{"id":2,"date":"2016-11-17T00:05:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T00:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/david-slavit\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-20T08:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:28:14","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/david-slavit\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-hero wsu-width--full wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left  wsu-hero--size-small \">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image-frame--fill\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1524\/2016\/11\/VUB.jpg\"\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1524\/2016\/11\/VUB.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1524\/2016\/11\/VUB.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1524\/2016\/11\/VUB.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1524\/2016\/11\/VUB.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1524\/2016\/11\/VUB.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1524\/2016\/11\/VUB.jpg 1188w\"\n\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"\n\t\talt=\"Building on WSU Vancouver campus\"\n\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 52% 63%\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wsu-overlay wsu-pattern-after wsu-overlay--dark-left wsu-pattern--none\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-left\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/1524\/2016\/11\/dslavit-e1479751812849.jpg\" alt=\"David Slavit\" class=\"wp-image-9\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington State University Vancouver<br>14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue<br>Vancouver, WA&nbsp; 98686-9600<br><a href=\"mailto:dslavit@wsu.edu\">dslavit@wsu.edu<\/a><br>(011) 360-546-9653 &#8211; office<br>(011) 360-546-9040 \u2013 fax<br><a href=\"http:\/\/directory.vancouver.wsu.edu\/people\/david-slavit\">Directory Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">David Slavit, PhD<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" wsu-font-size--large\">Professor of Mathematics Education\/Mathematics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinator, WSU Mathematics and Science Education PhD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, WSU Middle Level Mathematics Endorsement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinator, WSUV Masters in Teaching Elementary Certification Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Greetings. My name is David Slavit, Professor in both the <a href=\"http:\/\/education.wsu.edu\/tl\/\">Department of Teaching &amp; Learning<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.math.wsu.edu\/welcome.php\">Department of Mathematics<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouver.wsu.edu\/\">Washington State University Vancouver<\/a>. Born and raised in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincity.org\/\">Crystal City, Missouri<\/a>, I am the son of a glassworker and the youngest of eight children. Fortunately, my career path has supported my desires to travel as well as investigate how we, as humans, think, interact, and learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After receiving my B.S.ed. in Mathematics Education and M.A. in Mathematics from the <a href=\"http:\/\/math.missouri.edu\/\">University of Missouri<\/a>, I began teaching at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lyon.edu\/\">Lyon College<\/a>, formerly known as Arkansas College. Upon receiving a sabbatical, I enrolled at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.udel.edu\/\">University of Delaware<\/a>, home of the Fightin&#8217; Blue Hens, and obtained my Ph.D. in Mathematics Education under Jim Hiebert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Through numerous federally-funded grants and the initiation of school-university partnerships, I have been able to investigate research problems in three main areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Investigating the start-up and instructional dimensions of STEM-focused schools<\/strong>. This includes the transitioning of vision to educational reality, and the project-based learning and standards-based grading aspects of the student learning experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Analyzing teacher development at the classroom, building, and district levels<\/strong>.&nbsp; My perspective stems from the belief that teaching involves more than the employment of professional knowledge constructed, formalized, and conveyed by experts (Cochran-Smith &amp; Lytle, 2009).&nbsp; Sharing Judith Warren Little\u2019s (2003) \u201coptimistic premise of professional community\u201d, my work seeks to go beyond investigations into the acquisition of new knowledge and understand teacher change as a complex process that requires an interactive, communal environment that supports reflection, discourse, and data-based inquiry (Jaworski, 2008; Kazemi &amp; Franke, 2004; McLaughlin &amp; Talbert, 2006).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Researching student learning, particularly in regard to students&#8217; development of algebraic reasoning out of arithmetic thought processes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I have also investigated the effects of technology on teaching and learning at the secondary and postsecondary levels, with a particular emphasis on graphing calculators and web-based activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">Mathematics and Science Education PhD Program at Washington State University<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As founding director of the WSU Mathematics and Science Education PhD, I have been able to see our community develop from a very small group in 2012 to approximately 20 students and 10 faculty. The program has also afforded several additional research opportunities for both myself and the doctoral students with whom I have collaborated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For information on the program, and to see a list of doctoral student work, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/education.wsu.edu\/graduate\/mathematicsandscienceed\/\">Mathematics and Science Education PhD program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2131,"featured_media":10,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/david-slavit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/david-slavit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/david-slavit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/david-slavit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/david-slavit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/david-slavit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/david-slavit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/39"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/david-slavit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/david-slavit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/david-slavit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/david-slavit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/david-slavit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=2"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/david-slavit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}