Professor Dr. Reed Stevens

Biography

Reed Stevens' research examines and compares cognitive activity across a wide range of settings including classrooms, workplaces, and science museums. His work is based on comparative studies exploring new ways to conceptualize cognition and organize learning environments. Stevens’ specific interests include mathematical activity and how technology mediates thinking and learning. His multidisciplinary research draws from cognitive science, interactionist traditions, and social studies of science and technology. To understand learners’ naturally occurring activities, he collects audio and video records of people at work and analyzes them using a variety of methods adapted from cognitive science studies, ethnomethodology, and conversation analysis, in addition to long-term ethnographic fieldwork and interviewing. He designs innovative curriculum, activities, and technologies, including the Video Traces software, which allows users to collect digital video clips and annotate their talk and gestures.

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