Office: Weber 218A
Phone: (000) 000-0000
Education
- Virginia Tech (PhD in Mathematics)
- Lomonosov Moscow State University (M.S. in Mathematics)
About
My research objectives are understanding the cognitive challenges experienced by undergraduate students when they are engaged in various proving activities, and determining the ways in which they can successfully navigate these challenges. Central to these objectives is the phenomenon of cognitive offloading – the use of embodied activities to reduce the cognitive demands of a task, which is inextricably linked with the psychological construct of working memory. Classic examples of offloading mechanisms include the use of drawings, technology, and hand gestures.
Publications
- Addressing the cognitive gap in mathematical inductionJournal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 1–27., 2022
- Mathematical metaphors presuppose common logico-mathematical structuresConstructivist Foundations, 16 (3), 285–287., 2021
- A design-based research approach to addressing epistemological obstacles in introductory proofs coursesProceedings of the 25th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education., 2023
- Offloading cognitive demands of fractional tasks on working memory through drawingsProceedings of the Forty-fourth Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education., 2022
