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LT2048 Mathematics Didactics 7.5 credits

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Termin

Information for Autumn 2025 Start 27 Oct 2025 programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
27 Oct 2025 - 13 Mar 2026
Periods

Autumn 2025: P2 (4.0 hp)

Spring 2026: P3 (3.5 hp)

Pace of study

25%

Application code

50604

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

Swedish

Course memo
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Number of places

Places are not limited

Target group

LÄRGR

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Course syllabus as PDF

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Course syllabus LT2048 (Autumn 2022–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus LT2048 (Autumn 2022–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course contents

This course deepens the student's knowledge of the didactics of mathematics, based on didactic research and practice-based knowledge. The course aims to develop the student's basic knowledge and practice regarding the development of students' mathematical abilities and how the the students' learning process can be monitored. Course topics:

  • Principles of school mathematics
  • Efficient teaching and learning of mathematics in the classroom
  • Reflective teaching and teaching strategies
  • Curriculum design in mathematics
  • Mathematical abilities in the curriculum and in didactic research
  • Students with special needs and students with special abilities in need of additional challenges
  • Common misconceptions regarding mathematics among pupils in school year 7-9
  • Didactic focus on analysis in one variable, vector algebra and discrete mathematics
  • The affective, cognitive and psycho-motoric domains of learning
  • Formative and summative assessment and grading
  • Design of tests, and the validity and reliability of test tasks
  • Swedish pupils' results in international assessments
  • Didactic focus on selected fields in mathematics subject of the Swedish compulsory school.

Intended learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course, the students should be able to

  1. Make short- and long-term didactic plans with special focus on students with individual conditions for learning
  2. Design a practical lesson by using a variety of approaches
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of the process of developing and planning curricula
  4. Use various models and stages to develop curricula
  5. Apply various strategies to examine the validity and reliability of test tasks.
  6. Analyse assessment material from both national and international examinations
  7. Explain research-based principles for assessment, mapping and measures, and how these can be used in practice.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

  • The upper secondary courses Sw B/3 and/or ENG B/6
  • Mathematics, 4 ECTS, equivalent to module MAT1 in course LT1018

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

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

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • KON1 - Partial examinations, 2.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • PRO1 - Project, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • TEN1 - Written examination, 2.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, 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.

Examiner

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

Main field of study

Technology and Learning

Education cycle

Second cycle