Magnus Hultén

Professor

My research interests include theoretical and historical aspects of the content of schooling in relation to science and technology in primary and secondary school.

Current research project

Knowledge in a criteria-based grading system: An evaluation of the Swedish reforms 1994 and 2011

Financed by the Swedish research council (2014-2018).

Research project

Borderline Students

Organisation of knowledge, equality and students’ learning in a criteria-based grading system: an evaluation of the 1994 and 2011 reforms with a focus on the on the borders between fail and pass (IG/G and Fx/E)

News

Funding for practice-based school research for TESER

Magnus Hultén and Astrid Berg at TESER are receiving SEK 2.5 million from the Swedish Institute for Educational Research for a research project on animation and digital tools in the early years of chemistry teaching.

Early marks do not yield better study results

Arguments for giving marks early are often about being motivational for all students. But this doesn’t add up. Instead, early marks can have the opposite effect on certain groups of students.

Related Information

Science Education

Subject-based teaching in the natural sciences is a research area that conducts research in conjunction with teacher training at Linköping University, in particular the part which is carried out in Norrköping.

Technology and Science Education Research - TESER

Technology and Science Education Research – TESER – is a research unit in science and technology education research that was initiated in 2011.

Division of Learning, Aesthetics, Natural Science (LEN)

LEN is a division at IBL engaged in education and research within the Faculty of Educational Sciences at Linköping University.