MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE: INTERFACES REVEALED BY RESEARCHERS FROM THE CANADIAN LABORATORY ENGRAMMETRON (EDUCATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE AND MIXED RESEARCH LABORATORY)

Abstract

This study aims to highlight the interfaces between Mathematics Education and Cognitive Neuroscience revealed by the Canadian research group of the ENGRAMMETRON laboratory (Educational Neuroscience and mixed research laboratory) of Simon Fraser University from some aspects and results achieved by the group. According to the Canadian group, Cognitive Neuroscience seeks to highlight the role of the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying cognitive functions and to identify the mind-brain mechanisms that enable us to develop new teaching and learning strategies. In this way, I seek to highlight the main ideas pointed out by the group in the context of Mathematics Education and Cognitive Neuroscience. I emphasize that the focus will be given, primarily, to the perspective of the mathematical educator and, in a second focus, to that of the neuroscientist, valuing the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary context of teaching and learning.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2024.027-006