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Meet the members of IERG
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Name: Peter Liljedahl | Email: pgl@sfu.ca |
| Country: | Canada |
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| Subject: | math |
| Member Category: | Associate Directors |
| Specialties: | Subjects (curriculum development and teaching)
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Bio:
Peter Liljedahl is a former high school mathematics teacher and a father of three very energetic children. Currently he is an assistant professor in mathematics education at Simon Fraser University. Peter's interest, and area of research, lies in creative problem solving in general and in the phenomena of insight and illumination in particular. To this end he studies how such AHA! experiences affect student learning, both from the perspective of the cognitive domain as well as the affective domain. Of particular interest to him is how such phenomena affect students' beliefs and attitudes about mathematics, as well as their beliefs and attitudes about their own ability to do mathematics. In addition, Peter is keenly interested in the role of the imagination in the teaching, learning, and 'doing' of mathematics.
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