• Elementary algebra as a modelling tool: A plea for a new curriculum 

      Strømskag, Heidi; Chevallard, Yves (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Elementary algebra is the foundation on which the entire modern mathematical edifice rises. But the algebraic curriculum fashioned by the process of didactic transposition for more than a century is no longer able to ensure ...
    • Shunning algebraic formalism: Student teachers and the intricacy of percents 

      Strømskag, Heidi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      This paper investigates primary and lower secondary school student teachers’ use and mastery of algebraic formalism in solving the task of determining the rate of increase of a square’s area when the square’s side increases ...