Jérôme Proulx Fr
The work that I conduct in the Laboratoire Épistémologie et activité mathématique continually surround
four fondamental research poles.
Mental computation
and solving processes
This research is centered around
the study of solving processes that students engage with, and the resulting
mathematical activity, when immersed in a mental computation context. In
addition, my interest in mental computation concerns other mathematical
objects/themes than numbers, that is, algebra, trigonometry, measurement,
geometry, statistics, etc., in order to investigate the potential of mental
computation practices with these themes.
Teaching
and/through problem-solving
The perspective adopted in my
work, and particularly in my teachings, concerns problem-solving: specifically,
the teaching of mathematics (uniquely) through problem-solving. Recent
developments, in collaboration with some of my graduate students, have led me
to conceptualize and study in details the implications of this teaching
approach.
Epistemology and
mathematics education research
My research is continually
conducted through a variety of epistemological endeavours.
I am interested in contemporary theories about knowledge and learning and
epistemological issues related to research in mathematics education
(theoretical, methodological, etc.).
Development of
mathematical ideas
The work that I conduct is
strongly grounded in mathematics and in the nature of mathematical content. This
mathematical pole also leads me to study and (re)think mathematical content to
develop new perspectives on it (from fractions to geometry, systems of
equations, trigonometry, etc.). This work aims to stimulate important
reflections on the mathematical content taught in schools and their place in
mathematics education research studies.