Dr. Paul H.M. Drijvers

Associate Professor in Mathematics Education

Head of the FIsme secondary mathematics team

Freudenthal Institute for Science and Mathematics Education,
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University

Contact details

Freudenthal Institute for Science and Mathematics Education
Buys Ballot Laboratorium Room 3.07
Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, the Netherlands
PO Box 85170, 3508 AD Utrecht, the Netherlands

+31(0)30 253 5668 (office direct)
+31(0)30 253 1179 (office general)
+31(0)30 253 7494 (fax office)

p.drijvers@uu.nl

Research interest and fields of expertise:
- technology in mathematics education
- the teaching and learning of algebra 
- pre-service and in-service teacher training
- upper secondary mathematics curricula

- Edumatics  

- Efficiënt wiskunde oefenen in een digitale omgeving (ffDWO)

- Docentpraktijken in ICT-rijk wiskundonderwijs (DPICT)

- Tool use in an innovative learning environment for mathematics

- Use of ICT for acquiring, practicing and assessing relevant mathematical skills, PhD project
Christian Bokhove (2011)

- Cognitive load theory and the development of mathematical skills, PhD project Irene van Stiphout (2011)

- Improving Indonesian students' performance in algebra. PhD project Al Jupri

- Algebraïsche cognitieve schema’s van docenten en leerlingen. PhD project Peter Kop

- CAS versus Non-CAS in elementary function-based algebra: CAS - Yes or No? (Cayen), PhD project Matthias Zeller  

Some recent publications:

Bokhove, C. & Drijvers, P. (in press). Effects of a digital intervention on the development of algebraic expertise. Computers & Education, 58(1), 197-208.

Bokhove, C. & Drijvers, P. (2010). Digital Tools for Algebra Education: Criteria and Evaluation. International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 15(1), 45-62.

Bokhove, C. & Drijvers, P. (2010).  Digital activities for capturing symbol sense. For the learning of mathematics, 30(3), 43-49.

Doorman, M., Drijvers, P., Gravemeijer, K., Boon, P., & Reed, H. (in press).Tool use and the development of the function concept: from repeated calculations to functional thinking. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education.

Drijvers, P. (2012). Teachers transforming resources into orchestrations. In G. Gueudet, B. Pepin, & L. Trouche (Eds.), From text to 'lived' resources: Mathematics curriculum materials and teacher development (pp. 265-281). New York/Berlin: Springer.

Drijvers, P. (Ed.)(2010). Secondary algebra education. Revisiting topics and themes and exploring the unknown. Rotterdam: Sense.

Drijvers, P., Doorman, M., Boon, P., Reed, H., & Gravemeijer, K. (2010). The teacher and the tool: instrumental orchestrations in the technology-rich mathematics classroom. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 75(2), 213-234.

Drijvers, P., Kieran, C., & Mariotti, M.A. (2010). Integrating technology into mathematics education: theoretical perspectives. In Hoyles, C. & Lagrange, J.-B. (Eds.), Mathematics education and technology - Rethinking the terrain (pp. 89-132) . New York/Berlin: Springer.

Reed, H., Drijvers, P., Kirschner, P. (2010). Effects of attitudes and behaviours on learning mathematics with computer tools. Computers in Education, 55(1), 1-15.

Tacoma, S., Drijvers, P., & Boon, P. (2011). The use of a digital environment to improve first year science students' symbol sense. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 30(4), 403-428.

Trouche, L. & Drijvers, P. (2010). Handheld technology: Flashback into the future. ZDM, The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 42(7), 667-681.

Hoezo denkactiviteiten? Invited plenary duo presentation with Peter van Wijk, in Dutch, NVvW studiedag, Veenendaal, the Netherlands,  November, 5th, 2011.

Des approches Franco-Hollandaises en didactique des mathématiques L’exemple des recherches
relatives aux TICE. Invited plenary lecture in French at the Séminaire National de Didactique des Mathématiques, Paris, France, October, 14th 2011.

Skills & technology, Invited plenary presentation, ELAM conference, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, June, 6th, 2011.

2011 - 2012: Designing Science Education and Communication, SEC-Master, with Dirk Jan Boerwinkel

2011 - 2012: Introduction to Science Education and Communication, SEC-Master, with Elwin Savelsbergh

2010 - 2011: Designing Science Education and Communication, SEC-Master, with Dirk Jan Boerwinkel

Recent events:

- Member of the International Advisory Board of the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 

Short CV