About the project
The project explores the potential of digital fabrication to support mathematics teachers in creating their own concrete materials for the classroom. Mathematics is an abstract and general science of problem solving and method development. Abstract concepts such as numbers, data, structure, quantities, and patterns need to be supported with concrete representations to facilitate students’ understanding. Finding adequate concrete materials and integrating them thoughtfully in the classroom can be a challenge based on schools’ budget and available assortment of such materials. Digital fabrication tools could support teachers creating their concrete materials. In the pre-service workshop series, we investigate how to teach digital fabrication techniques to pre-service teachers exploring. In the in-service workshop, series we investigate further what activities support teachers to adopt DF for making manipulatives for mathematics teaching.
Project timeframe
2021-2024
Project type
Research and development project
Goal
The intention of the project is to explore digital fabrication as tool and technique for mathematics teachers to develop their subject and their profession. The project is interested in how teachers can be facilitated to use digital fabrication and how it can be integrated purposefully to enhance their teaching skills. Digital fabrication as an area of digital competences has the potential to support teachers’ autonomy in their work. The project is conducted locally, providing new knowledge and skills to both HIØ and local schools, supporting the transformation of the region into a digital society.
Collaboration
Collaboration between Department for computing and communication and Faculty of teacher education and languages and Teacher training schools in Halden.
Publications
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Stigberg, Henrik; Stigberg, Susanne Koch & Maugesten, Marianne (2024). Introducing teacher students to digital fabrication to support children’s mathematical learning. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction. ISSN 2212-8689. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcci.2024.100643.
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Stigberg, Henrik; Stigberg, Susanne Koch; Maugesten, Marianne & Kaufmann, Odd Tore (2023). Teachers' critical reflections on digital fabrication for making manipulatives to support mathematical thinking. I Drijvers, Paul; Csapodi, Csaba; Palmer, Hanna; Gosztonyi, Katalin & Kónya, Eszter (Red.), Proceedings of the thirteenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME13). European Society for Research in Mathematics Education. ISSN 978-963-7031-04-5. s. 2804–2811.
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Susanne Koch Stigberg, Henrik Stigberg, and Marianne Maugesten (2022) Making Manipulatives for Mathematics Education. In 6th FabLearn Europe / MakeEd Conference 2022 (FabLearn Europe / MakeEd 2022). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 1, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1145/3535227.3535228
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Stigberg, Henrik; Hadjerrouit, Said; Kaufmann, Odd Tore & Marentakis, Georgios (2022). Analysing tensions faced by pre-service mathematics teachers engaging in digital fabrication. I Fernandez, C.; Llinares, S.; Gutierrez, A. & Planas, N. (Red.), Proceedings of the 45th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 45). Universidad de Alicante. ISSN 978-84-1302-178-2. s. 4-51–4-58.
- Stigberg, Henrik. "Digital Fabrication for Mathematics Education: A Critical Review of the Field." Twelfth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME12). 2022.