Conference Program

Updated 05.05.2010.


 

11th International Conference
Teaching mathematics: retrospective and perspectives

May 6 - 7, 2010, Daugavpils, Latvia

 

THURDAY May 6

9:00-12:00

Registration

Daugavpils University, Parades 1

12:00-13:00

Lunch

Daugavpils University, Parades 1

13:00-13:20

Opening of the Conference

Room 115, Daugavpils University, Parades 1

13:20-14:00

Plenary lecture:

Anita Pipere (Latvia), Romualdas Kašuba (Lithuania)

The phenomenological interview: exploring (math) philia and phobia

Room 115, Daugavpils University, Parades 1

14.00-14.40

Plenary lecture:

Viktorija Siciuniene, Janina Dargytė (Lithuania)

Teaching mathematics to gifted learners in Lithuanian basic school: the analysis of the situation and prospects

Room 115, Daugavpils University, Parades 1

14.40-15.10

Coffee

Daugavpils University, Parades 1

Section talks

 

Room 115

Room 113

Room 416

 

Section 2: Extracurricular activities in mathematics education

Chair: Dace Bonka

Section 3: Professional and career development of mathematics educators

Chair: Barbro Grevholm

Section 4: Technology in mathematics education

Chair: Eugenijus Stankus

15:10-15:30

Juozas Juvencijus Macys (Lithuania)

School-elementary proofs of irrationality

Tapio Keranto, Vesa-Matti Sarenius (Finland)

Capability of proof constructions and conditional inferences among Finnish elementary school teacher candidates

Vilma Geseviciene, Edmundas Mazėtis (Lithuania)

Survey of possibilities of ICT use for teaching mathematics in primary school

15:30-15:50

Romualdas Kasuba (Lithuania)                  

Postmodern features in problem solving

Inese Brishka (Latvia)

Increasing the role of mathematical calculus studies in developing the future mathematics teacher’s professional competences

Joana Lipeikiene (Lithuania)

Investigations of technology for teaching mathematics in Lithuania

15:50-16:10

Ingrida Veilande (Latvia)

On the importance of mastering solution methods of elementary number theory problems

 

Natalya Sedova (Russia)

Method of cases as one of the effective means of formation of stochastic competence of the future teachers of mathematics

Sarmite Cernajeva, Anda Zeidmane (Latvia)

The preparatory courses for the state examinations of mathematics in the Ortus website environment

 

16:10-16:30

 

Valentina Beinarovica, Inara Yermachenko (Latvia)

Mathematics teacher training in pupils’ research abilities developing

Anita Jansone (Latvia)

Information technologies for mathematical physics problems solution

16.30-17:00

Coffee

Daugavpils University, Parades 1

17:10-18:10

Museum visit –

art hall of Mark Rothko

Daugavpils Regional and Art Museum, Rigas 8

19:30-22:00

Conference party

Park Hotel Latgola, Gimnazijas 46

FRIDAY May 7

9:00-9:40

Late registration/ Free time

Daugavpils University, Parades 1

9:40-10:20

Plenary lecture:

Barbro Grevholm (Norway)

Upper secondary mathematics teaching and teachers - two Nordic studies

Room 115, Daugavpils University, Parades 1

10:20-10:50

Coffee

Daugavpils University, Parades 1

Section talks

 

Room 115

Room 113

Room 416

 

Section 2: Extracurricular activities in mathematics education

Chair: Romualdas Kasuba

Section 3: Professional and career development of mathematics educators

Chair: Tapio Keranto

Section 4: Technology in mathematics education

Chair: Joana Lipeikiene

10:50-11:10

Laura Freija (Latvia)

Teaching aids for advanced mathematics

Eugenijus Stankus, Valentina Dagiene (Lithuania)

Initial teacher education in Lithuania: policies, tendencies and challenges

Dzintars Tomsons (Latvia)

Mathematical problems and simulation models in e-learning course of  IT project management

11:10-11:30

Dace Bonka, Ilze France (Latvia)

First steps of the "competition in science and mathematics" for 7th - 9th grade students

Vytautas Bernotas, Nijolė Cibulskaitė (Lithuania)

On improving the quality of mathematics studies at Vilnius Pedagogical University: bachelor's thesis

