Background and activities

Heidi Strømskag is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences since 2015. She has a MSc in mathematics from NTNU, and a PhD in mathematics education from the University of Agder. Strømskag is a member of the research group for didactics of mathematics. Her current research areas are: didactical design with focus on the relationship between adidactical milieus and mathematical knowledge, and teaching and learning of algebraic thinking.

Strømskag is Norway's representative to ICMI (International Commission on Mathematical Instruction).

TEACHING:

MA3061 – Epistemological knowledge for mathematics teachers (Autumn 2019)

MA8001 – Design based research in mathematics education rooted in epistemological analysis (Autumn 2019)

MA0002 – Mathematical methods B (Spring 2020)

Scientific, academic and artistic work

Displaying a selection of activities. See all publications in the database

Journal publications

Part of book/report

  • Chimoni, Maria; Hewitt, Dave; Oldenburg, Reinhard; Strømskag, Heidi. (2019) Algebraic thinking. Proceedings of the Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education.
  • Mangiante-Orsola, Christine; Perrin-Glorian, Marie-Jeanne; Strømskag, Heidi. (2019) La théorie des situations didactiques comme outil pour comprendre et développer des pratiques d’enseignants en mathématiques. Actes du Séminaire National de Didactique des Mathématiques.
  • Rønning, Frode; Strømskag, Heidi. (2019) Sense and reference of signifiers for elements of polygons. Proceedings of the Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education.
  • Hodgen, Jeremy; Oldenburg, Reinhard; Strømskag, Heidi. (2018) Algebraic thinking. Developing Research in Mathematics Education: Twenty Years of Communication, Cooperation and Collaboration in Europe (European Research in Mathematics Education).
  • Banerjee, Rakhi; Strømskag, Heidi. (2017) Topic Study Group No. 11: Teaching and Learning of Algebra. Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education.
  • Hewitt, Dave; Oldenburg, Reinhard; Postelnicu, Valentina; Strømskag, Heidi. (2017) Introduction to the papers of TWG03: Algebraic thinking. Proceedings of the Tenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME 10).
  • Rønning, Frode; Strømskag, Heidi. (2017) Entering the mathematical register through evolution of the material milieu for classification of polygons. Proceedings of the Tenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME 10).
  • Strømskag, Heidi; Jaworski, Barbara. (2017) Modelling situations involving equal-sized groups. Proceedings of the 41st Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1).
  • Strømskag, Heidi; Valenta, Anita. (2017) Constraints to a justification of commutativity of multiplication. Proceedings of the Tenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME 10).
  • Ainley, Janet; Margolinas, Claire; Barquero, Berta; Bikner-Ahsbahs, Angelika; Calleja, James; Clarke, David; Coles, Alf; Gardner, Kimberley; Gimenez, Joaquim; Johnson, Heather L.; Lin, Pi-Jen; Lithner, Johan; Radonich, Peter; Savard, Annie; Strømskag, Heidi. (2015) Accounting for student perspectives in task design. Task design in mathematics education.
  • Hodgen, Jeremy; Oldenburg, Reinhard; Postelnicu, Valentina; Strømskag, Heidi. (2015) Introduction to the papers of TWG03: Algebraic thinking. Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2015) A pattern-based approach to elementary algebra. Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education.
  • Clarke, David; Strømskag, Heidi; Johnson, Heather Lynn; Bikner-Ahsbahs, Angelika; Gardner, Kimberley. (2014) Mathematical tasks and the student. Proceedings of the 38th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education and the 36th Conference of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2014) Didactical handling of a gap between a teacher's intention and students' mathematical activity. Proceedings of the 38th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education and the 36th Conference of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2013) An adidactical milieu that fails to prepare for an intended statement of equivalence. Proceedings of the 37th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education: Mathematics learning across the life span.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2013) From recursive to explicit formula for the n-th member of a sequence mapped from a shape pattern. Proceedings of the Eighth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2013) Shortcomings in the milieu for algebraic generalisation arising from task design and vagueness in mathematical discourse. Task design in mathematics education. Proceedings of ICMI Study 22.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2009) Complexity of operating beyond naïve empiricism when proving a conjectured formula for the general term of a geometrical pattern. Nordic Research in Mathematics Education.
  • Goodchild, Simon; Jaworski, Barbara; Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2007) Workshop on classroom research: Analysis of transcript data. Relating practice and research in mathematics education: Proceedings of NORMA 05, Fourth Nordic Conference on Mathematics Education.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2007) Efficiency or rigor? When students see the target as 'doing' more than 'knowing' mathematics. Relating practice and research in mathematics education: Proceedings of NORMA 05, Fourth Nordic Conference on Mathematics Education.

