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NOMAD, Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education, Nordisk Matematikkdidaktikk

The journal Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education – Nordisk Matematikkdidaktikk, NOMAD – is a journal publishing results from research in mathematics education. It addresses all that are interested in following the progress in this field in the Nordic and Baltic countries, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.

NOMAD publishes issues quarterly.

Announcements

NOMAD Workshop

2025-12-04

NOMAD - Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education, and the National Centre for Mathematics Education (NCM) at the University of Gothenburg arrange an annual one-day workshop on how to write an article for NOMAD, for doctoral students and newly graduated researchers from the Nordic and Baltic countries.

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Current Issue

Vol. 30 No. 4 (2025): The teaching and learning of mathematical modelling in the Nordic and Baltic contexts

Jonas Bergman Ärlebäck, Peter Frejd and Suela Kacerja
Editorial: Introduction to the NOMAD 2025 special issue on the teaching and learning of mathematical modelling in the Nordic contexts

Floridona Tetaj
”I’m trying to demystify mathematics”: Exploring the goals for teaching mathematical models and modelling in interdisciplinary education

Svitlana Rogovchenko and Yuriy Rogovchenko
Same terms, different meanings: the impact of semantic aspects on biology students’ reasoning in mathematical modelling tasks

Pamela Helder Naylor and Arne Jakobsen
Investigating in-service Norwegian primary school teachers’ modelling specific pedagogical content knowledge

Shaista Kanwal and Ingeborg Lid Berget
Mathematical modelling in Norwegian schools - A study of teachers’ conceptions and practices, and views on potentials and challenges

Peter Frejd
Fostering the spirit of mathematical modelling in vocational education

Lisa Steffensen
From modelling problems to socio-ecological awareness - The role of reflective discussions in mathematics education

Obed Opoku Afram and Said Hadjerrouit
Social affordances in students’ mathematical modelling with digital tools

Camilla Hellsten Østergaard and Britta Eyrich Jessen
A study of the role of data in statistical and mathematical modelling

Published: 2025-12-31
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