This ongoing case study examines the use of a subscription-based digital educational resource for mathematics learning. In this case, the digital resource Skolplus (https://skolplus.se/), is used by over 60% of Sweden's primary schools and contains both exercises, games, and printed material for the primary school year FK-6. In this study, we explore how the application is perceived by teachers, parents, and students (ages 7-8). We are specifically interested in what kind of digital features our user groups perceive as important and useful. Likewise, we want to know which expectations of use were not incorporated and why. Teachers' intentions are compared with parents' descriptions of what children do in Skolplus when they use it at home, as well as where dissonance occurs during use.
While previous research has shown that digital technologies enable for example representation of objects to improve mathematical learning processes, see for example Young (2017), less attention has been paid to the use of subscription-based digital solutions. One of those that has drawn attention specifically to primary schools' use of online platforms for learning mathematics is Darragh and Franke (2021) showing that "...schools face pressure to provide mathematics programs that are at the same time traditional, modern, high-tech and balanced." Based on previous research, as well as data collected during this ongoing case study, preliminary findings include the use of subscription-based solutions for mathematics learning and the role of homework. The study aims to contribute to technology-related mathematics teaching.