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

Salla Skyttä

Postdoctoral Researcher

Niilo Huuhka

Doctoral Researcher

External members

Antti Lehtinen

Senior lecturer

University of Jyväskylä, Department of Physics

Publications

Publications

Publication

2005

The role of different representations in teaching and learning of the derivative through open approach

Problem solving in mathematics education. Research Report. University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Sciences of Education.

Hähkiöniemi, Markus

Publication

2004

"You can see it as you wish!": negotiating a shared understanding in collaborative problem solving dyads.

Learning to collaborate, collaborating to learn. Nova Science.

Kumpulainen, Kristiina

Kaartinen, Sinikka

Publication

2004

Constructing Teacher Identity in Socioculturally Oriented Chemistry Classrooms

Current research on mathematics and science education. University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Sciences of Education. Ylopistopaino.

Kaartinen, Sinikka

Ropo, Eero

Publication

2004

Dialogic Learning Shifting Perspectives to Learning, Instruction and Teaching/On participating in Communities of practice:Cases from science classrooms

Dialogic Learning Shifting Perspectives to Learning, Instruction and Teaching. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Kaartinen, Sinikka

Kumpulainen, Kristiina

Publication

2004

Learning to Communicate - Communicating to learn in mathematics classrooms

Mathematics and Language. SMDF.

Kaartinen, Sinikka

Publication

2003

Learning to participate-Participating to learn in science and mathematics classrooms

Acta Univ.Oul. Acta Univ. Oul.

Kaartinen, Sinikka

Sinikka, Kaartinen

Publication

2003

The Interpersonal Dynamics of Collaborative Reasoning in Peer Interactive Dyads

The Journal of Experimental Education.

Kumpulainen, Kristiina

Kaartinen, Sinikka

Publication

2002

Collaborative inquiry and the construction of explanations in the learning of science.

Learning & Instruction.

Kaartinen, Sinikka

Kumpulainen, Kristiina

Publication

2002

Fy-Ke 3-4. Fysiikan ja kemian työkirja perusopetuksen 3. ja 4. luokalle. Opettajanopas.

Otava.

Kaartinen, Sinikka

Saravesi, Pekka

Niinimäki, Katriina

Publication

2001

Fy-Ke 3-4. Fysiikan ja kemian työkirja perusopetuksen 3. ja 4. luokalle.

Otava.

Kaartinen, Sinikka

Saravesi, Pekka

Niinimäki, Katriina

Publication

2001

Negotiating meaning in science classroom communities. Case across age levels.

Journal of classroom interaction.

Kaartinen, Sinikka

Kumpulainen, Kristiina

Publication

2000

Situational mechanisms of peer group interaction in collaborative meaning-making.

European Journal of Psychology of Education.

Kaartinen, Sinikka

Kumpulainen, Kristiina

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