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vizualnih reprezentacij pri zgodnji matematiki. Pri delu s študenti posebej 
poudarja aktivne oblike učenja in poučevanja.
Manja Podgoršek is assistant for mathematics education at Faculty of 
Education Maribor. Her main research field is connected to visual rep-
resentations in early mathematics. When working with future teacher her 
emphasis lies on active methods of learning and teaching.
Jasmina Ferme
Jasmina Ferme je asistentka za matematiko na Fakulteti za kmetijstvo in 
biosistemske vede, občasno pa delo asistentke opravlja tudi na Pedagoški 
fakulteti Univerze v Mariboru.
Jasmina Ferme is assistant for mathematics at Faculty of Agriculture and 
Life Sciences, but occasionally she works also at Faculty of Education 
Maribor.
Alenka Lipovec
Alenka Lipovec poučuje matematiko in didaktiko matematike na 
Pedagoški fakulteti v Mariboru. Raziskovalno se ukvarja predvsem z 
razvojem zgodnjih matematičnih pojmov znotraj pouka matematike, 
s smiselnim vključevanjem IKT in staršev ter z medpredmetnim pove-
zovanjem v okviru RME in CLIL pristopov.
Alenka Lipovec lectures mathematics and mathematics education at 
Faculty of Education Maribor. Her research focus is early development 
of mathematics concepts within school settings, efficient incorporation of 
ICT, parental engagement and cross curricular themes in frame of RME 
and CLIL approach.
Barbara Japelj Pavešić 
Njeno širše področje raziskovanja je statistika družboslovnih podatkov, 
ožje pa modeliranje meritev znanja, s poudarkom na preučevanju znan-
ja matematike po vsej izobraževalni vertikali od vrtca do univerze. Že 
od začetka izvajanja mednarodne raziskave IEA TIMSS, leta 1995,  je 
sodelavka in od 1999 nacionalna koordinatorica vseh nadaljnih izvedb ra-
ziskav. Je tudi avtorica nacionalnih poročil zadnjih dveh, TIMSS 2015 in 
TIMSS Advanced 2015.
Her  research interest in statistics in social science, with focus on mod-
eling of measurement of knowledge, especially study of mathematical 
achievement of students from kindergarten to university. 
She has conducted IEA international large-scale assessment TIMSS since 
its inception in 1995, and was the national research coordinator of all