The thesis enlightens how the choice of context as well as the approach to mathematics is important in introducing the concepts of angles. The analyses indicate that students should not be introduced to measuring angles before they are able to sort out angles according to their sizes. Angles can be introduced by use of the students’ bodies in a climbing context, where the word angle refers to ...

A group of Sámi middle school mathematics teachers cooperated with researchers over a period of three years in investigating ruvden (Sámi braiding). The aim was to find possibilities for teaching discrete mathematics based on ruvden. The Sámi are an Indigenous people of the Arctic and their braidings are intertwined with Sámi traditional knowledge. The teachers presented two different approaches to ...

Bør det utarbeides en egen samisk læreplan i matematikk, basert på samisk kultur, språk og tenkemåte? Ja, mener vi. Nordsamisk versjon av matematikkplanen, LK20S, er en direkte oversettelse av den nasjonale læreplanteksten. Det skaper utfordringer. Vi viser i dette kapittelet flere mulige nordsamiske oversettelser av substantiv og verb i setningen som redegjør for kunnskapsområdet ‘algebra’ i LK20S. ...

<i>Norwegian abstract</i>: Vektorer introduseres andre år på videregående skole i Norge. Denne teksten undersøker hvordan læreverkene og en klatrefilm introduserer dette emnet og hvorvidt filmen kan supplere bøkene. Film og lærebøker undersøkes ut fra samme kriterier. Fordi bøkene bygger på læreplanen, presenteres først en oversikt over vektorers plass i norske læreplaner. Analysene viser at filmen ...

Teachers at Guovdageaidnu lower secondary school cooperated with researchers in translating Bishop’s mathematical activities from English into North Sámi. In this paper, we conduct a investigation of how the Sámi translations of mathematical activities work, and we explore whether the suggested verbs are sufficient. The context in our study is a teaching unit in lávvu—a traditional Sámi dwelling—where ...

Respect and listening are two issues that are complicated to research. This paper presents how respectful listening may constitute one aspect of a teacher’s role in child-centered learning. The analysis focus on a teacher’s reflections about events that took place after she and a colleague carried out a mathematics teaching unit on culturally diverse children’s understanding of ‘pattern’. The teacher ...

Norway ratified the ILO convention 169 concerning indigenous and tribal people in independent countries in 1990. In accordance with the convention the education programs for the Sami shall address their value systems and their cultural aspirations. Our aim is to investigate the implementation of this convention. The focus is on how Sami values are reflected in the national mathematics exam for the ...

<i>English abstract</i>: The mathematics curriculum for Sámi students in Norway is a mere translation of the national curriculum text. This article aims to contribute to the discussion of the need for a Sámi mathematics curriculum. The study identified cultural properties of numbers in Sámi traditional knowledge. Traditional school mathematics and the national mathematics curriculum do not discuss ...

Students in Norway and other countries experience vectors as a difficult topic. Four young skilled climbers, who all did well in mathematics at school, participated in the Vector Study (VS). They participated for free and each lesson lasted until the students decided it was over. The idea was to investigate how climbing may function as a basis for students’ development of a vector concept. The ...