Armands Gritsans (Latvia)

Teaching mathemathics: mathematics software course

 

11:30-11:50

Aija Cunska (Latvia)

Multimedia learning object “Mathematical Induction”

Edvīns Ģingulis (Latvia)

Liepāja University master students’ researches on mathematical didactics

Grigorii  Melnichenko (Lithuania)

Experience of teaching the programming language Java

11:50-13:00

Lunch

Daugavpils University, Parades 1

 

 

Room 115

Room 113

Room 416

Section 1: Teaching and learning mathematics – Mathematics at school

Chair: Anita Pipere

Section 1: Teaching and learning mathematics – Mathematics at university and general issues

Chair: Edvīns Ģingulis

Section 1: Teaching and learning mathematics - Mathematics at university and general issues

Chair: Viktorija Siciuniene

13:00-13:20

Elfrīda Krastiņa, Elga Drelinga (Latvia)

Non-traditional methods of developing skills of multiplication at primary school

Andrejs Cibulis (Latvia)

Individual assignments, tests, examination problems: insight into first year students’ solutions

Janis Mencis (Latvia)

Mathematics as a system and process

13:20-13:40

Jüri Kurvits (Estonia)

Operations with rational numbers in grades 5 to 7

Jānis Cepītis (Latvia)

Training of differential equations in the basic studies of mathematics in the University of Latvia: ways and advancement

Rasma Garleja, Ilmārs Kangro (Latvia)

Methodical approaches to the acquisition and application of mathematical concepts

13:40-14:00

Tiiu Kaljas, Madis Lepik (Estonia)

Estonian, Finnish, German and Russian math textbooks in comparison

Daiga Zaime (Latvia)

Teaching of mathematics to non - mathematical students

Juozas Banionis (Lithuania)

Professor Zigmas Žemaitis (1884-1969)  as a reformist of mathematics teaching  in Lithuania

14:10-14:30

Peteris Daugulis, Alesya Shapkova (Latvia)

Research of mathematical reaction time of schoolchildren for improving mathematical education

Indrek Kaldo (Estonia)

Student’s view of mathematics in Estonia at university level

 

Kaarin Riives-Kaagjärv (Estonia)

On assessment systems in higher education

 

14:30-14:50

Nikolai Zimakov, Pavel Shmakov (Finland)

Teaching mathematics: underdetermined problems that inspire pupils

 

Natalja Budkina, Aija Pola (Latvia)

On the organisation of the process of teaching mathematics  to the students of  engineering economic specialities at RTU

Ričardas Kudzma (Lithuania)

Genesis of some mistakes at mathematical analysis course

 

14:50-15:20

Coffee

Daugavpils University, Parades 1

15:20-15.40

Inese Bula (Latvia)

Slide show in learning process of mathematics in high school

Anna Vintere (Latvia)

Creation of international cooperation networks to facilitate the development of mathematics studies in LUA

Vjačeslavs Starcevs (Latvia)

Additive set functions and the integral

15.40-16.00

Ojārs Rode, Elfrīda Krastina (Latvia)

Values education in learning mathematics in primary school

 

Teresé Leonaviciene, Gražvydas Leonavičius (Lithuania)

Mathematics courses: student approach

Svetlana Asmuss, Natalja Budkina, Aleksandrs Šostaks (Latvia)

On the necessity of verification of sufficient conditions

16:00-16:20

Romualda Gavshina (Latvia)

Problems of functional extrema

Felix Sadyrbajev (Latvia)

Visualization in teaching math.modelling

 

Nelly Bogdanova (Latvia)

"Escherization" problem in context of intersubject integration

16:30-16:50

Pavel Shmakov (Finland), Natalia Slepova (Russia)

Humour and pleasure in mathematics teaching practice

 Vitolds Gedroics, Anita Sondore (Latvia)

Some problems of teaching the probability theory and statistics in Daugavpils University

Grigorii Melnichenko (Lithuania)

A semigroup of integers and its connection with points on a circle

16:50-17:10

 

Irina Medvedeva, Oxana Martynyuk, Svetlana Pan’kova, Irina Solovyova (Russia)

Formation of experience competence-oriented educational program "pedagogical education"

 

17:10-17:20

Closing

Room 115, Daugavpils University, Parades 1