Report/dissertation

Others

  • Mangiante-Orsola, Christine; Perrin-Glorian, Marie-Jeanne; Strømskag, Heidi. (2019) La théorie des situations didactiques comme outil pour comprendre et développer les pratiques professionnelles des enseignants en mathématiques. Séminaire de didactique des mathématiques de l’ARDM . L'Assoc. pour la recherche en didactique des mathématique; Paris. 2019-03-28 - 2019-03-29.
  • Rønning, Frode; Strømskag, Heidi. (2019) Sense and reference of signifiers for elements of polygons. Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME 11) . Freudenthal Group, Utrecht University & ERME; Utrecht. 2019-02-06 - 2019-02-10.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2019) Overgang fra matematikk i skolen til matematikk i høyere utdanning. Årsmøte i Norsk Matematikkråd . Norsk Matematikkråd; Stavanger. 2019-09-18 - 2019-09-20.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2019) Prospective teachers inquiring into an involved problem of percents. An analysis of conditions and constraints using ATD tools. IRP Advances in the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic and their consequences in curricula and in teacher education . Centre de Recerca Matemàtica; Barcelona. 2019-06-17 - 2019-06-28.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2018) A model for instructional design in mathematics implemented in teacher education. INDRUM 2018 Second Conference of the International Network for Didactic Research in University Mathematics . University of Agder; Kristiansand. 2018-04-05 - 2018-04-07.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2018) Didactical design for the mathematics classroom. Language Use and Development in the Mathematics Classroom . LaUDiM; Trondheim. 2018-11-28 - 2018-11-29.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2018) Tensions between the mathematical knowledge at stake and the situational models used to illustrate the knowledge: A case from a Norwegian 3rd grade classroom. Seminar . Universitat de Barcelona; Barcelona. 2018-12-13.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2018) Why do some people have problems comprehending mathematics?. Forum for matematiske perler . Institutt for matematiske fag; Institutt for matematiske fag, NTNU. 2018-09-07 - 2018-09-07.
  • Mangiante-Orsola, Christine; Perrin-Glorian, Marie-Jeanne; Strømskag, Heidi. (2017) Theory of didactical situations as a tool to understand and develop mathematics teachers' practices. Symposium Frengly 3 . Laboratoire de Didactique André Revuz; Université Paris-Diderot. 2017-11-16 - 2017-11-18.
  • Rønning, Frode; Strømskag, Heidi. (2017) Entering the mathematical register through evolution of the material milieu for classification of polygons. Tenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME 10) ; Dublin. 2017-02-01 - 2017-02-05.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2017) A methodology for instructional design in mathematics. Oberseminar Didaktik der Mathematik . Universität Augsburg, Institut für Mathematik; Augsburg. 2017-07-10.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2017) A methodology for instructional design in mathematics. Eighth Nordic Conference on Mathematics Education . Stockholm University, NORME; Stockholm. 2017-05-30 - 2017-06-02.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2017) Combining the theory of didactical situations and semiotic theory in an investigation of students’ enterprise of representing a relationship in algebraic notation. MEC Symposium. Algebra: Gateway to mathematics, science, society and the world . Mathematics Education Centre; Loughborough University. 2017-05-24 - 2017-05-25.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2017) Instruksjonsdesign i matematikk - en epistemologisk modell for en spesiell matematisk kunnskap. Seminar ved Institutt for lærerutdanning . Fagseksjon for matematikk; Institutt for lærerutdanning. 2017-11-17 - 2017-11-17.
  • Strømskag, Heidi; Jaworski, Barbara. (2017) Modelling situations involving equal-sized groups. PME 41 . Nanyang Technological University; Singapore. 2017-07-17 - 2017-07-22.
  • Strømskag, Heidi; Valenta, Anita. (2017) Justification of commutativity of multiplication at Grade 6. Tenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME 10) . European Society for Research in Mathematics Education; Dublin. 2017-02-01 - 2017-02-05.
  • Mangiante, Christine; Perrin-Glorian, Marie-Jeanne; Strømskag, Heidi. (2016) Using TDS to understand and develop mathematics teaching in primary classrooms in France and Norway. Symposium Frengly 2 . Laboratoire de Didactique André Revuz; Université Paris-Diderot. 2016-07-06 - 2016-07-08.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2016) Designing didactical situations for the elementary classroom: Conditions that enable or hinder mathematics learning. Advisory Board meeting for the LaUDiM project . The LaUDiM project; Faculty of Teacher and Interpreter Education, NTNU. 2016-06-16 - 2016-06-17.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2016) Evolution of the milieu for a particular piece of mathematical knowledge. The Thirteenth International Congress on Mathematical Education . Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik - GDM; Hamburg. 2016-07-24 - 2016-07-31.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2016) Interaction in the mathematics classroom - from the perspective of two different theories. MEC Seminar, Loughborough University . Loughborough University; Loughborough. 2016-03-17.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2015) A pattern-based approach to elementary algebra. 9th Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education . Charles University; Praha. 