Duane Heide is a part-time instructor within the Faculty of Education at Laurier, teaching the Junior Mathematics course, EU419.

He has been teaching primary, junior and intermediate students for the past 23 years with both the Peel District School Board and the Waterloo Region District School Board. Currently, he is an Administrator within the Waterloo Region District School Board.

For two years, he was the Waterloo Region District School Board Junior Mathematics Demonstration Teacher. In this professional development project junior teachers were given release time to visit his mathematics classrooms as observers. Over 250 teachers and administrators visited his grade four and grade six classrooms.

He is interested in how children can see themselves as creative mathematical learners. He enjoys supporting teachers as they implement mathematics programs grounded in teaching through and about problem-solving.

Heide is published in various mathematics journals including the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics journal, Teaching Children Mathematics. He recently edited the course text, Making Math Meaningful for Canadian Students for the upcoming fourth edition.

• WLU Teaching Excellence Award – Wilfrid Laurier University 2013
• Award of Distinction – Peel District School Board 2001
• Award of Distinction – Peel District School Board 1995

• EU419: Mathematics Education (P/J)

• Classroom methods studied for SSHRC
• Standard Research Grant 2008 - 2011
  • Investigating students’ mathematical thinking using video diaries Donna Kotsopoulos (PI) and Joanne Lee (Collaborator). Mathematics lessons were videotaped daily and students verbalized their cognitive processes as they made sense of mathematics, following a time lapse from classroom learning. This research was conducted daily in Heide's grade eight classroom for the 2008/09 school year. 

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Kotsopoulos, D., Lee, J., & Heide. D. (Accepted May 2011). A pair-wise analysis of the cognitive demand levels of mathematical tasks used during classroom instruction and those assigned for homework. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education.
• Kotsopoulos, D., Lee, J., Heide, D., & Schell, A. (April 2010). Mathematical problem-solving and executive function. Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado.
• Kotsopoulos, D., Lee, J., & Heide, D. (2010). Investigating mathematical cognition using distinctive features of mathematical discourse. International Journal of Mathematics Education Research, 2, 138-162.
• Kotsopoulos, D., Lee, J., & Heide, D. (October 2010). Mathematical tasks used in class and related homework problems: A comparative analysis of levels of cognitive demand. Brosnan, P., Erchick, D.B. & Flevares, L. Eds.). (2010). Proceedings of the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University (pp. 768-775).
• Kotsopoulos, D., Lee, J., & Heide, D. (October 2010). Mathematical tasks used in class and related homework problems: A comparative analysis of levels of cognitive demand. Conference presentation at the Psychology of Mathematics Education, North American Chapter (PME-NA), Ohio State University.
• Kotsopoulos, D., Lee, J., Piquette, M., Heide, D. & White, J. (July 2010). A naturalistic study of executive function and problem-solving in mathematics. Paper presented to the 27th Annual Congress of Applied Psychology, Melbourne, Australia.
• Kotsopoulos, D., & Heide, D. (2009). You had to be there. Teaching Children Mathematics,15(7). 410-415. (Acceptance rate: 25%, Cabell’s Directory).
• Kotsopoulos, D., Lee, J., Heide, D. (Presenter), & Schell, A. (September 2009). Discursive practices and endorsed narratives as instances of mathematical cognition. Proceedings of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Atlanta, Georgia, 5, 42-49.
• Kotsopoulos, D., Lee, J., Heide, D., & Schell, A. (2009). Discursive practices and endorsed narratives as instances of mathematical cognition. Conference presentation at the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Lamon, M., Scardamalia, M., Reeve, R., & Heide, D. (1997). Network Communication For Teacher Learning: A Case-Study of CSILE For Knowledge-Building. Poster Presented at the Annual TeleLearning NCE Meeting, Toronto. 

Non-Peer Reviewed Conferences and Monographs

• Heide, D., & Toale, M. (2010). Investigating Squares with Intermediate Students. Presented at the Ontario Association for Mathematics Educators, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
• Kotsopoulos, D., Lee, J., & Heide, D. (2009). Investigating students’ mathematical thinking using video diaries. Presentation at the School Board University Research Exchange, MISA London Region Professional Network, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
• Heide, D., & Toale, M. (2008). No Problem with Problem Solving! Presented at the Ontario Association for Mathematics Educators, Toronto, Ontario.
• Heide, D., & Toale, M. (2007). No Problem with Problem Solving! Presented at the Ontario Association for Mathematics Educators, Barrie, Ontario.
• Heide, D., & Toale, M. (2002). Teaching Fractions to Junior Students. Presented at the Ontario Association for Mathematics Educators, Barrie, Ontario.