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Fiene Bredow has been invited to hold a plenary lecture at the 59th conference of the German association for didactics of mathematics (Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik - GDM) in Wuppertal.

From March 2 to 6, 2026, the 59th Annual Conference of the Society for Mathematics Education (GDM) will take place at the University of Wuppertal. Several members of our working group will be present.

In one of his seminars, Thomas Janßen explores with students how basic statistical skills can be combined with education for sustainable development as early as elementary school—thanks to funding by the University of Bremen Foundation, now also with innovative traffic counters.

Prof. Alice Lemmo from the Universitá Degli Studi Dell’Aquila will talk at the Mathematics Colloquium on 21 January 2026, beginning at 1600h in room MZH 2495. Her talk is titled "Using Written Mathematics Tests to Support Teaching and Learning".

On January 7, 2026, mathematics educators from the University of Bremen's primary and secondary school programs met for a joint game night.

Prof. Rita Borromeo Ferri and Prof. Dr. Andreas Meister from the University of Kassel will talk at the Mathematics Colloquium on 14 January 2026, beginning at 1600h in room MZH 5600. Their talk is titled "Mathematical modelling as a bridge between school, industry and research".

Aylin Thomaneck, Maike Vollstedt and Maike Schindler (University of Cologne) have recently published a research paper in the Journal für Mathematik-Didaktik examining the causes of the graph-as-picture error in students’ interpretation of graphs.

Dr. Sara Bagossi from the University of Bozen/Bolzano will talk at the Mathematics Colloquium on 3 December 2025, beginning at 1600h in room MZH 5600. Her talk is titled "Mathematical discussion in the digital era".

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