Research

Funding

Lacroix, G. L. (2007-2012). The Impact of Categorization Task Demands on the Development of Verbal and Perceptual Knowledge. (NSERC). $83 725.

 

Osana, H. P., & Lacroix, G. L. (2005–2008).  The effects of teaching practices on the development of addition and subtraction in first and second grade students: A longitudinal study. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).  $77 699.

Interests

My research focuses on fundamental and applied questions in cognitive psychology. More specifically, I have been working on theoretical and empirical aspects of learning, attention, and categorization; cognitive factors that are related to child and adult literacy skills; and pedagogical issues in literacy and mathematics.

Guy Lacroix

Email: guy_lacroix@carleton.ca