• Changes in grades on the Norwegian lower secondary school mathematics exam 

      Fossum, Aina; Smestad, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Exams based on Norway’s 2006 math curriculum were given every spring from 2009 to 2019, and the distribution of grades varied widely. Based on document analyses of the mathematics exams, we identify some traits of the ...
    • Diversity in Norwegian mathematics examinations, 1962–2020 

      Smestad, Bjørn; Fossum, Aina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)
      Increasingly, mathematics educators see the importance of representation of diversity in pedagogical texts. The number of identity markers often considered has increased over the previous half century, and now includes, ...
    • Eksamen på like vilkår? 

      Fossum, Aina; Rogstad, Jon; Smestad, Bjørn (Tangenten - Tidsskrift for matematikkundervisning;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Fram til koronapandemien var eksamen en fast del av elevenes sluttvurdering både i ungdomsskolen og i videregående skole. De siste tre årene har imidlertid både muntlig og skriftlig eksamen vært avlyst. Neste skoleår kommer ...
    • Exams in calculations/mathematics in Norway 1946–2017 – content and form 

      Smestad, Bjørn; Fossum, Aina (Proceedings of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education;CERME 11, Conference object, 2019)
      Mathematics has been a constant part of Norwegian primary schooling. This impression of constancy is misleading, however. In the period from 1946 to 2017, the subject ‘regning’ (calculations) had its name changed to ...