Dipartimento di Matematica - Università di Pavia - Mathematics Education and History

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Mathematics Education and History of Mathematics

The research activity in Mathematics Education concerns the study of issues related to the teaching and learning of mathematics at every school levels and is aimed at identifying tools and methodologies that contribute to its improvement. The main lines of research are:

the study of the mathematics laboratory intended as teaching-learning environment purposefully designed to encourage students' experimentation and active engagement;
the cooperative learning as a model for teaching-learning aimed at pursuing the achievement of both disciplinary learning goals and social and relational ones;
the study of the cognitive processes of argumentative nature involved in communication activities, discussion, argument, conjecture formulation, production of examples, non-examples and counter-examples, production of proofs;
the study of the role of artifacts in the teaching and learning of mathematics with a focus on semiotic processes involved in the construction and evolution of meanings in relation to the use of artifacts themselves.

On these issues, the research group is involved in several projects of training teachers.

The research in History of Mathematics is focussed on specific topics concerning the development of mathematics, with special attention to the 19th century:

Mathematics and mathematicians in the "Scuola Normale" attached to the Faculty of Science since 1875. The role played by mathematics in the training of teachers and young researchers, with special attention to the last quarter of the 19th century, one of the most fruitful period for mathematics in Pavia.
Mathematical Physics in Eugenio Beltrami's teaching and research activity: his work in mathematical physics, his results in the context of national and international research, analysis of unpublished lecture notes.
Felice Casorati and the development of complex analysis in the second half of the 19th century: analysis of unpublished material to fully understand the role played by Casorati in both research and teaching in complex analysis.

Faculty

Name	Phone number	Office	E-mail
Samuele Antonini	+39.0382.985660	E11	samuele.antonini (at) unipv.it
Andrea Maffia	+39.0382.985629	C19	andrea.maffia (at) unipv.it
Mirko Maracci	+39.0382.985659	E12	mirko.maracci (at) unipv.it
Riccardo Rosso	+39.0382.985649	E8	riccardo.rosso (at) unipv.it

Collaborators and guests

Name	Phone number	Office	E-mail
Angela Pesci	+39.0382.985660	E11	angela.pesci (at) unipv.it
Maria Reggiani	+39.0382.985659	E12	maria.reggiani (at) unipv.it