based on the answers to the proposed questions. The delivery date is February 23, 2024 via CV.
										
											
										
											1. What is the area of study? How do the authors frame it? What opinion deserves the formulation of the problem?
										
											
										
											2. The authors' objective: What is(or are)? Explicit?
										
											
										
											3. Are there implicit assumptions?
										
											
										
											4. What are the conclusions? Do these conclusions follow in a logical manner from the data, from the arguments? Is there an influence of the initial assumptions on the conclusions?
										
											
										
											5. Suppose we have to argue for and against, would you add arguments in favor? What would be your arguments against?
										
											
										
											6. If you were to interview the authors, what would you ask them?
										
											
										
											7. Have you encountered something surprising, new, that can change your approach to your own work?
										
											
										
											8.Would you write such an article? Why?
										
											
										
											9. Would you like to read a continuation? What would you expect?
										
											
										
											10. Would you add other questions?
										
											
										
											 
										
											
										
											Activity 2: Analysis of the progression of a mathematical or scientific content in the curriculum.
										
											
										
											 
										
											
										
											This work will be delivered by the CV and will be exhibited in the classroom apron on March 21, 2024
										
											
										
											(last session of the module).
										
											
										
											 
										
											
										
											Activity 3: Feedback Didactic analysis of a mathematical and scientific content.
										
											
										
											Starting from the presentations made on March 23, 2023, a forum will be opened where each student will have to provide feedback on the presentations in their field (science and mathematics).
										
											
										
											 
										
											
										
											The authors of the presentations will have to respond to the actual feedback received. The deadline for making contributions is March 30, 2024. The quality of the contributions from all the forums will be evaluated.
										
											
										
											 
										
											
										
											2. Unique assessment
										
											
										
											Those students who take the single assessment option will have to give an oral presentation on the last day of class, hand in activity 1 as well as prepare and deliver feedback on a colleague's work and answer to the feedback that the teacher will give you about your work.
										
											
										
											3. Reassesment
										
											
										
											Both in the continuous assessment and in the single one, make- up of  the failed tasks is contemplated with a maximum mark of 5. To recover the assessment activities, it will be necessary to deliver a report justifying the changes incorporated in the activities based on the contributions provided by the teachers. The delivery deadline for the Virtual Campus will be one week after the delivery of the assessment

In accordance with UAB regulations, plagiarism or copying, IA uses without quoted of any individual or group paper will be punished with a grade of 0 on that paper, losing any possibility of the remedial task. During the elaboration of a paper or the individual exam in class, if the professor considers that a student is trying to copy or s/he discovers any non-authorised document or device, the student will get a grade of 0, without any chance to take a make-up exam.

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Coevaluation activity 20 30 1.2 CA63, KA61, KA62, SA48
Individual actitity based on the curricula analysis 40 60 2.4 KA62, SA47, SA48, SA49
Individual activity based on a research article 40 60 2.4 CA62, CA63, KA61, KA62, SA47

Bibliography

Callejo, M. L.; Zapatera, A. (2016). Prospective primary teachers’ noticing of students’ understanding of pattern generalization. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 1-25.

Dickson, L.; Brown, M.; Gibson, O. (1984). Children Learning Mathematics: a Teachers' Guide to Recent Research. London: Cassell.

Drijvers, P.; Doorman, M.; Boon, P.; Reed, H.; Gravemeijer, K. (2010). The teacher and the tool: instrumental orchestrations in the technology-rich mathematics classroom. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 75, 213-234. 

Fernández, C.; Llinares, S. (2012). Características del desarrollo del razonamiento proporcional en la Educación Primaria y Secundaria. Enseñanza de las Ciencias, 30(1), 129-142.

Fernández, C.; Llinares, S.; Van Dooren, W.; De Bock, D.; Verschaffel (2011). Effect on number structure and nature of quantities on secondary school students' proportional reasoning. Studia Psychologica, 53 (1), 69-81

Fuentealba, C.; Sánchez-Matamoros, G.; Badillo, E.; Trigueros, M. (2017). Thematization of the derivative schema in university students: a study about the existence of nuances in constructing relations between a function's successive derivatives. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (TMES), 48(3), 374-392. DOI: 10.1080/0020739X.2016.1248508.

Gobert, J. (2000). A typology of causal models for plate tectonics: Inferential power and barriers to understanding. International Journal of Science Education, 22, 9, 937-977.

Izquierdo, M. (2005). Hacia una teoría de los contenidos escolares, Enseñanza de las Ciencias, 23 (1), 11-122.

Morera, L.; Fortuny, J. M.; Planas, N. (2012). Momentos clave en el aprendizaje de isometrías en un entorno de clase colaborativo y tecnológico. Enseñanza de las Ciencias, 30(1), 143-154

Ogborn, J. (2012). Curriculum Development in Physics: Not Quite so Fast. Scientia in educatione 3(2), p. 3–15. (article basat en la conferència plenària del catedràtic Jon Ogborn el 03 de juliol de 2012, al The World Conference on Physics Education 2012,  Istanbul,Turkey.

Radford, L. (2010). Algebraic thinking from a cultural semiotic perspective. Research in Mathematics Education, 12(1), 1-19.

Sanchez-Matamoros, G.; Fernández, C.; Llinares, S. (2015). Developing pre-service teachers' noticing of students' understanding of the derivative concept. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 13, 1305- 1329. DOI: 10.1007/s10763-014-9544-y

Sauvé, L. (2010). Educación científica y educación ambiental: un cruce fecundo. Enseñanza de las Ciencias 28 (1), 5-18 

Stylianides, G. J.; Stylianides, A. J. (2009). Facilitating the transition from empirical arguments to proof. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 40(3), 314-352.

Verhoeff, R. P. (2003). Towards systems thinking in cell biology education. Centrum voor Didactiek van Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Universiteit Utrecht (The Nederlands) ISBN: 90-73346-56-8. (S’indicarà la part que cal llegir)

Vermillion, P.; Rabardel, P. (1995). Cognition and artifacts: A contribution to the study of thought in relation to instrumented activity. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 10(1), 77-101.

 

Enllaços web:

- Centre de Recursos per Ensenyar i Aprendre Matemàtiques (CREAMAT). Generalitat de Catalunya. http://phobos.xtec.cat/creamat/joomla/

- Freudental Institute. Utrecht (Nederlands). http://www.fisme.science.uu.nl/fisme/en/

- The Nrich Maths Project. Cambridge (UK). http://nrich.maths.org/frontpage

Godino, J. D., Batanero, C. & Font, V. (2003). Fundamentos de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de las matemáticas. Departamento de Didáctica de las Matemáticas. Universidad de Granada. (Recuperable en, http://www.ugr.es/local/jgodino/)

Iranzo, N. (2009). Influence of dynamic geometry software on plane geometry problem solving strategies. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. Bellaterra, Spain: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. (Recuperable en, http://www.geogebra.org/publications/2009-06-30-Nuria-Iranzo-Dissertation.pdf)

 


Software

No specific software will be used