Past, present and future of (pre)primary mathematics education


Elementary Mathematics Education
EME2025


Olomouc, April 23–25, 2025


Past, present and future of (pre)primary mathematics education



Conference Program



Wednesday, April 23, 2025


Faculty of Arts Auditorium, Palacký University Olomouc


12.00 – 13.00
Arrival of Participants, Registration


13.00 – 14.30
Conference Opening & Welcome Speech


in the presence of
the dean of the Faculty of Education, doc. PhDr. Vojtech Regec, Ph.D.,
chairman of the Olomouc Branch UCMP, prof. RNDr. Josef Molnár, CSc.
and the head of the Department of Mathematics, doc. PhDr. Radka Dofková, Ph.D.


Clarinet duet ~ Magdaléna Paclíková and Anežka Brouková (our students)
will perform during the Conference Opening


Plenary Session
chairman: R. Dofková


Péter KÖRTESI
University of Miskolc, HU
Comenius in Sárospatak


14.30 – 15.00
Coffee Break


15.00 – 16.30
Plenary Session
chairman: R. Dofková


Petr EISENMANN
J. E. Purkyně University, CZ
Development of Primary School Students' Conceptions of Infinity


Zdeněk HALAS
Charles University, CZ
Geometric Figures: A Look Into Antiquity, Into Textbooks and Into Pupils' Desks


17.30 – 19.30
Guided Tour: Olomouc – University City
joint departure from the faculty
(meeting point at the entrance from Jiří z Poděbrad Street)



Thursday, April 24, 2025


8.30 – 10.30
Section A - classroom P25

chairman: J. Laitochová


Bailey KAUFMAN (New York, USA)
Preparing Future Educators: Transforming Preservice Teachers’ Self-Belief and Math Anxiety

Slaviša JENJIĆ (Banja Luka, BA)
The Relationship between Elementary School Students' Age and Interest in Learning Mathematics Content

Michaela KASLOVÁ (Praha, CZ)
Non-Standard Diagnostic Method in School Mathematics 1993–2025

Lucia RUMANOVÁ, Júlia ZÁHORSKÁ, Veronika BOČKOVÁ (Nitra, SK)
Geometric Tasks with a Links to Outdoor Elements

Eva NOVÁKOVÁ (Brno, CZ)
Laisant Table: Unconventional Resource on the Students´ Path to Understanding Multiplication

Karin VRÁTNÁ MILITKÁ (Olomouc, CZ)
Mathematics in Visual Arts: An Unconventional Teaching Unit for Primary School

8.30 – 10.30
Section B - classroom P28

chairman: T. Zdráhal


Soňa ŠVECOVÁ (Trnava, SK)
On the Initial Knowledge of Students of Pre-School Elementary Pedagogy and Primary Education Teaching in Geometry

Renáta ZEMANOVÁ (Ostrava, CZ)
Rhombus in Images of Student Teachers for 1st Grade of Elementary Schools

Mária KUĽHOVÁ, Alena PRÍDAVKOVÁ (Prešov, SK)
Application of Support Strategies in Mathematics Education

Pavol HANZEL, Patrik VOŠTINÁR (Banská Bystrica, SK)
AI in Teaching Mathematics in Primary Education

Anna VAŠUTOVÁ (Prešov, SK)
Analysis of Contextual Suggestions for the Use of MathAR in Mathematics Education for Preschool and Elementary Education Students

Marek MOKRIŠ (Prešov, SK)
Certainty Based Marking in an Environment That Supports Contextual Learning

10.30 – 11.00
Coffee Break - classroom P26


11.00 – 12.30
Roundtable discussion – classroom P28

chairman: D. Jirotková


Darina JIROTKOVÁ, Jana SLEZÁKOVÁ, Alena HOŠPESOVÁ,
Jana CACHOVÁ, Tereza KOTTOVÁ  (Praha, CZ)
Primary School Teacher Preparation in Mathematics in Light of the Graduate Competency Framework

12.30 – 13.30
Lunch


13.30 – 13.45
Coffee Break - classroom P26


13.45 – 15.45
Section A - classroom P25

chairman: E. Nováková


Marika HRUBEŠOVÁ, Pavel TLUSTÝ (České Budějovice, CZ)
Working with Data and Information at First Grade of Primary School

Jana HODAČOVÁ (Praha, CZ)
Zero in Mathematics in Primary School

Dominika KUŠNÍROVÁ, Iveta SCHOLTZOVÁ (Prešov, SK)
Connections of the Real World in Mathematical Problem-Solving Tasks – First Experiences

Alžběta KOLAŘÍKOVÁ, Radka DOFKOVÁ (Olomouc, CZ)
Graph Theory as a Tool for Metacognition Developement

Katarína ŽILKOVÁ (Bratislava, SK)
From Data Collection to Interpretation in the First Cycle of Primary School

Michaela PETŘÍČKOVÁ, Miroslava JANEČKOVÁ, Barbora LANKOVÁ (Ústí nad Labem, CZ)
Comparison of Pupils' Self-Concepts in Mathematics in the Context of the Transition to the Lower-Secondary School

13.45 – 15.45
Section B - classroom P28

chairman: K. Pastor


Jan GAGO (Zlín, CZ)
A Comparative Analysis of the Intended Mathematics Curriculum of Study Programmes Preparing Czech Primary School Teachers

Alena PRÍDAVKOVÁ (Prešov, SK)
Developing Mathematical Competence in Primary Education Teacher Training with Augmented Reality Technology Support

Jana KRÍŽOVÁ (Banská Bystrica, SK)
Mathematics (Non)Traditionally in the Preparation of Future Primary Education Teachers – Myths and Facts

Blanka TOMKOVÁ (Prešov, SK)
Readiness of Teaching Students to Apply Interdisciplinary in Basic Education

Tomáš TALÁŠEK (Olomouc, CZ)
Which forms of risk representation do students find most and least informative and why we should put more effort into teaching histograms

Valéria ŠVECOVÁ, Gabriela PAVLOVIČOVÁ (Nitra, SK)
Creation of Mathematical Problems Based on Different Criteria

16.00 – 18.00
Individual program of participants


18.00 – 22.00
Social evening in the premises of the UP Rectorate



Friday, April 25, 2025


9.00 – 11.00
Classroom P25

chairman: D. Nocar


Milan POKORNÝ (Trnava, SK)
Interactive Applications to Practice Addition and Subtraction

Jana HNATOVÁ (Prešov, SK)
Isomorphism of Word Problems Aiming at Number Conversion Between Numerical Position Systems with Unequal Base with Support of AR

Jakub LIPTÁK (Prešov, SK)
Augmented Reality in Problems on the Intersection of Sets

Lilla KOREŇOVÁ (Bratislava, SK)
Qualitative Analysis of Opinions of Pre-Service Primary Education Teachers on Augmented Reality in Mathematics Education

Jitka PANÁČOVÁ (Brno, CZ)
Critical Points of First-Year Elementary School Teacher Students When Solving Word Problems

Karel PASTOR (Olomouc, CZ)
Purely Kangaroo Problems

11.00 – 11.30
Coffee Break - classroom P26


11.30 – 12.30
classroom P25
Joint Discussion, Conference Conclusion

 



Information for participants


Length of lecture (including discussion):
• plenary lecture - 45 min.
• lecture in section - 20 min.


Lectures will be presented in one of the conference's languages:
English, Slovak, Polish and Czech, without translation.


All classrooms are equipped with a computer with data projector and Internet connection, board and interactive whiteboard.