Biography

Dr. Tim Fukawa-Connelly's research interests include the teaching and learning of proof-based mathematics courses (especially abstract algebra and real analysis), mathematics teacher education, and statistics education. He is just starting to explore how students experience the transition between secondary- and tertiary-level mathematics. Most of his work focuses on the relationship between what happens in the mathematics classroom and what students know, learn, and believe about mathematics after experiencing those classrooms. Currently, he is attempting to better understand why students have difficulty in learning from lectures in advanced mathematics and what types of changes promote additional learning (especially the informal aspects of mathematics).