Thesis defence: What’s the Problem with Illustrated Mathematical Word Problems?
Laura Caligari Moreira will defend her dissertation, which examines how illustrated mathematical word problems act and are understood in multilingual classrooms and in research. She investigates how these problems shape possibilities, constraints, and notions of learning and participation.
Laura Caligari Moreira.
The title of Laura Caligari Moreira’s thesis defence is: What’s the Problem with Illustrated Mathematical Word Problems? Exploring Their Complexity Through Sociocultural and New Materialist Paradigms.
You can read more about her dissertation on DIVA:
Included articles:
Paper I Norén, E., & Caligari, L. (2020). Practices in multilingual mathematics classrooms: Word problems. In Y. Liljekvist et al. (Eds), Sustainable Mathematics Education in a Digitalized World. Proceedings of MADIF 12 (pp. 61–70). Swedish Society for Research in Mathematics Education.
Opponent | Associate Professor Susan Gerofsky, The University of British Columbia |
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Chairman | Senior Lecturer Kicki Skog, Stockholm University |
Examination Board | Associate Professor Steven Khan, Brock University, docent Ulrika Ryan, Malmö University, professor Christina Hedman, Stockholm University, (alternate member is Senior Lecturer Anna Günther-Hanssen, Stockholm Univeristy |
Supervisors | Professor Paola Valero and Professor Eva Norén, Stockholm University |
Phd student |
Last updated: 2025-12-15
Source: Department of Teaching and Learning