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LD1030 Cognitive psychology for teachers: Mathematics 4.0 credits

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Information per course offering

Termin

Information for Spring 2025 Start 3 Jun 2025 single courses students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
3 Jun 2025 - 24 Aug 2025
Periods

: P5 (4 hp)

Pace of study

25%

Application code

45012

Form of study

Distance Daytime

Language of instruction

Swedish

Course memo
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Number of places

25 - 50

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Schedule
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Course syllabus as PDF

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Course syllabus LD1030 (Spring 2025–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus LD1030 (Spring 2025–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

The course aims to develop the student's skills and abilities in understanding, analysing, planning and implementing learning strategies that can improve students' learning in mathematics.

  • Review of research within cognitive psychology and of how research results can be applied in learning situations in mathematics tuition.
  • Critically examine and evaluate research in the area of mathematics tuition.
  • Design, develop and discuss learning activities for mathematics tuition that can be used in learning situations to improve students' learning.

Intended learning outcomes

After passing the course, the student should be able to:

  • Describe and analyse how strategies from cognitive psychology and the course literature can be applied in different learning situations to improve students' learning in mathematics.
  • Understand how underlying cognitive processes, such as long-term memory and working memory load, influence students' ability to learn mathematics.
  • Develop and reflect upon learning activities that can justify and improve students' learning in mathematics, and be able to explain advantages and disadvantages of such learning activities, based on the course literature.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

General entry requirements.

Literature

You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and completion

Grading scale

P, F

Examination

  • INLA - Hand-in assignment A, 2.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
  • INLB - Hand-in assignment B, 2.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Examiner

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Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

ITM/Learning in Engineering Sciences

Main field of study

Technology

Education cycle

First cycle