David Bock

Senior Lecturer of Mathematics and K–12 Education and Outreach Coordinator

Web Site www.math.cornell.edu/~bock/ Contact Information Office:  216 Malott Hall Phone:  (607) 255-5529 Fax:  (607) 255-7149 Email:  deb37@cornell.edu Courses & Office Hours

Education

M.S. (1971) The University at Albany

Research Area: Statistics

I am generally interested in the teaching and learning of mathematics. I coordinate Mathematics Department outreach efforts that bring department members together with K–12 students for enrichment activities and with teachers for professional development opportunities. I also lead workshops for current and pre-service teachers and teach a graduate course for prospective secondary math teachers. Currently I am active in the development of pedagogical initiatives for undergraduate statistics and have co-authored three textbooks. My most recent presentations at NCTM Annual Meetings (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics), the Advanced Placement National Conference, and AMTNYS conferences examined random variables, linear regression, and strategies for teaching statistical inference.

Selected Publications

How to Prepare for the AP Calculus Examination (with S. Hockett), Barron’s, 2005 (8th ed.), 620 pages.

Is That an Assumption or a Condition?, paper posted by The College Board at their APCentral website.

Why Variances Add — And Why It Matters, paper posted by The College Board at their APCentral website.

Intro Stats (with R. DeVeaux and P. Velleman), Addison-Wesley, 2006 (2nd ed.), 677 pages.

Stats: Modeling the World (with R. DeVeaux and P. Velleman), Prentice Hall, 2007 (2nd ed.), 680 pages.

Stats: Data and Models (with R. DeVeaux and P. Velleman), 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 2008, 869 pages.

Last modified: October 31, 2006