CADGME Online Gathering 2021

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The CADGME community wishes to remain together despite the Covid-19 crisis. Therefore, we are happy to invite you to attend the CADGME 2021 Online Gathering which will take place on Thursday, June 24rd, 2021 13:00-17:00. Place: Zoom - for Speakers - YouTube Stream for participants: https://www.youtube.com/c/LinzSTEAMEducation Participation: Participation is Free of Charge Registration: Form: https://forms.gle/S7moMteUASAVH9hZ8 Deadline: 21 June Host: Zsolt Lavicza, Johannes Kepler University Zoom details: https://jku.zoom.us/j/92469528715?pwd=TDNSZUZhTUVBL1h3VHJ5Tk45NWgyZz09  Meeting-ID: 924 6952 8715 Password: CADGME2021 Schedule: (Central European Summer Time CEST): 13:00-13:15 - Opening - Noah (Thierry) Dana-Picard, Csaba Sarvari, Sara Hershkovitz, Zsolt Lavicza, Kristof Fenyvesi 13:15-13:45 - Michal Tabach - Tel Aviv University - Israel    Incorporating a digital game into regular mathematics classrooms to learn to solve linear     equations 13:45-14:15 - Attila Szabo - Stockholm University - Sweden    Are there any connections between giftedness and creativity in mathematics? And is it    possible to use computer programming in order to develop mathematical talent? 14:15-14:45 - Zoltan Kovacs - Johannes Kepler University Linz - Austria     [Co-authors: Tomás Recio - Universidad Antonio de Nebrija - Spain           M. Pilar Vélez- Universidad Antonio de Nebrija - Spain     Róbert Vajda - Bolyai Institute - Hungary]         Towards a direct proof of Euler's inequality in a dynamic geometry system 14:45-15:00 - Break 15:00-15:30 - Yaniv Bitton - Centre of Educational Technology - Israel      Fractions - My Way     Talli Nachlieli - Levinsky College of Education – Israel Introducing PRAQTAL: Practices for quality teaching in mathematics.       Noah (Thierry) Dana-Picard and Sara Hershkovitz - Jerusalem College of Technology - Israel     Exploration of polygons and polyhedra in a STEAM framework 15:30-16:00 - Maria Flavia Mammana - University of Catania - Italy  Mario Pennisi - University of Catania - Italy Daniela Ferrarello - University of Catania - Italy Eugenia Taranto - University of Catania - Italy Technology and laboratorial activities: the experience of the Math Education Research Group     at the University of Catania 16:00-16:30 - Yves Kreis - University of Luxembourg - Luxembourg Ben Haas - University of Luxembourg - Luxembourg     Iterative STEAM design in primary grades and in pre-service teacher training 16:30-17:00 - Closing and Farewell

Scientific Committee

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Speakers


Noah (Thierry) Dana-Picard is a Professor of Mathematics at Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT). He has two Ph.D.s, one from France and one from Israel. Since he finished his period as president of JCT, he is the director of a Chair for Mathematics, Education, and Judaism. He is an active researcher in Mathematics, Mathematics Education with a strong orientation to ICTs and STEAM Education.Sara Hershkovitz retired from The Center for Educational Technology (CET) In Israel, after 4 decades. During 27 years (till 2017) she was the head Mathematics Department and led the development of dozens of CET’s Math textbooks for primary and secondary schools, as well as the interactive digital content and the digital textbooks, and led the development of the online course in Math for high school, which is a part of CET’s Virtual High School (VHS). Currently she is the head of Math. Dep. at Levinsky College of Education, Tel-Aviv, Israel. 

Zsolt Lavicza is a university professor in STEM education research methods at the Department of STEM Education, Linz School of Education, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz Austria. He has worked on several research projects examining technology and mathematics teaching in classroom environments. He has greatly contributed to the development of the GeoGebra community. Kristóf Fenyvesi, PhD (b. 1979) – is a researcher of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) Trans- and Multidisciplinary Learning and Contemporary Cultural Studies in Finland, at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä. Member of the Research Group for Innovative Learning Environments and Research Group for Education, Assessment & Learning.
  
Csaba Sárvári is an emeritus Associate Professor from the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Pécs (Hungary). His main research interests are Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) in mathematics education and number theory. He has written numerous papers and organised conferences on CAS in mathematics teaching. He is co-founder of CADGME conference series with Zsolt Lavicza.Zoltán Kovács is an assistant professor at The Private University College of Education of the Diocese of Linz, Institute of Initial Teacher Training (Austria), since 2015. Team member of Center of Mathematics Education of Linz at University of Linz, Department of Mathematics Education. Core developer at GeoGebra, since 2010. Author of over fifty published scientific papers and hundred scientific communications (including various software packages) in different international journals and conferences.

Attila Szabo, PhD, is an associate professor at the Education administration in Stockholm and affiliated researcher to Stockholm university. He is a board member of the Swedish Institute of Educational Research. Attila’s research currently focuses on mathematical giftedness and on aspects of prospective mathematics teachers´ education. He has taught mathematics in secondary school and at university level. Also, he is author of a textbook series for secondary school mathematics in Sweden.Yaniv Biton received a Ph.D. in math education form Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. For many years, he was the director of the Virtual High School at Center for Educational Technology (CET), Tel Aviv.  He is currently the head of the mathematics department at CET. He is also a faculty member at the Shaanan Academic College of Education in Haifa. His research focuses on assessment and technology in mathematics education.