Bringing Nordic mathematics education into the future : a review of the papers presented at the NORMA20 conference

Abstract

The NORMA conferences held triennially gather academics from the Nordic area and beyond. The conferences offer a window into the key topics and outcomes of Nordic mathematics education research. This paper presents an analysis of the 73 regular papers presented at the NORMA20 conference held in Oslo in June 2021 and published in the conference pre- and proceedings. The analysis yields research questions, methods, and key findings for the educational levels spanning kindergarten through to higher education. The majority of the papers present research from primary school-level and pre- and in-service teacher education. Across the educational levels, teaching methods and classroom discourse emerged as the most frequent topics, dominated by empirical studies that applied qualitative methods.