Helena Rocha has a PhD on Education – Didactics of Mathematics and currently works at the Department of Mathematics – Faculty of Sciences and Technology – New University of Lisbon. Helena does research in Educational Technology, Teacher Education and Mathematics Education, with a special focus on Teachers' Knowledge. At the moment she is coordinator of the master program on Mathematics Education, co-editor of the journal Educação e Matemática (ISSN: 0871-7222) and editor of the section Let’s Play on the same journal.

Research Interests:

Teacher knowledge, Professional development, Technology, Mathematics Education, Mathematical proof.

Main Projects:

• 2018 – 2021: Membro da equipa do projeto «Curricular Innovation and Success in Mathematics», financiado pela FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia com a Ref.ª PTDC/CED-EDG/32422/2017;
• 2016 – 2019: Membro da equipa do projeto «Hilbert's 24th problema», financiado pela FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia com a Ref.ª PTDC/MHC-FIL/2583/2014.

• Rocha, H. (2019). Mathematical proof: from mathematics to school mathematics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. (DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2018.0045);
• Viseu, F. & Rocha, H. (2018). Perceptions of mathematics teachers on the teaching of functions and on the use of technological materials – Perceções de professores de matemática sobre o ensino de funções e sobre o uso de materiais tecnológicos. Educação Matemática Pesquisa, 20(2), 113-139. (DOI: 10.23925/1983-3156.2018v20i2p113-139);
• Rocha, H. (2017). Teacher knowledge and the teaching of statistics using a graphing calculator. REIPE, E(6), 96-100. (DOI: 10.17979/reipe.2017.0.06.2307);
• Rocha, H. (2017). Some factors impacting the teachers’ assessment practices. REIPE, E(10), 30-35. (DOI: 10.17979/reipe.2017.0.10.2465);
• Rocha, H. (2016). Teacher’s representational fluency in a context of technology use. Teaching Mathematics and its Applications, 35(2), 53-64. (DOI: 10.1093/teamat/hrw005).