In 1999 I graduated from the Mathematics Department, in the Faculty of Sciences of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2001 I received an MSc in Mathematics Education from the Center for Science Education, University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. In 2009, I completed my doctoral dissertation entitled "Conceptual Change in Mathematics - The Case of Algebra" (https://sites.google.com/site/christoukp/home/vitae/p-1) and received a PhD in Basic and Applied Cognitive Science, from the Department of Methodology, History and Theory of Science, at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
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Faculty MemberΧρήστου Κωνσταντίνος [Konstantinos Christou]
Status: Assistant ProfessorArea of Specialization: Early Mathematics EducationFull cv:Phone: 2310991215
cvEN_09_2023.pdf e-mail: kchristou@nured.auth.gr
Current research
My general research interests are in teaching and learning mathematics. Specifically, I study issues of cognitive development of mathematical concepts, and often focus on the concept of number. I am particularly interested in the ways the concept of number is understood and developed from very early on in life until the end of high school and adult living. Also, my research focuses on the ways in which we can intervene didactically very early on from to enhance learning mathematical concepts.
Research - Scientific Fields
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Studies
Recent publications
Christou, K. P., Kyrvei D. I., & Vamvakoussi, X. (2022): Interpreting literal symbols in algebra under the effects of the natural number bias, Mathematical Thinking and Learning, DOI: 10.1080/10986065.2022.2128276
Christou, K. P. & Vamvakoussi, X. (2021). Natural number bias on evaluations of the effect of multiplication and division: the role of the type of numbers. Mathematics Education Research Journal, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-021-00398-3
Georgiades, V & Christou, K. P. (2021). Concept Mapping to Measure Mathematical Experts’ Number Sense. International Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 10(3), 6-26. doi: https://doi.org/10.37001/ripem.v10i3.2619
Christou, K. P., Pollack, C., Van Hoof, J., & Van Dooren, W. (2020). Natural Number Bias in Arithmetic Operations With Missing Numbers–A Reaction Time Study. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 6(1), 22-49. doi: https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.v6i1.228
Christou, K. P., & Prokopou, A. (2020). Using refutational text to address the Multiplication Makes Bigger misconception. Educational Journal of the University of Patras UNESCO Chair. 7(1), 125-140, doi: https://doi.org/10.26220/une.3210
Vamvakoussi, X., Christou, K. P., Vosniadou, S. (2018). Bridging psychological and educational research on rational number knowledge. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2018, Vol. 4(1), 84–106, https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.v4i1.82
