Search for dissertations about: "Lovisa Sumpter"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Lovisa Sumpter.

  2. 1. On Aspects of Mathematical Reasoning : Affect and Gender

    Author : Lovisa Sumpter; Johan Lithner; Markku Hannula; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; affect; beliefs; gender; mathematical reasoning; problem solving; upper secondary school; Other mathematics; Övrig matematik; matematikdidaktik; didactics of mathematics;

    Abstract : This thesis explores two aspects of mathematical reasoning: affect and gender. I started by looking at the reasoning of upper secondary students when solving tasks. READ MORE

  4. 2. What do students’ feel about mathematics? : Compulsory school students’ emotions and motivation towards mathematics

    Author : Martin Nyman; Lovisa Sumpter; Kerstin Larsson; Peter Liljedahl; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Motivation; Emotion; Feelings; Primary education; Compulsory education; Motivation; Känslor; Grundskola; Grundskolelever; matematikämnets didaktik; Mathematics Education;

    Abstract : This licentiate thesis deals with compulsory school students’ expressed emotions and motivation towards mathematics. Theoretically, it has been guided by Hannula’s meta-theory on affect (e.g., 2012), of which emotion and motivation are part. READ MORE

  5. 3. Mean, median, and mode in school years 4–6 : A study about aspects of statistical literacy

    Author : Karin Landtblom; Lovisa Sumpter; Kerstin Larsson; Judy Sayers; Aisling Leavy; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mathematics teaching; statistical literacy; mathematics teachers; prospective teachers; students; text books; school years 4–6; Mathematics Education; matematikämnets didaktik;

    Abstract : This thesis explores different aspects of statistical literacy such as mathematical knowledge, context knowledge, use of words, and conceptions. The focus is on measures of central tendency: mean, median, and mode, and school years 4–6 (ages 10–13). The thesis contains of five papers and the phenomenon is studied in different contexts. READ MORE