Dr. Donna Kotsopoulos

Associate Professor
Mathematics Education

Contact Information

Email: dkotsopo@wlu.ca
Phone: (519) 884- 0710 ext.3953

Office Location: 3rd floor, Bricker Academic, Room 313K

Personal Website: http://www.wlu.ca/childlab

Languages Spoken

English
Macedonian

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 (JI) and EU 462: Teaching Methods Mathematics. Prior to joining Wilfrid Laurier University, she taught elementary and secondary school mathematics. She is an Ontario Certified Teacher (OCT).

Her research focuses on  mathematical learning sciences from a transdisciplinary perspective - drawing on research, theoretical frameworks, and methods 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 Faculty of Science, Department of Psychology.

In the News

Dr. Kotsopoulos's research focuses on  mathematical learning sciences from a transdisciplinary perspective - drawing on research, theoretical frameworks, and methods 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 Faculty of Science, Department of Psychology. Dr. Donna Kotsopoulos is an Ontario Certified Teacher (OCT). For more information about her research go to www.wlu.ca/childlab.

Additional Information

Research Interests

Mathematical cognition, elementary and secondary mathematics education, mathematical learning contexts,visual-spatial reasoning, education and neuroscience,  and discourse analysis.