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• Further Institutional and research material indicated by the lecturer during the lectures which will be made available to the students.

Argomenti del programma: Introduction to the theories of learning. Specific difficulties in learning mathematics. The didactic contract. The role of textbooks. Affective and identity factors. The problem of motivation. Mathematics and the media. The public image of mathematics. The justification problem. Basic notions of psychometrics. Standardized mathematics tests. Mathematical competence. National guidelines and supranational frameworks.