Edgar Alstad

PhD Research Fellow
Fakultet for lærerutdanning og kunst- og kulturfag
Study location
Levanger
Office
Levanger, G Nordlåna 2218
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