Institute of Mathematics and its Didactics

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The Institute of Mathematics and its Didactics prepares students in education programs of study for teaching mathematics in primary, secondary and intermediary schools as well as in vocational schools (in the social pedagogy and business economics majors). Important areas of concentration include the integration of theory and practice in mathematics education through inter- and transdisciplinary research, as well the professionalization of teachers through video-based instructional evaluation and instructor support for solving specific diagnostic assignments.

Topics

Didaktik der Mathematik (Primarstufe, Sekundarstufe I, Hochschuldidaktik); mathematisches Lernen im Grundschulalter, mathematische Vorläuferfähigkeiten, Lernschwierigkeiten im Mathematikunterricht, Metaphern und Metonymien im mathematischen Lernprozess, mathematisches Begründen in der Grundschule; mathematische Modellierungskompetenz, modellierungsbezogene Lernprozesse, Lehrerinterventionen im Mathematikunterricht, formatives Assessment im Mathematikunterricht, sprachliche Heterogenität im Mathematikunterricht; kritische Mathematikdidaktik, Mathematik in Lehramtsstudiengängen und in den Ingenieur- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Übergang Schule-Hochschule, Stufen des Begründens und Beweisens, Psychologische Theorien, Mathematische Vor- und Brückenkurse, Funktionalanalysis, Nichtlineare Approximation, Partielle Differentialgleichungen

  1. LMS-IMA Joint Meeting on “Mathematics of Planet Earth”

    Kathrin Padberg-Gehle (Keynote Speaker)

    21.11.2019

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  2. Making students becoming responsible citizens in 21st century by fostering mathematical reasoning about real-world applications

    Maike Hagena (Speaker), Dominik Schlüter (Speaker), Michael Besser (Speaker) & Dominik Leiss (Speaker)

    2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. mathematica didactica (Journal)

    Silke Ruwisch (Editor), Benjamin Rott (Editor), Andreas Vohns (Editor), Katja Lengnink (Editor), Markus Vogel (Editor) & Ralf Benölken (Editor)

    31.07.2012 → …

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  4. mathematica didactica (Journal)

    Michael Besser (Reviewer)

    2019 → …

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  5. mathematica didactica (Journal)

    Silke Ruwisch (Reviewer)

    01.10.2008 → …

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  6. mathematica didactica (Journal)

    Cathleen Heil (Reviewer)

    01.06.2021 → …

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  7. Mathematical and Computational Applications (Journal)

    Kathrin Padberg-Gehle (Editor)

    20212022

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  8. Mathematical Thinking and Learning (Journal)

    Michael Besser (Reviewer)

    2014 → …

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  9. Mathematics teacher students' use of instructional videos

    Anna-Katharina Poschkamp (Speaker), Michael Besser (Speaker), Timo Ehmke (Coauthor) & Poldi Kuhl (Coauthor)

    08.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch