ERASMUS Projects

CT&MathABLE - Computational Thinking and Mathematical Problem Solving, an Analytics Based Learning Environment

Specific programme: KA220-SCH - Cooperation partnerships in school education

Research team:

Coordinator:

  • VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS (Lithuania)

Partners:

  • EOTVOS LORAND TUDOMANYEGYE TEM (Hungary)
  • UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA (Spain)
  • KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN (Sweden)
  • Gedminu progimnazija (Lithuania)
  • TURUN YLIOPISTO (Finland)
  • ANKARA UNIVERSITESI (Turkey)
  • Özkent Akbilek Ortaokulu (Turkey)

Total budget: 400.000€ (UPV/EHU: 46.345,00 €)
Total funded: 400.000€ (UPV/EHU: 46.345,00 €)

Start date: 01/09/2022
End date: 31/08/2025

Total duration: 36 months

Brief description: There is increasing European concern over worsening student performance, in particular concern over PISA study outcomes, and the supply of engineering and scientific competence to fuel industrial competitiveness. The countries involved in this application have also been concerned over the supply of digital and engineering competence for some time (Gulliksen et al. 2021). To address the situation several proposals have been made, including DigCompEdu 2.0, establishing digital targets for Europe 2030 https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digitalage/europes-digital-decade-digital-targets-2030_en and establishing guidelines for education, https://education.ec.europa.eu/focus-topics/digital/education-action-plan.

Making careers requiring mathematical profiles in compulsory schooling more accessible and attractive to young people is a key element to enhancing access to STEM careers.

Teachers, however, report low levels of preparedness, and need for additional support to implement these ambitious programmes. See the report of Mannila et al. 2018, “Digital Competence, Teacher Self-Efficacy and Training Needs”, for a discussion of the status and needs of the teaching profession.

Leveraging digital transformative technologies CT&MathABLE provides teachers with new approaches to developing Algebraic and Computational Thinking (AT and CT) competencies in a way that is individually tailored to the learner. CT&MathABLE achieves this through a novel architecture which supports individualized development paths and seamless integration with competency and assessment frameworks. This approach builds on the previous joint work of partners VU, KTH, and UTU in the current consortium.

CT&MathABLE is about creating learning approaches more appropriate to those who are traditionally disadvantaged and helping them to benefit from CT and AT and thus STEM careers, contributing to a stronger and more egalitarian society. In addition the outcome strengthens the partners national capacity in terms of highly qualified STEM citizens who Will contribute to technical development and sustainability goals 4 “quality education” and 8 "decent work and economic growth" as well as broadened participation and inclusion. The project delivers new tools to teachers, teacher educators, Education Providers and individual schools, and contributes to the goal of achieving sustainable quality in education.

CT&MathABLE combines a unique learning resources and learning analytics with expertise from leading research groups developing curricula and resources to support teaching CT and AT in all age groups. Drawing on our prior track record in competency frameworks for the computing curriculum and innovative pedagogy we are uniquely positioned to develop a learning and assessment architecture which combines learning analytics and competency frameworks to Support individualised learning trajectories for a CT and Maths Able society.