Mathematics Education Research and Research Education in Lithuania

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Mathematics Education Research and Research
Education in Lithuania

• Ricardas Kudžma
• Vilnius University
• Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics Department
  of Mathematics and Informatics Didactics
• Tallinn
• 14.05.2009

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Doctoral studies

• Requirements for doctoral supervisors
• (ISAK-625, 2006-03-31)
• Monography and one ISI publication
• or
• 3 ISI publications
• during 5 last years (at application moment )

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Social sciences

• Education 07S
• Education centres
• 1. Vilnius University, Faculty of Phylosophy,
• Department of Education
• 2. Kaunas University of Technology,
• Faculty of Social Sciences,
• the Institute of Educatinal Studies,
• prof. Palmira Juceviciene
• 3. VPU, ŠPU, VDU

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Physical sciences

• Mathematics 01P
• 1. Vilnius University
• Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
• 2. Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
• with
• Vilnius Gedimino Technical University

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Physical sciences

• Informatics 09P
• 1. Vilnius University
• Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
• 2. Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
• with
• Vytautas Magnus University

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Personalities

• Algirdas Zabulionis
• 1. The head of Department of Mathematics
  Didactics,
• VU, MAF, 1991 September
• 2. Started TIMSS 1995
• 3. Founded National Examination Centre
• 4. Had two doctoral students
• Gediminas Trakas and Virginija Budiene

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Dissertations

• Aiste Elijio
• National Examination Centre (NEC) and VU
• Doctoral dissertation, 2006
• Sample Clasterization Effects in Educational
  Studies
• Physical sciences, Mathematics 01P
• VU
• Supervisor prof. V.Cekanavicius
• Consultant dr. A.Zabulionis
• Data from TIMSS studies

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Dissertations

• Jolita Dudaite
• NEC
• KTU, 2008
• Impact of the Educational and Learning
  Enviroments on the Changes of Students
  Mathematical Literacy
• Social sciences, Education 07S
• Supervisor prof. L. Šiauciukeniene
• Data from TIMSS studies

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Conferences

• Annual conferences of Lithuanian Mathematical
  Society
• Two sections
• Didactics of teaching of mathematics and
  informatics History of mathematics.
• Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys
• Special issue

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Conferences

• 1. Baltic conferences
• Teaching Mathematics Retrospective and
  Perspectives
• Proceedings of the conferences
• 2. Annual conferences of Kaunas University of
  Technology Mathematics and teaching of
  mathematics
• Proceedings of the conferences

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History

• Algirdas Ažubalis
• Matematika lietuviškoje mokykloje, 1997, 592 p.
• 1998 habilitated at University of Latvia, Social
  sciences
• Juozas Banionis
• Doctor, 1995, Humanitarian sciences
• Birute Ragalyte
• Doctoral student, Mathematics
• Supervisor prof. J.Kubilius

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International studies

• IEA TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics
  and Science Study)
• 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, -gt 2011
• Mathematics framework - agreed together on and
  available at www.timss.org based on what
  students are taught at schools, mathematics
  curriculum.
• OECD PISA (Programme for International Student
  Assessment)
• 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009
• (mathematics as the main field - in 2003 next
  time - in 2012)

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Centres of Matheducation

• Vilnius University, Faculty of Mathematics and
  Informatics, Department of Didactics of
  Mathematics and informatics
• Vilnius Pedagogical University, Department of
  Didactics
• Šiauliai University
• National Examination Centre
• Education Development Centre

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Perspectives

• dr. Romualdas Kašuba
• Mathematical olimpiads (National, IMO, Baltic
  way, Kangaroo, regional,...)
• Tagung für Didaktik der Mathematik, 2001 2009,
• Books (monographies ?)
• Knowledge of foreign languages
• Doctoral students ?

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Personalities

• Šiauliai University
• Arkadijus Kiseliovas
• Danute Kiseliova
• Orinta Kiseliovaite

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