MATHBRIDGES – an international collaboration with Kristiansand’s twin city Münster.

Collaboration with The Institute for Didactics of Mathematics at Westphalian Wilhelms-University, Münster, Kristiansand’s twin city.

11 October 2018

MatRIC Contact Group

MatRIC is in the process of developing a ‘contact group’ to improve communications with higher education mathematics teachers around Norway, and to ensure national representation in MatRIC’s planning and actions. The MatRIC Contact Group (MCG) will be the kernel of a national network that supports the transformation and improvement of students’ learning experience in mathematics.

28 September 2018

MatRIC and CCSE seminar on programming

Introduction to programming in Python and SimReal, visualization and simulation in STEM education. To be held at Scandic Hotell Gardermoen, November 5-6, 2018

7 September 2018

Calculus in upper secondary and beginning university mathematics

6 – 9 August 2019, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.

23 August 2018

Higher Mathematics Teaching Development

MatRIC works with teachers and students on developing mathematics teaching and learning. MatRIC leads teaching courses for higher education mathematics teachers and student teaching assistants.

22 August 2018

Forthcoming conferences and workshops

Below are listed some conferences and events that will be of interest to mathematics teachers in higher education programmes. If there are other conferences that could be of interest to HE mathematics teachers, please use the comment box below to share the details.

20 August 2018

Partnership for Learning and Teaching in University Mathematics. (PLATINUM)

The main goals of this international collaborative project are to strengthen and develop teaching to promote research-based learning, or inquiry based learning, with higher education students of mathematics, engineering, teacher education etc. The group includes research mathematicians and statisticians, and mathematics education researchers who are engaged in teaching mathematics and statistics and committed to improving the performance of their students.

27 March 2018

Developments in the MatRIC Team

As part of MatRIC's progress into a second phase of activity the MatRIC team is developing to take on fresh challenges.

27 March 2018

MatRIC Conference 2018

MatRIC’s fifth annual conference will be held on 17 and 18 September, 2018 at Scandic Gardermoen Hotel.

27 March 2018

MatRIC Research Grants 2018

MatRIC is again announcing the opportunity to apply for small grants for research, up to 50 000 NOK. This year there is the additional opportunity to apply for a much larger amount, up to 250 000 NOK.

MATHBRIDGES – an international collaboration with Kristiansand’s twin city Münster.

International_MathBridges_Calendar.pdf

MatRIC Research Grants 2018 Call for proposals

Information about how to apply for a MatRIC Research Grant, the amount on offer for individual projects, themes of research that will be supported and dates by which proposals must be received.

MatRIC Research Grants announcement 2018.pdf

MatRIC Conference 2017

Presentations from Day 1, October 9, 2017

Chris J. Budd (Also attached a related paper by Chris Budd and David Barton)

Berit J. Kjeldstad

George Kinnear

Barton_D & Budd_C_2014_Inspiring teaching by linking mathematics to industry.pdf
Berit Kjeldstad Strategic planning that makes a difference.pdf
Chris J Budd Inspiring teaching by linking maths to industry.pdf
George Kinnear Improving a mathematics diagnostic test.pdf

MatRIC Inspiration Day 6 December 2016

MatRIC's Management Board, network coordinators, drop-in support centre leaders and research fellows met to share reports on progress and discuss about challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

The resources included here are the presentations made on that day.

01_MatRIC Inspiration Day Invitation _L_Egelandsaa.pdf
02_Introduction_AB_Eggen.pdf
03_MatRIC Leader Report_S_Goodchild.pdf
04_MatRIC Digital Assessment network_M_Brekke.pdf
05_MatRIC Video network_M_Brekke.pdf
06_MatRIC Visualization & Simulation network_PH_Hogstad.pdf
07_MatRIC Drop-in support centres_AB_Fuglestad.pdf
08_MatRIC_PhD fellow_NM_Hogstad.pdf
09_MatRIC PhD fellow_H_Fredriksen.pdf
10_MatRIC PhD fellow_I_Liakos.pdf
11_MatRIC PhD fellow_H_Kjelsrud.pdf
12_MatRIC PhD fellow_S_Kanwal.pdf
13_MatRIC Post_Doc_O_Viirman.pdf
14_MatRIC Inspiration Day Questions to MatRIC's Research Fellows.pdf

Overgang fra matematikk i videregående skole til matematikk på universitetet

"Transition from upper secondary school mathematics to university mathematics"

MatRIC presentation (in Norwegian) at the 2016 annual conference of Nasjonalt senter for matematikk i opplæringen [Norwegian Centre for Mathematics education] by:

Simon Goodchild (UiA), Frode Rønning (NTNU), Margret Osk Vidisdottir (NTNU),
Maiken Berthelsen (NTNU) and Morten Brekke (UiA).

NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

UiA: University of Agder

MatRIC_novemberkonferansen 2016.pdf

What have mathematicians done for us?

Text and PowerPoint presentation of the lecture by Chris Budd, at the 2016 November Conference of The Norwegian Centre for Mathematics Education, 29.11.2016. Chris Budd is Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Bath, UK and Gresham Professor of Geometry. The lecture was originally delivered by Professor Budd as part of his responsibilities within Gresham College on 11 October 2016.

What have mathematicians done for us_C Budd.pdf
What have mathematicians done for us_C-Budd_PowerPoint.pdf