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Research at the department of science and mathematics education

Research at the department is mainly conducted at pre-, primary-, and secondary school levels. The main research fields are science education and mathematics education.

Two interdepartment and interfaculty networks are located at the department; Umeå Mathematics Education Research Centre (UMERC) and Umeå Science Education Research (UMSER). These interdepartmental research environments has been successful both in terms of generating new perspectives on educational research, and in being rewarded several large research grants.

Doctoral studies and Research Environments

Doctoral studies

Read about our doctoral studies in pedagogical work and subject matter education.

UmSTER

Umeå Science and Technology Education Research

UMERC

Umeå Mathematics Education Research Centre

Latest publications

Reason and emotion in engineering ethics education
The Routledge international handbook of engineering ethics education, Routledge 2025 : 76-90
Kotluk, Nihat; Lönngren, Johanna; Tormey, Roland
Vocational students’ citizenship education as a conditioned practice: school leaders’ and teachers’ perspectives of history, religious education, science studies, and social studies
Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training, Linköping University Electronic Press 2025, Vol. 14, (4) : 50-71
Kärnebro, Katarina; Ledman, Kristina; Lindmark, Torbjörn; et al.
First-year university students’ mathematics capital and identities
The Mathematics Enthusiast, University of Montana 2025, Vol. 22, (3) : 311-334
Valero, Paola; Österling, Lisa; Truong, Nhu; et al.
The role of joking for learning science: an exploration of spontaneous humour in two physics education settings
Science & Education
Berge, Maria; Anderhag, Per
Perceptions of AI in higher education: affordances and risks for students with Swedish as their second language in developing academic literacy
INTED2025 Proceedings: 19th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia: IATED Academy 2025 : 2991-2998
Dahlström, Helene; Norberg, Malin
Argumentation in mathematics and science university textbooks: similarities and differences in linguistic structures
European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, Bastas Publications 2025, Vol. 13, (1) : 1-15
Hellgren, Jenny M.; Bergqvist, Ewa; Österholm, Magnus
Expanding sustainability learning in engineering education through emotional scaffolding
European Journal of Engineering Education
Holmén, Johan; Lönngren, Johanna
Conditions and agency for multilingual students in higher education
Cogent Education, Taylor & Francis 2025, Vol. 12, (1)
Dahlström, Helene; Norberg, Malin
IRIS - en textanalytisk tolkningsmodell
Forum för textforskning 17: Book of abstract
Ribeck Nyström, Judy; Dyrvold, Anneli
Drawing as process in preschool technology: how knowledge about urban water management emerge while childrendraw (pre-school)
NoFaX: The 10th Nordic Conference on subject didactics, Odense, Denmark, May 7-9, 2025
Areljung, Sofie
Algebra discourses in mathematics and physics textbooks: comparing the use of algebraic symbols
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, Taylor & Francis 2025, Vol. 56, (2) : 296-317
Johansson, Helena; Österholm, Magnus
Students’ reasoning on searching scientific information online: developing a model for digital versatility
NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, Oslo: University of Oslo, Norwegian Centre for Science Education 2025, Vol. 21, (1) : 117-134
Lodén, Anna; Lönngren, Johanna; Ottander, Christina
Principals' views and reported actions on sustainability from a whole school approach perspective: a comparative study of eco- and non-eco-certified preschools in Sweden
Environmental Education Research, London: Routledge 2025, Vol. 31, (5) : 897-919
Borg, Farhana; Winberg, Mikael T.; Gericke, Niklas; et al.
Undervisning för hållbarhet i förskolan – en handlingsorienterad didaktisk modell: [Teaching for Sustainability in  preschool - an action-oriented model]
NorDiNa: Nordic Studies in Science Education, Universitetet i Oslo 2025, Vol. 21, (1) : 53-69
Caiman, Cecilia; Ottander, Christina; Hedefalk, Maria
