Professor Colin Foster

I am a Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Mathematics Education at Loughborough University, England.

I am Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology and was President of the Mathematical Association 2022-23.

My research interests in mathematics education focus on the learning and teaching of mathematics in ways that support students’ conceptual understanding. I am particularly interested in the design and use of rich tasks in the mathematics classroom, and in finding ways to enable students to develop the necessary fluency in mathematical processes to support them in solving mathematical problems. I am also interested in confidence assessment as a tool for formative assessment. I am a Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for Early Mathematics Learning.

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