Dr. Donna Kotsopoulos
Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education
Contact Information
Email: dkotsopo@wlu.caPhone: (519) 884- 0710 ext.3953
Office Location: 3rd floor, Bricker Academic, Room 313K
Personal Website: http://www.wlu.ca/childlab
Academic Background
The University of Western Ontario, PhD, Educational Studies
The University of Western Ontario, Master of Education, Educational Studies
York University, Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics
York University, Bachelor of Education
Biography
Dr. Donna Kotsopoulos currently teaches EU 412: Mathematics Education 1 and EU 413: Mathematics Education 2. Prior to joining Wilfrid Laurier University, she taught elementary and secondary school mathematics.
Her research focuses on mathematical learning sciences from a transdisciplinary perspective - drawing on research, theoretical frameworks, and methodolgies from the disciplines of mathematics, cognitive neuroscience, developmental psychology, and education. Dr. Kotsopoulos has published in prominent research journals and has presented her research at numerous
conferences, including the Psychology of Mathematics Educators and at
the American Educational Researchers Association conference. Recently she was was awarded two SSHRC grants, one of which is in collaboration with Dr. Joanne Lee, from the Department of Psychology.
Additional Information
Research Interests
Mathematical cognition, elementary and secondary mathematics education, mathematical learning contexts,visual-spatial reasoning, education and neuroscience, and discourse analysis.