Att skapa en känsla för evolution - högstadieelevers epistemiska känslor och meningsskapande om naturligt urval: [To create a sense of evolution – lower secondary school students' epistemic emotions and meaning-making about natural selection]
Forskning om undervisning och lärande
Andersson, Magdalena; Ottander, Christina; Sundberg, Bodil
'Happy Stories' of Swedish Exceptionalism: Reproducing Whiteness in Teaching and Biology Textbooks in Sexuality Education
Science & Education, Springer Nature 2025, Vol. 31, (1) : 129-151
Fingalsson, Rebecka; Junkala, Hannele
Joking aside: negotiating power structures in doctoral supervision
Studies in Continuing Education, Routledge 2025 : 1-17
Berge, Maria; Kobayashi, Sofie
The role of peers, artifacts, and environment in technical problem-solving: studying a group of engineering students constructing together
European Journal of Engineering Education, Taylor & Francis 2025, Vol. 50, (3) : 607-636
Rocksén, Miranda; Berge, Maria
Preschool science practices: exploring the role of science-oriented teacher education, teacher’s views, and preschool context
Education Inquiry, Routledge 2025 : 1-21
Hofverberg, Anders; Winberg, Mikael T.; Sundberg, Bodil
Efficient computation and visualization of ionospheric volumetric images for the enhanced interpretation of Incoherent scatter radar data
Applied Computing and Geosciences, Elsevier 2025, Vol. 26
Araújo, J.; López Sánchez, Francisco; Johansson, Stefan; et al.
The construction of 'reasoning' in a KS3 textbook
Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics
Morgan, Candia; Adler, Jill; Österholm, Magnus; et al.
Elevperspektivet på bedömning
Bedömarkompetens: prov, bedömning och betyg i skolan, Stockholm: Sanoma utbildning 2025 : 265-291
Hofverberg, Anders; Eklöf, Hanna
Shifts in student attention on algorithmic and creative practice tasks
Educational Studies in Mathematics, Springer Nature 2025 : 409-428
Norqvist, Mathias; Jonsson, Bert; Lithner, Johan
Formativ bedömning
Bedömarkompetens: prov, bedömning och betyg i skolan, Stockholm: Sanoma utbildning 2025 : 115-147
Palm, Torulf
Teacher conceptions of assessment and feedback predicting formative feedback practices: helping students to not ignore improvement-oriented feedback
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
Brown, Gavin T. L.; Andersson, Catarina; Winberg, Mikael T.; et al.
Basic psychological needs satisfaction as a mediator of the effects of a formative assessment practice on behavioural engagement and autonomous motivation
Frontiers in Education, Frontiers Media S.A. 2025, Vol. 10
Andersson, Catarina; Granberg, Carina; Palmberg, Björn; et al.
Professional development support helping teachers overcome difficulties of implementing formative assessment
14nd Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME14), Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, February 4-8, 2025
Andersson, Catarina; Palm, Torulf; Winberg, Mikael T.
Timeline analysis of student reading: exploring eye tracking data
Proceedings of the 48th conference of the international group for the psychology of mathematics education: general contributions, International group for the psychology of mathematics education (PME) 2025 : 353-353
Bergvall, Ida; Dyrvold, Anneli
Static and dynamic text: different opportunities to explore logical expansions
Proceedings of the 48th conference of the international group for the psychology of mathematics education: general contributions, International group for the psychology of mathematics education (PME) 2025 : 352-352
Bergvall, Ida; Dyrvold, Anneli
Discernments needed when interpreting representations in print
ICMT5, The Fifth International Conferencе on Mathematics Textbook Research and Development, Trondheim, Norway, June 17-20, 2025
Dyrvold, Anneli; Ribeck Nyström, Judy
A three-dimensional framework for textbook analysis
ICMT5, The Fifth International Conferencе on Mathematics Textbook Research and Development, Trondheim, Norway, June 17-20, 2025
Bergvall, Ida; Dyrvold, Anneli; Palm Kaplan, Kristina
Views on concept in mathematics education
Mathematical Thinking and Learning
Wedman, Lotta; Bennet, Christian
Emotions in engineering ethics education: systematic review and ways forward
