MatRIC Annual Report 2018
This is MatRIC's report of activity during 2018. The report was submitted to Diku on February 28, 2019.
Articles
8 June 2019
Duncan Lawson honoured
We are delighted to congratulate Professor Duncan Lawson (Coventry University) on the UK award of ‘MBE’ in the Birthday Honours (2019) of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
16 February 2019
Creativity and University Mathematics (education)
A workshop led by Professor Bharath Sriraman, University of Montana, USA. June 3, 2019 10:30-16:00
16 February 2019
HIGHER EDUCATION MATHEMATICS TEACHING COURSE
A course about teaching mathematics designed for recently appointed mathematics lecturers in universities and university colleges.
7 November 2018
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.
Resources
PhD Workshop
MATHBRIDGES – an international collaboration with Kristiansand’s twin city Münster.
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 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
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
What does it mean to be a good mathematics teacher?
presentation by Svein Hallvard Torkildsen
What does it mean to be a good mathematics teacher?
presentation by Ingunn Valbekmo