David A. Smith, Associate Professor Emeritus

Professor Smith is Co-Director (with Professor Lawrence Moore) of Project CALC, which developed an award-winning curriculum for calculus instruction, based on laboratory experiments, discovery learning, real-world applications, writing and revision of writing, and high expectations of students. Professors Smith and Moore also direct the Connected Curriculum Project, funded by the National Science Foundation. This project has developed a library of Web-based interactive learning materials for the first two years of college-level mathematics.

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Web Page:	https://services.math.duke.edu/~das/

Education:

Ph.D.	Yale University	1963
B.S.	Trinity College	1958

Research Interests: Mathematics Education

Professor Smith is Co-Director (with Professor Lawrence Moore) of Project CALC, which developed an award-winning curriculum for calculus instruction, based on laboratory experiments, discovery learning, real-world applications, writing and revision of writing, and high expectations of students. Professors Smith and Moore also direct the Connected Curriculum Project, funded by the National Science Foundation. This project has developed a library of Web-based interactive learning materials for the first two years of college-level mathematics.

Keywords:

Education • Mathematics

Curriculum Vitae

Postdocs Mentored

• Peter Berman (2001/08-2003/12)  
• Eddie Fuller (2001/08-2002/06)  

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. James T. Fey and David A. Smith, Algebra as Part of an Integrated High School Curriculum, in And the Rest is Just Algebra, edited by Sepideh Stewart (October 6, 2016), Springer, ISBN 978-3-319-45052-0  [abs]
2. David A. Smith and L. C. Moore, Calculus: Modeling and Application, 2nd Ed. (August, 2010), Mathematical Association of America (an online, interactive textbook.) [calculus-modeling-and-application-2nd-edition]
3. David Tall, David A. Smith, and Cynthia Piez, Technology and Calculus, in Research on Technology and the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics: Volume 1, Research Syntheses, edited by M. Kathleen Heid and Glendon W. Blume (Summer, 2008), pp. 207-258, Information Age Publishing, Inc., Charlotte, NC, ISBN 978-1-931576-19-2
4. Lang Moore and David A. Smith, Changing Technology Implies Changing Pedagogy, in A Fresh Start for Collegiate Mathematics: Rethinking the Courses below Calculus, MAA Notes, edited by Nancy Baxter Hastings et al., vol. 69 (2006), pp. 229-234, Mathematical Association of America, ISBN 0-88385-179-2  [abs]
5. David A. Smith and Lang Moore, The Connected Curriculum Project, The Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications, vol. 1, no. 3, Dec. 2001 [html]