Research

Dick's research interests include the study of factors related to mathematics achievement and participation, cognitive science as applied to the learning of advanced mathematics, uses of technology in the learning of mathematics, and mathematical discourse. He was very active in the calculus curriculum reform movement of the 1990s. He has served on the joint AMS/MAA Committee on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Research Advisory Committee, and the Advanced Placement Calculus Development Committee, and the MAA/College Board Committee on Mutual Concerns. He has also served as a co-editor of Connecting Research to Teaching for NCTM's Mathematics Teacher journal, an Associate Editor for the journal School Science and Mathematics, an editorial panel member for the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, and an editorial panel member for the Mathematics Teacher Educator journal.

Research Interests

• Mathematics Education

Education

Ph.D., University of New Hampshire, 1984

M.A., Brandeis University, 1979

B.A., B.S., University of Kansas, 1978