Robert B. Davis

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
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  1. 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. 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. 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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