Edgar Alstad
PhD Research Fellow
Fakultet for lærerutdanning og kunst- og kulturfag
Areas of expertise
Mathematics education, In-depth learning, Mathematics, Digital teaching tools, Student active learning
Employed at the Faculty of Teacher Education and Arts at Nord University, workplace Levanger.
Mathematics education/didactics in primary school teacher education and further education for mathematics teachers primarily for 5.-10. and 8.-13.
Research, Ongoing projects
How visual clues affect students' strategies in quantifying units in three-dimensional structures:
- Exploring Units-Locating in Enumerating Units of 3D-Arrays: Linking Units-Locating to Units-Representation
- Exploring the Role of Different Units-Representations in enumerating 3D arrays: The Case of Cubical and Spherical Units.
Trigonometry teaching, and how students can develop an understanding of trigonometric functions.
- Litterature review: Research on trigonometry teaching relevant to Norwegian upper secondary schools
2023
Exploring spherical units as perceptual clues in enumerating 3D arrays 2023, Mathematics Education Research Journal:;Alstad, Edgar; Berre, Maren; Nilsson, Per Gustav
2021
Exploring units-locating in enumerating units of 3D arrays: linking units-locating to units-representation 2021, Mathematics Education Research Journal:;Alstad, Edgar; Berre, Maren; Nilsson, Per Gustav
2023
Matematikksamtaler i barnehagen 2023,;Alstad, Edgar