Robert B. Davis (June 23, 1926 – December 21, 1997) was an American mathematician and mathematics educator.[1]

Davis was born in Fall River, Massachusetts.[2] He graduated from MIT with a B.S, M.S, and Ph.D. (1951) in mathematics. He was a professor and researcher at the University of New Hampshire, Syracuse University, the University of Illinois[3] and Rutgers University, where he was named New Jersey Professor of Mathematics Education in 1988.[4][5] He was one of the founders of the Madison Project, a study of mathematics education which spanned 15 years. The project is named for Madison Junior High School in Syracuse, where it began.[6] The project moved to Webster College near St, Louis, Missouri in 1961.[7]

Davis was the founding editor of The Journal of Mathematical Behavior (originally The Journal of Children's Mathematical Behavior), with Herbert Ginsburg in 1971.[1][6][4]

Davis was given the Ross Taylor/Glenn Gilbert National Leadership Award posthumously by the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics in 1998.[8]

Selected publications

  • Davis, R. B. (1964). Discovery In Mathematics: A Text For Teachers. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley.[9]
  • Davis, R. B. (1984). Learning Mathematics: The Cognitive Science Approach to Mathematics Education. Norwood, New Jersey: Ablex Publishing.[10]
  • Davis, R. B.; Vinner, S. (1986). "The notion of limit: Some seemingly unavoidable misconception stages". The Journal of Mathematical Behavior. 5 (3): 281–303.
  • Davis, R. B.; Maher, Carolyn A.; Noddings, Nel, eds. (1990). Constructivist Views on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education Monographs. Vol. 4. Reston, Virginia: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Kaput, James J. (March 1998). "Remembering Bob Davis" (PDF). Focus. Vol. 18, no. 3. Mathematical Association of America. p. 5.
  2. ↑ Jacques Cattell Press; Dael L. Wolfle, eds. (1976). American Men and Women of Science. Vol. 2 (13 ed.). Bowker. p. 958. ISBN 0835208729.
  3. ↑ Carolyn A. Maher; Robert Speiser (1998). "Robert Davis: In Memoriam" (PDF). Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal (17).
  4. 1 2 Ranzan, David (August 2006). "Guide to the Robert B. Davis Papers, 1957-1997". Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Rutgers University. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  5. ↑ Quinn, Laura (September 24, 1988). "Trying to transform the teaching of math". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 15.
  6. 1 2 Church, Phil (June 4, 2002). "Robert B. Davis Bio". Syracuse University Department of Mathematics. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  7. ↑ Angela Lynn Evans Walmsley (2003). A History of the "new Mathematics" Movement and Its Relationship with Current Mathematical Reform. University Press of America. p. 51. ISBN 9780761825128.
  8. ↑ "Ross Taylor / Glenn Gilbert Gallery of Awardees". National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  9. ↑ Reviews of Discovery In Mathematics:
    • Storer, W. O. (February 1968). The Mathematical Gazette. 52 (379): 71–72. doi:10.2307/3614490. JSTOR 3614490. S2CID 125686468.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Wallace, Martha (November 1981). American Mathematical Monthly. 88 (9): 715. JSTOR 2320692.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  10. ↑ Reviews of Learning Mathematics:
    • Brown, Margaret (March 1986). The Mathematical Gazette. 70 (451): 54–55. doi:10.2307/3615836. JSTOR 3615836.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Desforges, Charles (1985). British Educational Research Journal. 11 (3): 313–314. JSTOR 1500567.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Johnson, Jerry (March 1985). The Mathematics Teacher. 78 (3): 225–226. JSTOR 27964462.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Kaput, James J. (March 1985). "Minds, machines, mathematics, and metaphors". Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 16 (2): 146–153. doi:10.2307/748372. JSTOR 748372.
    • Kaput, James J. (September 1985). The College Mathematics Journal. 16 (4): 319–322. doi:10.2307/2686171. JSTOR 2686171.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Little, John (November 1, 1984). "New ways to learn old tricks". New Scientist: 53.
    • Mason, John (March 1985). Instructional Science. 13 (4): 370–371. JSTOR 23369023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Ormell, Chris (October 1985). British Journal of Educational Studies. 33 (3): 313–314. doi:10.2307/3121248. JSTOR 3121248.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Sowder, Larry (April 1985). The Arithmetic Teacher. 32 (8): 49. JSTOR 41192646.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  11. ↑ Reviews of Constructivist Views on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics:
    • Dawson, A. J. (Sandy) (October 1991). Educational Studies in Mathematics. 22 (5): 491–501. JSTOR 3482468.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Nattrass, George (September 1991). The Arithmetic Teacher. 39 (1): 49. ProQuest 208771288.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)


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