Research group on mathematics and science education

Overview

Core fields of research

Learning, teaching and interaction

Research areas

JYU.Edu

Interactive and technologically enhanced learning environments

Education, teaching and interventions

Learning, learning difficulties and factors affecting learning

Faculty

Faculty of Education and Psychology

Research group description

We research the learning and teaching of mathematics and science from multiple perspectives. We have especially concentrated on the interaction during learning.

Current

Projects

Related projects

Project

Nanokoulu

Nanokoulu edistää luonnontieteen ja tekniikan oppimista.

Members

Members

Markus Hähkiöniemi

Senior Lecturer

Sinikka Kaartinen

Lecturer

Laura Ketonen

Grant researcher, conducting grant-funded research

Anna-Leena Kähkönen

University Teacher

Anssi Lindell

Senior Lecturer

Pasi Nieminen

Senior Lecturer (absent)

Salla Skyttä

Postdoctoral Researcher

Niilo Huuhka

Doctoral Researcher

External members

Antti Lehtinen

Senior lecturer

University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics

Publications

Publications

Publication

2025

Available through Open Access

Äänen rooli viestinnässä ja vuorovaikutuksessa : käsitteellinen näkökulma ammatilliseen äänitietoisuuteen

Prologi : viestinnän ja vuorovaikutuksen tieteellinen aikakauslehti.

Järvinen, Kati

Tyrmi, Jaana

Mäntylä, Terhi

Publication

2025

Available through Open Access

Analyzing teachers’ scripts from teachers’ reflections after they tried to encourage students’ flexible mathematical thinking

Frontline Learning Research.

Moberg, Joona

Hannula-Sormunen, Minna

Hähkiöniemi, Markus

Lehtinen, Erno

Publication

2025

Available through Open Access

Cooperative Learning in Higher Education Physics : A Systematic Literature Review

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education.

Kilpeläinen-Pettersson, Jasmin

Koskinen, Pekka

Lehtinen, Antti

Mäntylä, Terhi

Publication

2025

Available through Open Access

Exploring Students' Misinterpretations of Linear Regression Models

FMSERA Journal.

Kauppinen, Heli

Taskinen, Sara

Hähkiöniemi, Markus

Publication

2025

Available through Open Access

Exploring the Connection Between Sixth Grade Students’ Adaptive Number Knowledge and Proportional Rules in Balance Scale Problems

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education.

Skyttä, Salla

Lehtinen, Antti

Nieminen, Pasi

Hähkiöniemi, Markus

Publication

2025

Available through Open Access

Investigating the moments of “aha” and “hmm” through acoustic analysis of voice and speech in pre-service physics teacher education : A novel method for identifying significant learning moments

PLoS ONE.

Järvinen, Kati

Laukkanen, Anne-Maria

Kähkönen, Anna-Leena

Nieminen, Pasi

Mäntylä, Terhi

Publication

2025

Available through Open Access

Mitä empiiristen tutkimusten perusteella tiedetään kansallisista kokeista?

Kasvatus.

Ketonen, Laura

Atjonen, Päivi

Publication

2025

Available through Open Access

Pre-service teachers´ interaction with students manifested in speech turns : a case study of interaction and acoustic analyses

Classroom Discourse.

Järvinen, Kati

Kähkönen, Anna-Leena

Nieminen, Pasi

Mäntylä, Terhi

Publication

2025

Available through Open Access

Professional autonomy vs. assessment criteria : teacher agency in the midst of assessment reform

Journal of Curriculum Studies.

Ketonen, Laura

Nieminen, Juuso Henrik

Publication

2025

Available through Open Access

Tieteentekijän ja opettajan tarpeellinen ja liiallinen kriittisyys

Ainedidaktiikka.

Kallio, Manne

Heinonen, Pilvi

Mäntylä, Terhi

Poulter, Saila

Publication

2025

Available through Open Access

Understanding the role of adaptive number knowledge in primary school students’ collaborative balance rule generation

JYU Dissertations.

Skyttä, Salla

Publication

2024

Available through Open Access

Ainedidaktisesta tutkimuksesta voimaa oppijoiden perustaitojen vahvistamisen työlle

Ainedidaktiikka.

Heinonen, Pilvi

Kallio, Manne

Mäntylä, Terhi

Poulter, Saila

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