Thursday April 16        

11.30 – 12.45     Lunch              

12.45 – 13.00    Welcome

13.00 – 13.45   Ann-Sofi Röj-Lindberg, Åbo Akademi in Vasa. An overview of the VIDEOMAT research project.                   

13.45 – 14.15  Coffee break  

14.15 – 15.00  Anna Holmlund, Gothenburg University & Chalmers University of Technology. Results from a pilot study. From equation solving to handling formulas.     

15.00 – 15.45   Kirsti Hemmi, Åbo Akademi in Vasa. Curricular approaches to algebra in Estonia, Finland and Sweden – a comparative study.            

18.00  Conference dinner                 

Friday April 17                    

09.30 – 10.15   Anna-Maija Partanen, Laplands University, Johanna Pejlare, Gothenburg University & Chalmers University of Technology, Kajsa Bråting, Uppsala University. Comparing the introduction of the variable concept in Finnish and Swedish textbooks for elementary grades.                            

10.15 – 11.15   Workshop: Anna Lundberg, Gothenburg University.      

11.15 – 12.30    Lunch            

12.30 – 13.15    Dimitri Tuomela, University of Oulu. My job is to give individual instruction – Pirkko’s narrative about implementing collaborative learning in mathematics. (Discussion of an article manuscript)         

13.15 – 14.00   Riikka Palkki, University of Oulu. Using comparison tasks and errors to support learning. The views of mathematics teachers and pupils. (Presentation of doctoral thesis).                  

14.00 – 14.30    Coffee break                              

14.30 – 16.00    Gathering of our publications the network´s website. Planning for future seminars.