معرفی
Bert Jonsson serves as Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department at Umeå University's Department of Applied Educational Sciences within the Faculty of Social Sciences. His research integrates cognitive psychology with educational practice, focusing on mathematical reasoning and memory mechanisms.
- Department of Applied Educational Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences
- Head of Measurement in Behavioral Sciences research group
- Active in Learning by Imitative and Creative Reasoning (LICR) project through 2025
Jonsson's research examines how retrieval practice, working memory, and cognitive factors influence mathematical learning. His work employs fMRI brain imaging and eye-tracking methodologies to investigate neural mechanisms during mathematical reasoning, with particular focus on how creative versus algorithmic approaches affect student attention and performance. Current projects explore testing effects across cognitive abilities and interventions for math anxiety.
His publication trends reveal consistent focus on retrieval practice efficacy (2020-2025), expanding into meta-analyses of math anxiety interventions (2023) and cross-domain neural studies (2021-2022). Recent work demonstrates that retrieval practice benefits persist regardless of cognitive ability or need for cognition, challenging assumptions about individual differences in learning.
Jonsson leads significant research initiatives including:
- LEARNING TO ENGAGE THE BRAIN (2015-2019)
- Learning by Imitative and Creative Reasoning (LICR) (2009-2025)
His laboratory combines behavioral experiments with neuroimaging to investigate how mathematical reasoning engages brain networks, particularly examining how creative reasoning strategies produce durable learning effects compared to algorithmic approaches. Current work extends these findings to develop classroom applications for improving mathematical proficiency.
