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Maria Lindfors
Educational qualifications:
Recognised university teacher
0000-0002-5251-0374
Contact
E-mail
maria.lindfors@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 76 03
Works as
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Associate professor
at
Department of Education
Location
Hus Y, Beteendevetarhuset
Umeå universitet, Mediagränd 14, Beteendevetarhuset, 901 87 Umeå
Publications
Publications
Research
Research
2025
Sharing teacher power: exploring teaching practices in innovative learning environments through mixed methods analysis
Teachers and Teaching: theory and practice
Bergström, Peter; Wiklund-Engblom, Annika; Lindfors, Maria
2025
Student-centred learning in innovative learning environments (Part I): teachers played out practice
EARLI 2025, Graz, Austria, August 25-29, 2025
Bergström, Peter; Wiklund-Engblom, Annika; Lindfors, Maria
2025
Student-centred learning in innovative learning environments (Part III): Students’ perceptions
EARLI 2025, Graz, Austria, August 25-29, 2025
Lindfors, Maria; Wiklund-Engblom, Annika; Bergström, Peter
2025
CHAT teacher workshop for student-centred learning practices
2025 RCEN Conference, Sixth Annual Conference of the Relation-Centered Education Network (RCEN), at Maynooth University, Ireland, June 16-18, 2025.
Wiklund-Engblom, Annika; Bergström, Peter; Lindfors, Maria
2025
Exploring teaching practices in an innovative learning environment: a pragmatic view on the student-centred ideal in future classrooms
Postdigital Science and Education
, Springer Nature 2025, Vol. 7 : 834-854
Wiklund-Engblom, Annika; Bergström, Peter; Lindfors, Maria
2025
Student-centred learning in innovative learning environments (Part II): Teachers’ experiences
EARLI 2025, Graz, Austria, August 25-29, 2025
Wiklund-Engblom, Annika; Lindfors, Maria; Bergström, Peter
2024
Exploring the dynamics of student-centred learning in innovative learning environments
EAPRIL 2024: Book of abstracts
: 31-31
Bergström, Peter; Lindfors, Maria; Wiklund-Engblom, Annika
2024
Exploring the transactional distance in two remote teaching and learning environments of K–12 students: the balancing art of interaction
Journal of Online learning research
, Waynesville: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) 2024, Vol. 10, (2) : 191-214
Pettersson, Fanny; Lindfors, Maria
2023
Using the typology of teacher power and control (TTPC) to explore emergent practice in a new innovative learning environment
ECER 2023: Programme
Bergström, Peter; Wiklund-Engblom, Annika; Lindfors, Maria
2023
The search for professional digital competence in Swedish teacher education policy: a content analysis of the prerequisites for teacher educators’ dual didactic task
Cogent Education
, Taylor & Francis 2023, Vol. 10, (2)
Lindfors, Maria; Olofsson, Anders D.
2023
Exploring teachers’ emergent practice in prototypes of innovative learning environments
Koulutus ja tutkimus yhteiskunnassa – yhteiskunta koulutuksessa ja tutkimuksessa: abstraktit/abstracts
, Vasa: FERA; Åbo Akademi 2023 : 158-158
Wiklund-Engblom, Annika; Bergström, Peter; Lindfors, Maria
2022
Who Makes an Effort? A Person-Centered Examination of Motivation and Beliefs as Predictors of Students’ Effort and Performance on the PISA 2015 Science Assessment
Frontiers in Education
, Frontiers Media S.A. 2022, Vol. 6
Hofverberg, Anders; Eklöf, Hanna; Lindfors, Maria
2021
Students’ epistemic beliefs in Sweden and Germany and their interrelations with classroom characteristics
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
, Routledge 2021, Vol. 65, (1) : 54-70
Bernholt, Andrea; Lindfors, Maria; Winberg, Mikael
2021
Gymnasiearbete (GARB) – an upper secondary school recepit before entering university studiies
NFSUN: The Nordic Research Symposium on Science Education, Online, June 1-2, 2021
Broman, Karolina; Lindfors, Maria; Mårell-Olsson, Eva; et al.
2021
The search for professional digital competence in Swedish teacher education policy: a content analysis on the prerequisites for teacher educators’ dual didactical task
NERA, Nordic Educational Research Association: Hope and Education, Odense, Denmark, November 3-5, 2021
Lindfors, Maria; Olofsson, Anders D.
