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]
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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]
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