”Forskning och pedagogik går hand i hand när Wallenbergsstiftelsen storsatsar på matematik och IT i Uddevalla. Genom ett anslag på 1,2 miljoner kronor sätter IT-hungriga lärare Forshällaskolan på kartan.”
Tidningsartikel Bohusläningen, Del 2, fredag 26 september 2008 » Läs mer

Idag sker det sista presentationsmötet inom FAS I i Skolverkets ”Matematiksatsning 2011”. Under detta möte introduceras Sandersdalsskolan och Unnerödsskolan till Skolverkets matematiksatsning i Uddevalla.

Under mötet sker följande:
Lena Pareto presenterar detta 2 årsprojekt samt matematikspelet Rutiga Familjen. Kjell Svanström, projektets koordinator och lärare på Dalabergsskolan, kunnig inom Rutiga Familjen-konceptet genom Wallenbergsatsningen, presenterar sig och sin funktion inom projektet.

Till AIED konferensen 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, in Auckland, Nya Zeeland, presenterade kollegan Björn Sjödén tillsammans med Lena Pareto, Betty Tärning samt Agneta Gulz (Lund Universitet) följande artikel 2011: Transferring Teaching to Testing – An Unexplored Aspect of Teachable Agents (eftersom artikeln publiceras internationellt, är den på engelska.)
Abstrakt: The present study examined whether socio-motivational effects from working with a Teachable Agent (TA) might transfer from the formative learning phase to a summative test situation. Forty-nine students (9-10 years old) performed a digital pretest of math skills, then played a TA-based educational math game in school over a period of eight weeks. Thereafter, the students were divided into two groups, matched according to their pretest scores, and randomly assigned one of two posttest conditions: either with the TA present, or without the TA. Results showed that low-performers on the pretest improved significantly more on the posttest than did high-performers, but only when tested with the TA. We reason that low-performers might be more susceptible to a supportive social context – as provided by their TA – for performing well in a test situation. » Läs mer

Till AIED konferensen 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, in Auckland, Nya Zeeland, presenterade Annika Silvervarg (Linköping Universitet) och kollegorna Lena Pareto, Magnus Haake, Thomas Strandberg samt Agneta Gulz (Lund Universitet) följande artikel 2011: An Educational Math Game with a Teachable Agent and a Social Chat (eftersom artikeln publiceras internationellt, är den på engelska.)
Abstrakt: We present an educational math game, including a teachable agent and a social chat, that trains basic arithmetic skills with a focus on grounding base-ten concepts in spatial representations. It employs a board-game design with a variety of different sub-games, game modes and levels of difficulty. [...] In other words, the basic game with the TA contains a form of on-task conversation between agent and student. But the game architecture also has been extended with a chat where the student can engage in conversation with the TA, writing freely by means of the keyboard and bring up basically any topic in a chat-like manner. [...] One reason to include off-task conversation is to enrich the game and its motivational qualities for the age group in question (12-14 year olds). Another is to be able to explore whether such a conversational module can enable pedagogical interventions, such as supporting pupils math self efficacy and change negative attitudes toward math in general. » Läs mer

Efter den första spelperioden i Skolverkets Matematiksatsning har det nu blivit dags att utvärdera och reflektera samt diskutera kring den fortsatta integrationen av Rutiga Familjens matematikspel som läromedel i matematikundervisningen.

Under denna period träffar vi alla deltagande lärare och i samtal utvärderas det planerade lektionsupplägget kontra de genomförda speltillfällen, lärarens och elevernas inställning gentemot spelet och spellektionerna, lärarens roll, mm. Tillsammans reflekterar vi kring matematikspelet och dess integrering i undervisningen samt planerar kommande spelperiod och observationer.

Till EC-TEL konferensen 5th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, i Barcelona, Spanien, publicerades följande artikel 2010: The Complexity of Integrating Technology Enhanced Learning in Special Math Education: a Case Study (eftersom artikeln publiceras internationellt, är den på engelska.)
Abstrakt: We present a study of integrating an educational game in special math education, to explore challenges faced during the process. The game promotes an unconventional approach supporting students having math difficulties, through visual representations, learn-by-exploration and learn-by-teaching models. Our conclusion is that integration in special education is more challenging than in the main stream counterpart, due to social vulnerability of the students, learning/teaching challenges in content, motivation and attitude, a non-typical learning situation, and the challenge of matching learning peers. » Läs mer