![]() ![]() Personal note: I am married and have two children. When I’m not concentrating on mathematics, I enjoy playing the pipe organ, hiking and reading mystery stories. Before coming to the U of A in 1977, I taught at UC Berkeley, Talladega College (Alabama), and New College (Sarasota, FL). My educational background includes a BA from Princeton and a PhD in mathematics from Dartmouth. ![]() I was the Principal Investigator (along with Marta Civil) of the NSF-funded project that developed and piloted the MAPPS program. I was the Principal Investigator for several projects having funding from outside the University, including teacher-enhancement programs for middle school teachers and programs to take Family Math into Arizona’s small towns and cities. I also love to write and have written three college textbooks: Solving Problems Using Elementary Mathematics, Geometry by Discovery, and Explorations in Topology: Map Coloring, Surfaces, and Knots. Much of my time at the University of Arizona, I spent with future teachers of mathematics and with math teachers in Arizona schools. Teaching college mathematics were when light bulbs went on and students exclaimed Aha! David Gay…MAPPS Founder and Emeritus Faculty ![]() My teaching approach involves small group discussions, hands on activities, and use of technology. I am particularly interested in participatory approaches to the teaching of mathematics. ![]() I also teach graduate level courses on research in mathematics education. I have developed and taught several courses for practicing elementary and middle school teachers (algebra, geometry, and technology in mathematics teaching and learning). My most frequent teaching assignment is mathematics teacher education courses. Teaching I have taught precalculus, mathematics courses for business majors, and mathematics courses for elementary and secondary education majors, and for practicing teachers. Instead we capitalize on the knowledge that these students bring to the classroom (uncovered through ethnographic household visits) and work on developing mathematically rich learning experiences that build on these children’s experiences. a model that assumes these students lack adequate experiences and background for formal schooling). A basic premise in project Bridge is a rejection of the deficit model for the education of minority and working-class students(i.e. Project Bridge (Linking home and school: A bridge to the many faces of mathematicsis a research endeavor that combines professional development for a small number of teachers/researchers and the development of teaching innovations in mathematics instruction.Girls in the SYSTEM (Sustaining Youth in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is a NSF-funded project that seeks to improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education for girls in grades 3 – 8, especially Mexican American, Native American and economically underprivileged girls in southern Arizona.MAPPS (Math and Parent Partnerships in the Southwest) is a NSF-funded project on parental involvement in mathematics education.The project activities involve leadership development for teams of parents and teachers/administrators, Math for Parents mini courses and Math Awareness Workshops open to all parents / family members in the district community.CEMELA brings together together experts in mathematics education, mathematics, language, and culture to collaboratively work on improving the mathematics education of low-income Latino/a students. It is an interdisciplinary, multi-university consortium (The University of Arizona, University of California Santa Cruz, University of Illinois at Chicago, The University of New Mexico) focused on the research and practice of the teaching of mathematics to Latino/a students in the United States. CEMELA (Center for the Mathematics Education of Latinos/as) is a NSF-funded Center for Learning and Teaching.Four of my current / recent research projects are: My overall research interest in teacher education is in the area of elementary teachers’ (preservice and practicing) understanding of and beliefs about mathematics, its teaching and its learning. In particular my focus is on a socio-cultural approach to the mathematics education of ethnic and language minority students (school age and adults). Interests My research in mathematics education spreads over two areas: teacher education and equity in mathematics education. Marta Civil…MAPPS Founder and Chair, Roy F Graesser ![]()
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