Tomas Persson
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Education
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 24 61
- E-mail:
- tomas.persson@edu.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Von Kraemers allé 1 A
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 2136
750 02 Uppsala
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Short presentation
I am a senior lecturer at the Department of Education. My research interests focuses primarily on language use in mathematics and science. I am a member of the research groups Studies of Language Practices (STOLP), Comparative Didactics and Mathematics Education. I mainly teach courses in mathematics and education for primary and secondary teachers but also in-service courses for teachers. I am also an experienced primary and secondary teacher in mathematics and science.
Keywords
- didaktik
- language
- linguistics
- lärande
- lärarutbildning
- mathematics
- naturvetenskap
- science studies
- språkdidaktik
- ämnesdidaktik
Publications
Selection of publications
- The Information Density of School Mathematics (2019)
- The Subject Language Use In Year 8 TIMSS-Test Questions (2018)
- De naturvetenskapliga ämnesspråken (2016)
- The Swedish Vocabulary of TIMSS 2011 8th Year Science Questions, with a Special Focus on the Nature of Low-frequency Words (2016)
- The Language of Science and Readability (2016)
- Features and Functions of Scientific Language(s) in TIMSS 2011 (2016)
- Putting Meaning dimensions to the TIMSS-test (2015)
- Linguistic features in TIMSS-Science Test Questions (2014)
Recent publications
- The Information Density of School Mathematics (2019)
- Vokabulären i svenska nationella prov i naturvetenskap för år 6 och år 9 samt i TIMSS 2011 år 8 (2019)
- The Subject Language Use In Year 8 TIMSS-Test Questions (2018)
- The Vocabulary Of Swedish National Year 6 Science tests, Swedish National Year 9 Science Tests And TIMSS 2011 Year 8 (2018)
- De naturvetenskapliga ämnesspråken (2016)
All publications
Articles
- The Language of Science and Readability (2016)
- Features and Functions of Scientific Language(s) in TIMSS 2011 (2016)
- The Vocabulary of Swedish Grade Eight Science Items in TIMSS 2011.
Books
Conferences
- The Information Density of School Mathematics (2019)
- Vokabulären i svenska nationella prov i naturvetenskap för år 6 och år 9 samt i TIMSS 2011 år 8 (2019)
- The Subject Language Use In Year 8 TIMSS-Test Questions (2018)
- The Vocabulary Of Swedish National Year 6 Science tests, Swedish National Year 9 Science Tests And TIMSS 2011 Year 8 (2018)
- The Swedish Vocabulary of TIMSS 2011 8th Year Science Questions, with a Special Focus on the Nature of Low-frequency Words (2016)
- Putting Meaning dimensions to the TIMSS-test (2015)
- Meningsdimensioner i naturvetenskapligt språk (2014)
- Linguistic features in TIMSS-Science Test Questions (2014)
Other