2015-02-04 - 2015-02-08.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2015) Comparing and contrasting two theoretical approaches to social interaction in the mathematics classroom - The theory of didactical situations and the theory of social interactionism. Seminar, University of Gothenburg . University of Gothenburg; 2015-12-16.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2015) Flislegging for å finne en sammenheng mellom to typer tall. Novemberkonferansen . Norsk senter for matematikk i opplæringen; Trondheim. 2015-11-24 - 2016-11-25.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2015) Transformation between different registers of semiotic representation of a mathematical object: A challenging task. Symposium “The Role of Mathematical Tasks in Promoting Domain-Specific and Domain-Transcendent Mathematical Reasoning" . European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 2015); Corvinus University of Budapest. 2015-09-07 - 2015-09-11.
  • Clarke, David; Strømskag, Heidi; Johnson, Heather Lynn; Bikner-Ahsbahs, Angelika; Gardner, Kimberley. (2014) Research Forum: Mathematical tasks and the student. PME 38 . International Group for the Psychology of Math Education; Vancouver. 2014-07-15 - 2014-07-20.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2014) Building on the concept of milieu - in an open coding process. Symposium on French and UK research on mathematics teaching . Université Paris Diderot; Paris. 2014-01-30 - 2014-02-01.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2014) Et epistemologisk perspektiv på matematikkundervisning: et eksempel fra algebra. Nasjonal konferanse om karaktersetting i matematikk i lærerutdanning . Nasjonalt råd for lærerutdanning, UHR; Trondheim. 2014-09-09 - 2014-09-10.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2014) Student teachers’ pattern generalisation conceptualised through the theory of didactical situations in mathematics. Seminar, Københavns universitet . Institut for Naturfagenes Didaktik; København. 2014-09-05.
  • Strømskag, Heidi. (2014) Students’ mathematical activity constrained by the milieu: a case of algebra. Seventh Nordic Conference on Mathematics Education . University of Turku; Turku. 2014-06-03 - 2014-06-06.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2013) Algebra i meningsfylte kontekster: Representasjon av generalitet i mønster. Seminar, Nasjonalt senter for matematikk i opplæringen . Nasjonalt senter for matematikk i opplæringen; Trondheim. 2013-11-22.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2013) An adidactical milieu that fails to prepare for an intended statement of equivalence. PME 37 . Kiel University; Kiel. 2013-07-28 - 2013-08-02.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2013) Formation of a gap between a teacher’s intention and students’ mathematical activity. Seminar, Göteborgs Universitet . Göteborgs universitet; Göteborg. 2013-09-26.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2013) From recursive to explicit formula for the n-th member of a sequence mapped from a shape pattern. Eighth Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education . European Society for Research in Mathematics Education; Antalya. 2013-02-06 - 2013-02-10.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2013) Shortcomings in the milieu for algebraic generalisation arising from task design and vagueness in mathematical discourse. ICMI 22 Study Conference on Task Design in Mathematics Education . International Commission on Mathematical Instruction; University of Oxford. 2013-07-22 - 2013-07-26.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2012) Faktorer som begrenser studenters etablering av algebraisk generalitet i figurmønstre. Konferanse for lærerutdannere i matematikk . Universitetet i Tromsø; Sommarøya. 2012-09-24 - 2012-09-27.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2012) Similarities and differences between didactical phenomena and patterns of mathematical interaction: Comparing Elements of the French School of Mathematics Education with elements of the Theory of Social Interactionism. Ph.D. trial lecture . University of Agder; Kristiansand. 2012-02-09 - 2012-02-09.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2010) Algebraisk generalisering: Når målet er en matematisk setning som uttrykker en relasjon mellom tallfølger. Lokallagsamling for Landslaget for Matematikk i Skolen . Landslaget for Matematikk i Skolen; Gardermoen. 2010-02-05 - 2010-02-07.
  • Bergsten, Christer; Fuglestad, Anne Berit; Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag; Wedege, Tine; Hannula, Markku S.. (2008) Research questions and themes for future research in mathematics education. Plenary Panel. The 5th Nordic Conference on Research in Mathematics Education ; København. 2008-04-21 - 2008-04-25.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2008) Complexity of operating beyond naïve empiricism when proving a conjectured formula for the general term of a geometrical pattern. 5th Nordic Conference on Research in Mathematics Education ; Copenhagen. 2008-04-21 - 2008-04-25.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2008) Expressing and justifying generality in geometrical patterns: A case study of first-year student teachers' small-group collaboration at a university college. Presentation of preliminary doctoral dissertation . Universitetet i Agder, Institutt for matematiske fag; Universitetet i Agder. 2008-04-11.
  • Måsøval, Heidi Strømskag. (2007) Research on student teachers' generalisation processes in algebra: A theoretical perspective. Seminar . Mathematics Education Centre; Loughborough University. 2007-11-05.