Science and Engineering Ethics, Springer Nature 2025, Vol. 31, (4)
Tormey, Roland; Bellocchi, Alberto; Bøgelund, Pia; et al.
Mathematics teachers’ perceptions of computational thinking and its integration into mathematics education
LUMAT: International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education, University of Helsinki 2025, Vol. 13, (1)
Zahid, Muhammad Zuhair
And then I made some pockets of change: collage-making to think presents and futures of engineering education with
International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace, International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace 2025, Vol. 12, (1) : 35-72
Günter, Katerina Pia; Grande, Virginia; Hoang, Samantha; et al.
Hope, care, action, and relations: Nordic early childhood education and care teacher students describing what drives their future work with sustainability
Environmental Education Research
Furu, Ann-Christin; Manni, Annika; Knekta, Eva; et al.
The physics space that makes you (in)visible: inclusion and exclusion in the corridors of academia
ESERA 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 25-29, 2025
Berge, Maria; Danielsson, Anna; Viana, Bruna Leticia Nunes; et al.
What to do when business as usual feels like a joke?: Exploring the use of humour and activism for transformation
ESERA 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 25-29, 2025
Perters, Anne-Kathrin; Berge, Maria; Günter, Katerina; et al.
Fröken är lik sin fröken: om vad som påverkar lärares didaktiska vägval och formar NO-undervisningen på mellanstadiet
Umeå Studies in the Educational Science, 69
Varg, Lina
Between symbols and words: structural connections in mathematics texts and their effect on reading
Umeå Studies in the Educational Science, 68
Wikström Hultdin, Ulrika
Translating assessment for learning to work in groups of students with intellectual disabilities
Education Inquiry
Andersson, Catarina
Discourses of mathematical reasoning: analysis of three reform frameworks
Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics
Morgan, Candia; Bergqvist, Ewa; Adler, Jill; et al.
Clash of cultures?: Exploring students' perceptions of differences between secondary and tertiary mathematics education
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, Taylor & Francis Group 2024, Vol. 55, (7) : 1567-1596
Johansson, Helena; Österholm, Magnus; Flodén, Liselott; et al.
Critical events in the systematic work at an organizational level towards a whole school approach to sustainability in a swedish municipality
Whole school approaches to sustainability: education renewal in times of distress, Cham: Springer Nature 2024 : 201-213
Manni, Annika; Knekta, Eva; Åberg, Erika
The importance of the elicitation process in formative assessment: a case study
Proceedings of the 47th Conference of the International Group for thePsychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1), Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) 2024 : 99-
Andersson, Catarina; Palm, Torulf; Winberg, Mikael T.
Supporting mathematics teachers’ planning of multimodal teaching
Proceedings of the 47th Conference of the internationalgroup for the psychology ofmathematics education, Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) 2024 : 156-
Johansson, Helena; Norberg, Malin; Österholm, Magnus
Care for the learning of mathematics: put to the test
Research in Mathematics Education
Bagger, Anette; Vennberg, Helena
Bridging the gaps? Exploring science teaching continuity across early years transitions through semantic profiles
Short Abstracts: NFSUN: Nordiske forskersymposium om undervisning i naturfag
Ottander, Christina; Sundberg, Bodil
The pedagogical potentials of wonder for supporting students’ engagement and learning in science
Short Abstracts: NFSUN: Nordiske forskersymposium om undervisning i naturfag
Sundberg, Bodil; Andersson, Johanna; Ottander, Christina
The role of wonder in science PRACTISEs. A Delphi study of different stakeholders’ views
Short Abstracts: NFSUN: Nordiske forskersymposium om undervisning i naturfag
Andersson, Johanna; Ottander, Christina; Sundberg, Bodil

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Latest update: 2021-06-18