Identifying and Examining the Predictors (Influencers) that Correlate with College/Pre-College Maths Cognition
Dr. Anass Bayaga, Research Professor, University of Zululand
Friday, Sept. 7, 2018
3-4 p.m.
103A Walker Hall
This talk is free and open to the public
For years there has been debate that suggests maths cognition (which may include, but not exclusively so, number/visual processing) largely occurs independent of other disciplines such as linguistics (language). Responding to the ongoing debate, the current research examines maths cognition with particular reference to two subcognitive processes (numerical and spatial cognition) taking into account environmental influences and cultural variation (ethno-maths). As a transdisciplinary work and drawing from both exploratory data analysis (EDA) and knowledge discovery in databases (KDD), the conceptualization of the ongoing research is anchored upon subdisciplines in cognitive informatics (cognitive computing), neuroscience (neuroimaging) and cognitive linguistics. Our research thus interrogates the malleability (ductility) of maths cognition via various sub disciplines and methodologies by identifying and examining the predictors (influencers) that correlate with college/pre-college mathematical ideas as well as mathematical reasoning.
Event sponsored by the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Please contact Quinn Morris morrisqa@appstate.edu or Travis Weiland weilandtj@appstate.edu or visit our department colloquium website https://mathsci.appstate.edu/activities-outreach/department-colloquia to view more information and see other upcoming events.
Dr. Anass Bayaga, Research Professor, University of Zululand
Dr. Anass Bayaga, Research Professor, University of Zululand