Date/time: Tuesday 18 October 2016, 1600-1700 Venue: Highfield campus, building 32/2097 Chair: David Galbraith Speaker: Dr Markus Hefter, Bielefeld University, Germany Title: How can training interventions support science education? Abstract: Argumentation strategies, such as evaluating arguments or supporting theories with evidence, play a crucial role in science education. They are beneficial for developing deep understanding […]

In September Dr. Christian Bokhove has presented a keynote at the Sixth Central- and Eastern European Conference on Computer Algebra- and Dynamic Geometry Systems in Mathematics Education in Romania. The slides to the talk are shown below.  

We had a strong and successful presence of the MSHE research centre at Karlstad, Sweden this month, were four of our members presented their work at the 11th conference of European Researchers in Didactics of Biology (ERIDOB) which took place between 5-9 September 2016. Dr Jenny Byrne presented her work on health education, entitled ‘A longitudinal […]

Ringwood School/Bransgore C.E Primary ‎School (SPELL – Southern Partnership for ‎Excellence in Leadership and Learning ‎TSA)‎, The Portsmouth TSA, Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne ‎‎(Wimborne TSA, Wimborne Academy Trust ‎and Science Learning Partnership Hub ‎School)‎, Arnewood School (Achieving Collaborative ‎Excellence TSA)‎, Mathematics and Science Learning Centre (MSLC), Southampton Education School, and partners is providing funded subject specialism […]

Commencing in April 2016, Kotaro Komatsu (Shinshu University, Japan), who is currently a Visiting Fellow at Southampton Education School, and Keith Jones, began a research project entitled Proofs and Refutations in Dynamic Geometry Environments (PRinDGE). The project is funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Following the work of mathematics philosopher Lakatos, […]

OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN maths: A curriculum approach with timss 2011 data Christian Bokhove University of Southampton Previous studies have shown that socioeconomic status (SES) and ‘opportunity to learn’ (OTL), which can be typified as ‘curriculum content covered’, are significant predictors of students’ mathematics achievement. Seeing OTL as curriculum variable, this paper explores multilevel models (students […]

Several members of our centre contributed to the one-every-four-year premier international maths education conference ICME-13. Bokhove, Christian University of Southampton, United Kingdom HANDWRITING RECOGNITION SOFTWARE AND STUDENTS’ ONLINE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN ALGEBRA STUDIES OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MATHS: A CURRICULUM APPROACH WITH TIMSS 2011 DATA  Presenter EXPLORING AND MAKING ONLINE CREATIVE DIGITAL MATHS BOOKS FOR […]