Reasearch Projects
DiToM: (2023-2026). DiToM (Diagnostic Tools in Mathematics) is an Erasmus+ KA2 – Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices Project, 36 months project started on 2023. The aim of this project is to bring this expertise together and create a continuous diagnostic instrument that teachers can use to measure basic skills in arithmetic and algebra at the end of a two-year learning period at grades 0 to 8th. Thus, four diagnostic tests will be created that incorporate visuo-spatial skills required for number learning. Furthermore, the projects aim to explicitly acknowledge the special needs of inclusive classrooms for the application of diagnostic tools. Coordinator of the project is the University of Bielefeld/Faculty of Mathematics/Institute for Didactic Mathematics (IDM). PI: Prof. Dr. Michael Kleine & Prof. Dr. Andrea Peter-Koop.
Website: https://www.ditom.org
FB: https://www.facebook.com/ditom.tools
ASYMPTOTE: (1/3/2021-28/2/2023). The Adaptive SYnchronous Mathematics Learning PaThs for Online Teaching in Europe – ASYMPTOTE project is an Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership in the key action KA226 (DAAD). During the project the development of both, a website and a mobile application, took place for the conduct of synchronous online and distance mathematics education. The system enables teachers to select already existing or to create own tasks and mathematical learning paths, i.e. a sequence of tasks. The Goethe University is the ASYMPTOTE Project Coordinator, with PI Prof. Dr. Matthias Ludwig head of Institut für Didaktik der Mathematik und der Informatik.
More information about the project at: https://asymptote-project.eu/
Software Development Projects
ELPEIDA: (3/3/2023-30/06/2023). This project concerned the development of the innovative learning software for the Kindergarten (ELPEIDA = Preschool Education Software for Creativity and Cognitive, Emotional and Social Development Skills) with corresponding educational scenarios, adapted to the requirements of the new Preschool Education curriculum for the Greek school as well as the training and supporting the implementation of a sufficient number (500+) pre-school teachers to use this software with mobile or other digital devices in real classroom conditions. The contracting authority is the Greek Institute of Educational Policy. The contractor is the University of Patras/ELKE with Professor Vassilis Komis as the scientific director. Graduates of the program participated in the design and development processes of the software.
Website: https://elpeida.github.io/
INCTCORPS: (28/2/2022-28/2/2024). Integrated and Culturally Responsive Computational Thinking Curriculum for Primary Students- INCTCORPS concerned the design and development of an unplugged culturally responsible curriculum for Computational Thinking integrated in primary education arts and literature courses. The collaborating partners developed and pilot tested 50 lesson plans which are available on the project website. Coordinator of the project is Pamukkale Üniversitesi/Department of Education and PI is Prof. PhD Hüseyin Özçınar.
More information for the project: https://inctcorps.pau.edu.tr/
Training Projects
COMPUTATIONAL THINKING AT SCHOOL: (1/9/2019-31/8/2022). In the project titled Computational Thinking at School – CompuT, secondary education schools from Greece, Spain, Portugal, Norway collaborated in the Strategic Partnerships Program Erasmus KA2, School Education Sector, with the Coordination of the Directorate of Secondary Education of Dodecanese, which applied the proposal in collaboration with the University of the Aegean. During the program secondary education teachers trained concerning the integration of Computational Thinking into their educational practice.
More information: http://ltee.aegean.gr/comput/
INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE ON INFORMATICS AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING “CASTOR” (BEBRAS) GREECE: 2017-2020. The Postgraduate Studies Program supported the organization of the student competition of Informatics and Computational Thinking “Bebras” (http://bebras.org, http://bebras.gr), with the aim of developing Informatics and especially Computational Thinking, among teachers, and students. More than 30,000 students from all over the country participated in the two events of the competition.