Bárbara M. Brizuela

Tufts University
Department of Education
Paige Hall, 206
Medford, MA 02155
barbara.brizuela@tufts.edu
(617) 627-4721

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Tufts University. My background is in psychology and education, and I am interested in general in cognitive development and educational processes. My research focuses on children's learning of written mathematical representations (for example, written numbers, graphs, tables, and idiosyncratic notations). My interests lie in understanding the interactions between children's written representations and their understanding of the conceptual aspects of mathematics. I am also interested in the role of notations within the discipline itself, both historically and in the development of children.