• Teachers' attention to student thinking, mathematical content and teachers' role in a professional learning community 

      Kaufmann, Odd Tore (Skrifter från Svensk förening för matematikdidaktisk forskning;12, Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2018)
      The past decade has witnessed increased efforts in studying what mathematics teachers do to improve their teaching. This study builds on and contributes to the research on collective learning in professional learning ...
    • Second graders’ reflections about the number 24 

      Maugesten, Marianne; Mosvold, Reidar; Fauskanger, Janne (Skrifter från Svensk förening för matematikdidaktisk forskning;12, Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2018)
      Students’ written responses to an open task were examined to identify potential indications of emerging number sense. Content analysis indicates that the number of responses given by students varied, with addition tasks ...
    • Reflecting on Educational Experiences: An Analysis of Two Migrant Students' Stories 

      Arntzen, Ragnar; Eriksen, Odd (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-14)
      This chapter reports on data from a study exploring migrant students' experiences with education across cultures. Through semi-structured interviews with two teacher students, we aimed to contribute to the students' ...
    • Rizanesander’s Recknekonsten or “The art of arithmetic” – the oldest known textbook of mathematics in Swedish 

      Hatami, Russell; Pejlare, Johanna (Chapter, 2019)
      The present paper considers an important cultural treasure in the early Swedish history of mathematics education. After the reformation in the 16th century it became possible to study mathematics in Sweden. The first printed ...
    • Construction of teachers’ roles in collegial discussions 

      Kaufmann, Odd Tore; Ryve, Andreas (Chapter, 2019)
      This paper investigates how teachers portray their teaching role in a professional-development community. By analyzing data from five groups, the goal of the study is to understand how teachers portrayed within these ...
    • Good mathematics teaching at lower primary school level 

      Maugesten, Marianne (Chapter, 2019)
      This paper explores Norwegian lower primary teachers’ views about good mathematics teaching as revealed in a focus group interview at the end of a two-year school-based professional development program. Analyses of the ...
    • Environmental Contaminants in an Urban Fjord, 2018 

      Ruus, Anders; Bæk, Kine; Rundberget, Thomas; Allan, Ian; Beylich, Bjørnar; Schlabach, Martin; Warner, Nicholas Alexander; Borgå, Katrine; Helberg, Morten (NIVA-rapport;L.nr. 7410-2019, Research report, 2019)
      This programme, “Environmental Contaminants in an Urban Fjord” has covered sampling and analyses of sediment and organisms in a marine food web of the Inner Oslofjord, in addition to samples of blood and eggs from herring ...
    • Being in the moment - an investigation of the aesthetic learning processes in a Storyline 

      Toft, Solveig; Bjørnstad, Gunhild Brænne (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Chapter 13. This chapter describes a qualitative study that illustrates the aesthetic learning processes facilitated by a specific Storyline conducted in a Teacher Education Programme in Eastern Norway. The purpose is to ...
    • Cooperative Learning: The Power of Positive Interdependence in Storyline 

      Karlsen, Kristine Høeg; Høeg, Heidi Remberg; Høeg, Ellen (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Chapter 1. This chapter examines student teachers’ experience regarding cooperative learn-ing which was set up for a Storyline. The data consist of group interviews with a total of 22 students, along with the passive ...
    • The Fairy-Tale Forest: Developing Pedagogical Content Knowledge for teaching Primary School Mathematics in The Scottish Storyline Approach 

      Karlsen, Kristine Høeg; Berggren, Stein Arnold; Ludvigsen, Ali Reza; Næsje, Ragnhild Louise (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Chapter 8. This study focuses on the development of mathematical pedagogical content knowl-edge when implementing Storyline as a narrative approach to organising cross-curricu-lar learning for student teachers to become ...
    • Story-based Cross-Curricular Teaching and Learning: A Systematic Mapping of the Research Literature on The Scottish Storyline Approach 

      Karlsen, Kristine Høeg; Lockhart-Pedersen, Virginia (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Chapter 19. In recent years, there has been an increased research interest in Storyline as an alternative and student-centred approach to teaching across the curriculum. The Storyline Approach is assumed to benefit students’ ...
    • Teaching through Stories: The Storyline Approach in Teacher Education 

      Karlsen, Kristine Høeg; Häggström, Margaretha (Chapter, 2020)
    • Creative Problem Solving in Online Innovation Contests: What Motivates Top Solvers to Participate in the New Collaborative Economy? 

      Baltzersen, Rolf K. (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-07)
      Online innovation contests represent one of the most interesting new ways of utilizing creative skills in the new collaborative economy, but we still know very little about what motivates the problem solvers. Previous ...
    • The Origins of Human Stigmergic Problem Solving 

      Baltzersen, Rolf K. (Chapter, 2022)
      Chapter 7 traces the origin of human stigmergic problem-solving back to the invention of writing. Knowledge could now be stored, reused and made accessible to others. A human collective memory was established which also ...
    • What Is Collective Intelligence? 

      Baltzersen, Rolf Kristian (Chapter, 2022)
      Chapter 1 introduces collective intelligence (CI) as an academic concept. At a basic level, CI extends the conception of intelligence from an individual to a group level. Pierre Lévy formulated the modern version in 1994, ...
    • The Origins of Collaborative Problem Solving 

      Baltzersen, Rolf K. (Chapter, 2022)
      Chapter 9 argues that the origins of collaborative problem solving can be traced back to mutual collaboration, which built on the evolution of more advanced forms of gestural communication. Elaborative collaborative ...
    • Motivation to Contribute 

      Baltzersen, Rolf K. (Chapter, 2022)
      Chapter 14 explores what motivates individuals to contribute to CI projects. If we think CI can benefit society, we need to understand what motivates individuals to engage in collective problems solving. However, both the ...
    • The Origins of Human Swarm Problem Solving 

      Baltzersen, Rolf K. (Chapter, 2022)
      Chapter 5 argues that the origins of human swarm problem solving can be traced back to group hunting which required rapid problem solving during the hunt, but also planning activities. Collective actions build on synchronization ...
    • Human Stigmergic Problem Solving 

      Baltzersen, Rolf K. (Chapter, 2022)
      Chapter 6 presents human stigmergic problem solving as a distinct “solution-centered” subtype of CI with biological antecedents in the trail laying and nest building of ants. Stigmergy describe how many individuals agents ...
    • Open Online Knowledge Sharing 

      Baltzersen, Rolf Kristian (Chapter, 2022)
      Chapter 3 addresses open online knowledge sharing. Open sharing is becoming more important in all major sectors in society, including science, politics, education and innovation, knowledge products (videos, textbooks and ...