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The 21st SEFI Special Interest Group in Mathematics Seminar

Programme

ZOOM links to the live stream will be delivered to the participants via email on Sunday at the start of the seminar.

Please note that the times in programme are Finnish standard time. Current Local Time in Finland.

11 JUNE 2023 TAMK

18.00 – 21.00 Registration open. Get together-evening at campus wing C4, address: Teiskontie 33, Tampere

12 JUNE 2023 TAMK

  • 8.30 – 9.15 Registration and coffee, address: Teiskontie 33, Tampere
  • 9.15 – 9.45 Opening session (room C4-13)  streamed 
    • Opening SEFI MSIG2023 Juho Tiili, Team leader
    • Greetings from SEFI MSIG by prof. Deolinda Lopes Dias Rasteiro, Chair of SEFI MSIG
  • 9.45 – 10.45 Keynote speaker: professor Markku Saarelainen, Tampere University (room C4-13, presenter online, Chair: Deolinda Lopes Dias Rasteiro) streamed
    • Flipped Classroom as a strategic approach in teaching – a brief history from theory to practice in Finnish university level
  • 10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break
  • 11.15 – 12.15 Parallel Paper presentations streamed
    • Presentation session 1.1 Active learning strategies (room C4-13, Chair: Morten Brekke) Show Abstracts
      • Petr Habala and Marie Demlová: Recorded Lectures – Their Use and Impact
      • Cristina Caridade and Deolinda Dias Rasteiro: The effect of using Padlet on math collaborative learning in an engineering course
      • Samuel Bengmark: Lectures with worksheets
    • Presentation session 1.2 Active learning methods (room C4-10, Chair: Daniela Richtarikova) Show Abstracts
      • Deolinda Dias Rasteiro and Cristina Caridade: Engagement and Solidarity while Learning Statistical Methods
      • Mahboubeh Nedaei: How engineering students read the definition of double integral: an eye tracking study
      • Jelena Ivanovic (presenter online): Mathematical education of future architects – playing and learning with and in Iterated Function Systems
  • 12.15 – 13.15 Group discussions on activating students (rooms C4-09, C4-10 and C4-13) streamed room C4-13
  • 13.15 – 14.15 Lunch break
  • 14.15 – 14.30 Summary of the Group discussions (room C4-13) streamed
  • 14.30 – 15.20 Workshop (room C4-13) streamed
    • Morten Brekke: Transforming Mathematics teaching – the why and how?
  • 15.30 – 16.30 Parallel Paper presentations streamed
    • Presentation session 2.1 Active learning strategies (room C4-13, Chair: Petr Habala) Show Abstracts
      • Ciaran O’Sullivan, Paul Robinson, Chris Keogh and Aisling McGlinchey: Sparking curiosity and opening doors: using active learning in Mathematics as a tool for promoting access to college
      • Fergal Gallagher: Discovery and communication in the mathematics classroom
      • Daniela Richtarikova: Learning through discussion
    • Presentation session 2.2 Mathematical knowledge (room C4-10, Chair: Burkhard Alpers) Abstracts
      • Pia Heidtmann: A Mathematics Less Ordinary: Serious Games Engaging Engineering Students
      • Wiebke Werft and Steffen Rasenat: Catching up on Basic Mathematics Knowledge
      • Michael Carr: The evolution of the Mathematics requirements for entry onto a level 8 Engineering degree in Ireland and how we can increase access to level 8 engineering.
  • 16.30 – 19.30 Walking tour to the city centre
  • 19.30 –            Dinner at own cost

13 JUNE 2023 TAMK

  • 8.30 – 9.00 Greetings from SEFI by prof. Hannu-Matti Järvinen, SEFI President (room C4-13) streamed
  • 9.00 – 10.00 Keynote speaker: associate professor Per Henrik Hogstad, University of Agder (room C4-13, Chair: Burkhard Alpers) streamed
    • Visualizations and simulations in mathematics and physics
  • 10.00 – 10.20 Discussion session with the online participants – NEW (room C4-13) streamed
  • 10.20 – 11.00 Paper presentations streamed
    • Presentation session 3 Mathematical competencies (room C4-13, Chair: Cristina Caridade) Show Abstracts 
      • Burkhard Alpers: Competence-related learning opportunities afforded by a student-built measurement device – A case study
      • Gabriela Bender and Kathrin Thiele: Experiences with written exam based on competence levels
  • 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
  • 11.30 – 12.30 Group discussions on Mathematical competencies (rooms C4-09, C4-10 and C4-13) streamed room C4-13
  • 12.30 – 13.10 Paper presentations streamed
    • Presentation session 4 Digital interactive learning support (room C4-13, Chair: Michael Carr) Show Abstracts 
      • Karin Landenfeld and Jonas Priebe: Individual digital learning recommendations for pre-courses in mathematics
      • Laura Cattaneo: Enhancing Multivariate Calculus Learning using Matlab
  • 13.15 – 14.15 Lunch break
  • 14.15 – 14.30 Summary of the Group discussions (room C4-13) streamed
  • 14.30 – 14.50 Presentation (room C4-13) streamed
    • Andreas Apostolatos (presenter online): Teaching Numerical Methods in Engineering using Interactive Notebooks and Autograded Grader Exercises in MATLAB
  • 15.00 – 15.50 Workshop (rooom C4-13) streamed
    • Daniela Velichová and Kirsi-Maria Rinneheimo: Digital assessment in STEM
  • 16.00 – 18.00 Excursion
  • 19.30 – 22.30 Conference dinner at restaurant Myllärit, address: Åkerlundinkatu 4

14 JUNE 2023 TAMK

  • 9.00 – 9.45 Keynote speaker: associate professor Ion Mierlus-Mazilu, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (room C4-13, Chair: Daniela Velichová)  streamed
    • The Use of Mathematical Software in Teaching Mathematics
  • 9.45 – 11.05 Paper presentations streamed
    • Presentation session 5 Mathematical skills (room C4-13, Chair: Daniela Velichová) Show Abstracts
      • Lauren Matthews, Paul Robinson, Fiona Faulkner and Ciaran O’Sullivan: Investigating Mathematical Thinking and Reflection in First Year Engineering Students
      • John McHugh, Michael Carr and Fiona Faulkner: Investigating the Level of Mathematical Preparedness of Students who Transfer from the Further Education Sector to Higher Education STEM Courses
      • Päivi Porras, Jarkko Hurme ja Henry Lähteenmäki: Improving mathematical skills towards undergraduate studies
      • Alexandra C. Niculescu, Cécile Hardebolle, Himanshu Verma, Roland Tormey, Simone Deparis: Lowering time stress in STEM exams
  • 11.05 – 11.30 Coffee break
  • 11.30 – 12.00 Keynote speaker: head of degree programme Hanna Kinnari-Korplea, Tampere University of Applied Sciences (room C4-13, Chair: Ion Mierlus-Mazilu) streamed
    • Towards Finnish Digivisio 2030
  • 12.00 – 12.40 Paper presentations streamed
    • Presentation session 6 Digital age (room C4-13, Chair: Ion Mierlus-Mazilu) Show Abstracts
      • Michael Carr and Rosarie Mc Closkey: Levelling up. A post Covid intervention to improve students core mathematical skills
      • Daniela Velichová: Future of Mathematics in the Digital Age
  • 12.40 – 12.50 22nd SEFI MSIG seminar in 2025 – Presentation (room C4-13) streamed
  • 12.50 – 13.00 Closing session, farewell (room C4-13) streamed
  • 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch break