Research at the department of science and mathematics education

Research at the department is mainly conducted at pre-, primary-, and secondary school levels. The main research fields are science education and mathematics education.

Two interdepartment and interfaculty networks are located at the department; Umeå Mathematics Education Research Centre (UMERC) and Umeå Science Education Research (UMSER). These interdepartmental research environments has been successful both in terms of generating new perspectives on educational research, and in being rewarded several large research grants.

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UmSTER

Umeå Science and Technology Education Research

UMERC

Umeå Mathematics Education Research Centre

Latest publications

Reason and emotion in engineering ethics education

The Routledge international handbook of engineering ethics education, Routledge 2025 : 76-90

Kotluk, Nihat; Lönngren, Johanna; Tormey, Roland

Students’ reasoning on searching scientific information online: developing a model for digital versatility

NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, (1)

Lodén, Anna; Lönngren, Johanna; Ottander, Christina

Vocational students’ citizenship education as a conditioned practice: school leaders’ and teachers’ perspectives of history, religious education, science studies, and social studies

Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training, Linköping University Electronic Press 2025, Vol. 14, (4) : 50-71

Kärnebro, Katarina; Ledman, Kristina; Lindmark, Torbjörn; et al.

First-year university students’ mathematics capital and identities

The Mathematics Enthusiast, University of Montana 2025, Vol. 22, (3) : 311-334

Valero, Paola; Österling, Lisa; Truong, Nhu; et al.

The role of peers, artifacts, and environment in technical problem-solving: studying a group of engineering students constructing together

European Journal of Engineering Education

Rocksén, Miranda; Berge, Maria

The role of joking for learning science: an exploration of spontaneous humour in two physics education settings

Science & Education

Berge, Maria; Anderhag, Per

Principals' views and reported actions on sustainability from a whole school approach perspective: a comparative study of eco- and non-eco-certified preschools in Sweden

Environmental Education Research

Borg, Farhana; Winberg, Mikael T.; Gericke, Niklas; et al.

Perceptions of AI in higher education: affordances and risks for students with Swedish as their second language in developing academic literacy

INTED2025 Proceedings: 19th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia: IATED Academy 2025 : 2991-2998

Dahlström, Helene; Norberg, Malin

Teacher conceptions of assessment and feedback predicting formative feedback practices: helping students to not ignore improvement-oriented feedback

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Brown, Gavin T. L.; Andersson, Catarina; Winberg, Mikael T.; et al.

Preschool science practices: exploring the role of science-oriented teacher education, teacher’s views, and preschool context

Routledge 2025

Hofverberg, Anders; Winberg, Mikael T.; Sundberg, Bodil

Argumentation in mathematics and science university textbooks: similarities and differences in linguistic structures

European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, Bastas Publications 2025, Vol. 13, (1) : 1-15

Hellgren, Jenny M.; Bergqvist, Ewa; Österholm, Magnus

Basic psychological needs satisfaction as a mediator of the effects of a formative assessment practice on behavioural engagement and autonomous motivation

Frontiers in Education, Frontiers Media S.A. 2025, Vol. 10

Andersson, Catarina; Granberg, Carina; Palmberg, Björn; et al.

Developing a diagnostic framework for primary and secondary students’ reasoning difficulties during mathematical problem solving

Educational Studies in Mathematics, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 115, (2) : 125-149

Säfström, Anna Ida; Lithner, Johan; Palm, Torulf; et al.

Fröken är lik sin fröken: om vad som påverkar lärares didaktiska vägval och formar NO-undervisningen på mellanstadiet

Umeå Studies in the Educational Science, 69

Varg, Lina

Between symbols and words: structural connections in mathematics texts and their effect on reading

Umeå Studies in the Educational Science, 68

Wikström Hultdin, Ulrika

Translating assessment for learning to work in groups of students with intellectual disabilities

Education Inquiry

Andersson, Catarina

Students’ reception of two alternative arrangements of mathematical symbols and words: differences in focus and text navigation

Journal of Mathematical Behavior, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 75

Wikström Hultdin, Ulrika; Norqvist, Mathias

Discourses of mathematical reasoning: analysis of three reform frameworks

Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics

Morgan, Candia; Bergqvist, Ewa; Adler, Jill; et al.

Clash of cultures?: Exploring students' perceptions of differences between secondary and tertiary mathematics education

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, Taylor & Francis Group 2024, Vol. 55, (7) : 1567-1596

Johansson, Helena; Österholm, Magnus; Flodén, Liselott; et al.

Professional development at national scale: effects on teacher knowledge and practice

Studies in Educational Evaluation, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 83

Österholm, Magnus; Bergqvist, Tomas; Liljekvist, Yvonne; et al.

Swedish teacher conceptions of assessment: a focus on improving outcomes

Education Inquiry

Brown, Gavin T. L.; Andersson, Catarina; Winberg, Mikael T.; et al.

Positioning, emotions, and emotional positioning

The Routledge international handbook of positioning theory, Routledge 2024 : 424-437

Lönngren, Johanna; Berge, Maria

Critical events in the systematic work at an organizational level towards a whole school approach to sustainability in a swedish municipality

Whole school approaches to sustainability: education renewal in times of distress, Cham: Springer Nature 2024 : 201-213

Manni, Annika; Knekta, Eva; Åberg, Erika

The importance of the elicitation process in formative assessment: a case study

Proceedings of the 47th Conference of the International Group for thePsychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1), Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) 2024 : 99-

Andersson, Catarina; Palm, Torulf; Winberg, Mikael T.

