Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University
Director, Educational Neuroscience Laboratory (ENGRAMMETRON)

Dr. Campbell’s scholarly focus is on the historical and psychological development of mathematical thinking from an embodied perspective informed by Kant, Husserl, and Merleau-Ponty. His research incorporates methods of psychophysics and cognitive neuroscience as a means for operationalising affective and cognitive models of math anxiety and concept formation.

Selected Publications:

Understanding elementary number theory in relation to arithmetic and algebra (2006). In R. Zazkis & S. R. Campbell (Eds.) Number theory and mathematics education: Perspectives and prospects. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Theory and practice in Plato's psychology of mathematics education (2004). Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, 18.

Dynamic tracking of preservice teachers' experiences with computer-based mathematics learning environments (2003).  Mathematics Education Research Journal, 15(1), 70-82.

Reconnecting mind and world: Enacting a (new) way of life (2003). In S. J. Lamon,  W. A. Parker, & S. K. Houston (Eds.) Mathematical Modelling: A way of life, ICTMA 11, pp. 245-253.  Horwood Series on Mathematics and its Applications. Chichester: Horwood Publishing.

Constructivism and the limits of reason: Revisiting the Kantian problematic (2002). Studies in Philosophy and Education: An International Journal, 21(6), 421-445.

Early mathematics education: A case of the blind leading the blind? (2002) Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, 15.

Coming to terms with division: Preservice teachers' understanding (2002). In S. R. Campbell and R. Zazkis (Eds.), Learning and teaching number theory: Research in cognition and instruction, pp. 15-40. Westport, CT: Ablex.

Enacting possible worlds: Making sense of (human) nature (2001). In J. F. Matos, W. Blum, K. Houston, & S. P. Carreira (Eds.) Modelling and mathematics education, ICTMA 9: Applications in science and technology, pp. 3-14. Chichester: Horwood Publishing.

Zeno's paradox of plurality and proof by contradiction (2001). Mathematical Connections. Series II (1), 3-16.

Three philosophical perspectives on the relation between logic and psychology: Implications for mathematics education (2001). Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, 14.

Teaching:

Educ 250 Studies in the History of Education in the Western World

Educ 411 Investigations in Mathematics for Secondary Teachers

Educ 475 Designs for Learning: Elementary Mathematics

Educ 844 The Research Basis of Mathematics Education

Educ 846 Foundations of Mathematics Education

Educ 901 Seminar in the History of Educational Theory

Educ 907 ST Educational Neuroscience: Background, Theories, and Methods

Educ 946 Doctoral Seminar in Mathematics Education

Service:

Faculty committee membership: Graduate Programs Committee (2002-2004); Faculty Tenure and Promotion Committee (2003-2004); Field Programs Committee (2003-2005); Faculty Research Opportunities Committee (2006-2008); University Publications Committee (2008-present).

Student committee membership: Masters committees (6); Doctoral committees (9).

Occasional reviewer: Journal for Mathematical Behavior, Journal for Mathematical Thinking and Learning, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education; Loading... Journal of the Canadian Gaming Studies Organization; International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education; The Spencer Foundation; The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

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