Peter Frejd

Associate Professor, Docent

Research

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Teaching and learning statistics at the secondary level

Research shows that it is challenging for students to learn statistical concepts and methods. Teachers need preparedness and tools to be able to support their students. The project therefore studies the teaching and learning of statistics.

Publications

2025

Peter Frejd, Pauline Vos (2025) Theorizing how citizens and vocational workers interact in co-productivity chains with professional mathematicians Proceedings of the Fourteenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME14) (Conference paper)

Karolina Muhrman, Peter Frejd (2025) Subject integrated team teaching vs. textbook learning: A comparative study on students' experiences in vocational mathematics education Proceedings of the Fourteenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME14) (Conference paper)

Karolina Muhrman, Peter Frejd (2025) Applied Problem-Solving Skills of Vocational Students' Before and After a Teaching Intervention on Workplace Contexts International Horizons in Mathematics Modelling Education. International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling, p. 321-332 (Chapter in book)

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Pauline Vos, Oda Heidi Bolstad, Javier Díez-Palomar, Michele Fiorentino, Peter Frejd (2025) An introduction to TWG7: Mathematics for work, society and personal development -lifelong learning Proceedings of the Fourteenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME14) (Conference paper)

Jonas Bergman Ärlebäck, Peter Frejd (2025) Exploring Swedish secondary students' mathematical models of fairness in ranking real-life, multi-faceted heptathlon outcomes ZDM - the International Journal on Mathematics Education, Vol. 57, p. 229-244 (Article in journal)

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News

Mathematical models make learning more meaningful

When students solve real-world problems, math lessons become more engaging and meaningful. That was the focus when researchers from around the world met in Linköping to explore new perspectives in mathematical modeling.

SEK 26.3 million for research in educational sciences

Seven research projects at LiU have been awarded grants in the Swedish Research Council’s annual funding round for educational sciences. The projects range from heroes wearing tights in the classroom to background noise and bullying.

Organisation

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Analysis and Mathematics Education (ANDI)

The Division of Analysis and Mathematics Education conducts both interdisciplinary and applied research in various branches of analysis and didactics of mathematics.

Department of Mathematics (MAI)

The department conducts research in computational mathematics, mathematics and applied mathematics, mathematical statistics, and optimization. We provide courses to students in most degree programmes in mathematics, science and engineering.

Studenthuset on Campus Valla in Linköping

About LiU

Linköping University, LiU, offers innovative education and boundary-crossing research. The students are among the most desirable in the labour market and international rankings consistently place LiU as a leading global university.