Supporting mathematics teachers’ planning of multimodal teaching

Proceedings of the 47^th Conference of the internationalgroup for the psychology ofmathematics education, Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) 2024 : 156-

Johansson, Helena; Norberg, Malin; Österholm, Magnus

Care for the learning of mathematics: put to the test

Research in Mathematics Education

Bagger, Anette; Vennberg, Helena

Bridging the gaps? Exploring science teaching continuity across early years transitions through semantic profiles

Short Abstracts: NFSUN: Nordiske forskersymposium om undervisning i naturfag

Ottander, Christina; Sundberg, Bodil

The pedagogical potentials of wonder for supporting students’ engagement and learning in science

Short Abstracts: NFSUN: Nordiske forskersymposium om undervisning i naturfag

Sundberg, Bodil; Andersson, Johanna; Ottander, Christina

The role of wonder in science PRACTISEs. A Delphi study of different stakeholders’ views

Short Abstracts: NFSUN: Nordiske forskersymposium om undervisning i naturfag

Andersson, Johanna; Ottander, Christina; Sundberg, Bodil

Open schooling: Collaboration between schools and society to promote students’ relevant and meaningful biology learning

ERIDOB2024. 14th Conference of European Researchers in Didactics of Biology. Lyon, France, July 1st-5th

Scheersoi, Annette; Kwella, Hannah; Schilbert, Jana; et al.

The cold pack: laboratory work with elements of formative assessment for lower secondary school

ECRICE 2024. 16 European Confernce on Research in Chemical Education. Nova School of Science and Technology. Campus da Caparica, Lisbon, September 5-7, 2024: Book of abstracts, European chemical society 2024 : 66-67

Olander, Jenny; Broman, Karolina

Communication strategies when reading less familiar mathematical expressions aloud

Mediating mathematics: Proceedings of MADIF14. The fourteenth research seminar of the Swedish Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Örebro, March 19–20, 2024 : 49-60

Wikström Hultdin, Ulrika

An interpretation model for representations: the IRIS model

The 8th international designs for learning conference. Conseptualizing design: book of abstracts, Stockholm University 2024 : 17-17

Dyrvold, Anneli; Ribeck Nyström, Judy

Mål, matematik och mening: om identitet i mötet med gymnasieskolans yrkesprogram

Doktorsavhandlingar i pedagogiskt arbete, 100

Holmgren, Karoline

Changes in mathematical skills among freshman engineering students

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology

Hed, Lisa; Åhag, Per; Norqvist, Mathias

The fabrication of special education mathematics students as knowers through mandatory assessment in preschool class

Education Inquiry

Bagger, Anette; Vennberg, Helena

Computer-based formative assessment for problem solving

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, Taylor & Francis Group 2024, Vol. 55, (10) : 2645-2669

Söderström, Sharmin

Emotions in engineering education: a configurative meta-synthesis systematic review

Journal of Engineering Education, John Wiley & Sons 2024, Vol. 113, (4) : 1287-1326

Lönngren, Johanna; Bellocchi, Alberto; Berge, Maria; et al.

“Every morning I take two steps to my desk…”: students’ perspectives on distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

Higher Education, Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2024, Vol. 88 : 1483-1502

Chiodaroli, Marco; Freyhult, Lisa; Solders, Andreas; et al.

Students’ dynamic communication while transforming mathematical representations in a dynamic geometry environment

ZDM - the International Journal on Mathematics Education, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 56 : 543-557

Bach, Cecilie Carlsen; Bergqvist, Ewa; Jankvist, Uffe Thomas

Supporting teachers in supporting students’ mathematical problem solving

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, Taylor & Francis Group 2024, Vol. 55, (10) : 2389-2409

Sidenvall, Johan; Granberg, Carina; Lithner, Johan; et al.

Students' reasoning and utilization of feedback in Scratch

Proceedings of the 17th ERME Topic Conference MEDA 4: 3-6 September 2024, Bari, Italy, Bari: University of Bari Aldo Moro 2024 : 407-414

Zahid, Muhammad Zuhair

Stability and change in associations between social responsibility goals, achievement, and psychosomatic problems

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Hofverberg, Anders; Eklöf, Hanna; Knekta, Eva

Another engineering is possible: supporting students’ emotional engagement in engineering learning

ESJP 2024 Conference: on-site session descriptions

Günter, Katerina Pia; Berge, Maria; Kellan, Nadia; et al.

Feedback in mathematics education research: a systematic literature review

Research in Mathematics Education

Söderström, Sharmin; Palm, Torulf

[Workshop] Developing sensitivities to cultural norms in higher education supervision: Exploring Nordic ideals of independence in university internationalization

Nordic Conference on PhD Supervision (CoPhS): program

Günter, Katerina; Larsen Ryberg, Marie; Gullberg, Annica

Advancing methods for including materiality in positioning research: How can we analyze positioning of human-material entanglements?

Positioning Theory Research Conference. Kuopio, Finland. July 28 to August 1, 2024.

Lönngren, Johanna; Günter, Katerina Pia; Berge, Maria

Exploring supervision experiences of international women biology PhD candidates: Interstitial spaces of formal and informal support

Nordic Conference on PhD Supervision (CoPhS): Program

Günter, Katerina; Gullberg, Annica

Conceptualizing socio-material positioning in small-group learning: How a banana can help students learn abstract concepts

Positioning Theory Research Conference. Kuopio, Finland. July 28 to August 1, 2024.

Günter, Katerina Pia; Lönngren, Johanna; Berge, Maria

Challenging fieldwork practice with a slow-science approach

Swedish STS Conference 2024. Transmissions, Mediations, Interferences: Programme, Linköping University 2024 : 21-21

Malm, Rie; Günter, Katerina Pia

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