2021
K–12 Students’ Experiences of the Synchronous Remote Teaching and Learning Environment
Journal of Online Learning Research
, Waynesville, NC USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) 2021, Vol. 7, (3) : 249-268
Lindfors, Maria; Pettersson, Fanny
2021
Conditions for professional digital competence: the teacher educators’ view
Education Inquiry
, Taylor & Francis 2021, Vol. 12, (4) : 390-409
Lindfors, Maria; Pettersson, Fanny; Olofsson, Anders D.
2020
Unpacking students' epistemic cognition in a physics problem‐solving environment
Journal of Research in Science Teaching
, Wiley-Blackwell 2020, Vol. 57, (5) : 695-732
Lindfors, Maria; Bodin, Madelen; Simon, Shirley
2020
Educational settings in relation to special educational needs in mathematics
Nordisk matematikkdidaktikk, NOMAD: [Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education]
, Göteborg: Nationellt centrum för matematikutbildning (NCM) 2020, Vol. 25, (3-4) : 95-114
Roos, Helena; Lindfors, Maria; Bagger, Anette
2019
Development of students’ epistemic beliefs profiles across secondary school
Book of abstracts: EARLI 2019
, RWTH Aachen University 2019 : 131-132
Bernholt, Andrea; Kampa, Nele; Lindfors, Maria; et al.
2019
Gymnasiearbetet: en länk mellan skola och universitet
Forum för forskningsbaserad NT-undervisning, Linköping, 17-18 oktober, 2019
Broman, Karolina; Mårell-Olsson, Eva; Lindfors, Maria; et al.
2019
The nature of knowing and students in need of special education
Book of abstracts: EARLI 2019
, RWTH Aachen University 2019 : 142-142
Lindfors, Maria; Roos, Helena; Bagger, Anette
2019
The role of students' scientific epistemic beliefs in computer-simulated problem solving
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
, London: Routledge 2019, Vol. 63, (1) : 124-144
Lindfors, Maria; Winberg, Mikael; Bodin, Madelen
2019
Relationships between epistemic beliefs and achievement goals: developmental trends over grades 5–11
European Journal of Psychology of Education
, Springer 2019, Vol. 34, (2) : 295-315
Winberg, Mikael T.; Hofverberg, Anders; Lindfors, Maria
2019
Kognition, kunskapssyn, intresse och motivation i kemi: en jämförelse av elevers utveckling över skolåren 5–10 i Sverige och Tyskland
Resultatdialog 2019
, Stockholm: Vetenskapsrådet 2019 : 112-116
Winberg, Mikael T.; Hofverberg, Anders; Lindfors, Maria; et al.
2018
Profiling School Students' Epistemic Beliefs From Grades 5 to 12
AERA Online Paper Repository
Bernholt, Andrea; Kampa, Nele; Lindfors, Maria; et al.
2018
"Kunskap är vad du vet, och vet du inte kan du alltid googla!": elevers epistemic beliefs i naturvetenskaplig undervisningskontext
Doktorsavhandlingar i pedagogiskt arbete
, 83
Lindfors, Maria
2017
Students’ epistemic beliefs in Sweden and Germany: Correlations with classroom characteristics
Education in the Crossroads of Economy and Politics: Role of Research in the Advancement of Public Good. Book of Abstracts
: 678-678
Bernholt, Andrea; Winberg, Mikael; Lindfors, Maria
2017
Unpacking students’ epistemic cognition in a problem solving environment
Nordic Research Symposium on Science Education (NFSUN) 2017, Trondheim, Norway,June 7-9, 2017
Lindfors, Maria; Bodin, Madelen; Simon, Shirley
2017
Unpacking students’ epistemic cognition in a problem-solving environment
ESERA 2017 Conference, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, August 21-25, 2017
Lindfors, Maria; Bodin, Madelen; Simon, Shirley
2016
The role of scientific epistemic beliefs in computer-simulated problem solving
7th International Biennial Conference of EARLI SIG 16 Metacognition. August 23-26, 2016
Lindfors, Maria; Winberg, Mikael; Bodin, Madelen
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NNILE
Research projects
1 January 2025 until 31 December 2028
The search for professional digital competence in Swedish teacher education
1 January 2023 until 31 December 2026
Towards a student-centered learning in innovative learning environments
1 January 2014 until 31 December 2018
Cognition, beliefs, interests and motivation in chemistry secondary education - a comparison between school years 5-11 in Sweden and Germany.
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