LUMAT Research Symposium

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The 14th annual LUMAT Research Symposium 2024 was organized online on 3–4 June 2024. The event is free of charge and the symposium’s language is English. The symposium program consists of two keynote speeches and presentations of the newest research on mathematics, science and technology education.

How do mathematics and programming teaching prepare the problem solvers of the future? The theme of this year’s symposium was new trends in math and computing science education.

Every year the symposium is open to scholars worldwide!

Program for LUMAT Symposium 2024

Chair: Professor Maija Aksela, University of Helsinki, Director of LUMA Centre Finland.

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) UTC+03:00.

Monday 3rd of June

12.00–12.15
Professor Maija Aksela‘s Opening words

12.15–13.30
Keynote
Senior University Lecturer Anu Laine Children as Future Problem Solvers

13.30–14.00
Professor Alan Lyles Transforming Math Education: A Systems & Equity Framework for Students and Professors

14.00–14.10 Break

14.10–14.40
PhD Student Hanna Fredriksdotter Grade-6 students’ generalising practices during mathematical problem solving with peers

14.40–15.10
Associate Professor John M. Francisco Using Task Variation to Support Argumentation in Collaborative Problem Solving in Mathematics

15.10–15.20
Professor Maija Aksela Summary

Tuesday 4th of June

12.00–12.15
Professor Maija Aksela‘s Opening words

12.15–13.30
Keynote
Professor Mikko-Jussi Laakso Developing Nationwide Teaching and Learning Ecosystem with Learning Analytics and AI

13.30–14.00
Associate Professor Ümran Betül Cebesoy Enriching Primary School teacher candidates’ engineering design skills through an engineering design-based STEM laboratory course

14.00–14.30
University Lecturer Docent Johannes Pernaa and Assistant Professor Miha Ambrož Getting things done: Best practices for ensuring success in student STEM projects

14.30–14.40 Break

14.40–15.10
Assistant Professor Elahe Keshavarz STS(E) approaches

15.10–15.40
M.A. Graduate Conan Lee From Hogwarts to Hadrons: Exploring the Intersection of Popular Culture and STEM Education on YouTube

15.40–15.50
Professor Maija Aksela Summary