Mathematical Duel Plus 2015-17 Erasmus Project

Project Title

Mathematical Duel Plus 2015-17

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Natural sciences; Research and innovation

Project Summary

The project “Mathematical Duel Plus 2015-17” builds on and further developes a mathematical contest that has been held since 1993. For most of this time, four schools from Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland have been participating .
The objective of the Erasmus+ project was to research this competition, describe it and make it public, with the idea of making it possible for other institutions to organize similar competitions, better understand various background aspects of the competition, and to raise the benefit for the participants by widening the spectrum of activities.
Four schools and three universities participated in the project. All have long-standing traditions in the area of mathematical competitions. Specifically, the four schools all have long-standing traditions in this area, and all have repeatedly had students qualify for their national mathematical olympiads, and even the national teams representing their countries at various international competitions, such as the International Mathematical Olympiad.
Beside holding the competition in each of the three years of the project, which was the defining activity of the project, a website was developed (www.mathematicalduel.eu), in which a large amount of information relevant to the project was placed, including information of competition organisation, problem collections, descriptions of participating institutions and their home cities, etc. Three scientific papers were produced on supplementary topics, and problem collection booklets were published for each of the three years.
Scientific talks were organized for the benefit of the project participants, and various talks were also held for teacher groups in order to keep them informed about the project and its progress.
The activities of the project were made publicly available through the website, talks and publications. Participants were offered a deep involvement with both the mathematical and oranizational aspects of the project.
The results of the project will be kept available to the public for many years through the website as well as the published materials. In this way, students, teachers and researchers in didactics will be supported through the results of the project for years to come.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 149109 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITAET GRAZ & Country: AT

Project Partners

• Bundesrealgymnasium Kepler, Graz
• Gymnazium Mikulase Kopernika, Bilovec, prispevkova organizace
• UNIWERSYTET SLASKI
• Akademicki Zespol Szkol Ogolnoksztalcacych
• UNIVERZITA PALACKEHO V OLOMOUCI
• Gymnazium Jakuba Skody, Prerov, Komenskeho 29