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Language and Communication

The overarching purpose of the research conducted in this group is to increase our understanding of the role of language and communication for knowledge and learning in mathematics.

One goal of mathematics education is for students to develop the ability to communicate using the forms of language and forms of representations that are typical for mathematics. Aspects of language are thus important parts of mathematics. However, sometimes there is a wish to separate language from mathematics, e.g. when constructing mathematical test items and wanting them not to measure reading ability but mathematical ability. Therefore, there is a need to investigate more thoroughly properties and functions of language in relation to mathematical content and to knowledge and learning of mathematics.

Examples of issues studied in this research group are if you need a special type of reading ability when you read a mathematical text, the relationship between reading and solving mathematical tasks, how you can utilise students' language use to diagnose their mathematical knowledge, how teachers' language use can affect students' understanding, and how you can formulate mathematical tasks with high validity.

Contact persons

Ewa Bergqvist
Associate professor, research fellow
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Magnus Österholm
Professor, research fellow
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Participants from UMERC

Tomas Bergqvist
Associate professor, research fellow
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Anneli Dyrvold
Associate professor, research fellow
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Jenny Hellgren
Associate professor
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Malin Norberg
Associate professor, research fellow
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Mathias Norqvist
Associate professor, research fellow
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Oskar Segerlund
Doctoral student, research student
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Frithjof Theens
Other position, associate professor, research fellow
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Lotta Vingsle
Associate professor, research fellow
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Lotta Wedman
Postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral position
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Ulrika Wikström Hultdin
Postdoctoral fellow, doctoral student
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Participants outside UMERC

Jill Adler, professor
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Abraham Arcavi, professor
The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Cris Edmonds-Wathen, researcher,
Charles Darwin University, Australia
Candia Morgan, professor
Institute of Education, University College London
Maike Schindler, professor
University of Cologne, Germany

Research projects

The dual role of process goals when implementing the written curriculum in Sweden and England
Research area: Education
Duration 1 January 2022 until 31 December 2025
Type of project Research project
Students' (lack of) comprehension of mathematics texts
Duration 1 January 2022 until 31 December 2026
Type of project Research project
The role of natural language when learning the symbolic language of mathematics
Duration 1 September 2016 until 31 December 2022
Type of project Research project
Connections between different types of argumentation and students' understanding of mathematical explanations
Duration 1 January 2015 until 31 December 2018
Type of project Research project
Evaluation of the results from a national professional development program for mathematics teachers
Duration 7 January 2014 until 31 October 2016
Type of project Research project
Effects on the demand of reading ability when translating mathematical tasks between different languages
Duration 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2016
Type of project Research project
Relationships between reading and solving mathematical tasks
Duration 13 March 2012 until 15 February 2017
Type of project Research project
Latest update: 2023-03-03