ExperienceDean and Professor of Mathematics Education
Dr. David Rock is the Dean of the School of Education at the University of Mississippi. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University, M.A. in Mathematics Education from the University of Central Florida, and Ed. D. in Curriculum and Instruction (Mathematics Education) from the University of Central Florida. David has taught mathematics in Florida and Mississippi at the middle and high school levels.
He has conducted educational workshops and seminars at local, state, and national conferences in which his goal is to increase interest and enthusiasm of the teaching and learning of mathematics. While his love is mathematics, his passion is the use of technology to enhance education. David has also published numerous articles and co-authored 15 books including Teaching Secondary Mathematics (2024) and Scratch Your Brain Where It Itches (2001, 2006, 2008). He has conducted hundreds of educational workshops and seminars at local, state, and national conferences in which his goal is to increase interest and enthusiasm of the teaching and learning of mathematics. He is the developer of The Math Contest [http://themathcontest.com] which encourages students to utilize the Internet to solve challenging mathematics problems from across the globe. Participants come from more than 150 different countries.
Contact
Office Location
Office of the Dean
49 Guyton Drive
University of Mississippi
P. O. Box 1848
University, MS. 38677
Email
rock@olemiss.edu
Phone
662-915-8063
Research Interests
Check out TheMathContest.com
This problem solving mathematics contest has been in operation for 28 years at 4 different universities. The current version offers four different contest sites at different levels:
The Elementary Brain Teaser (designed for elementary school students and under),
Middle School Madness (designed for middle school students and under),
The Daily Math Challenge (designed for grades 6 and higher),
The Problem of the Week Contest (open to everyone of all ages).
After viewing a contest problem, participants submit a solution to the contest site. A return response is provided to individuals answering a problem indicating whether the respondent’s solution was correct or incorrect. If the answer is correct, the participant's name, school/location is listed on the contest site. Correct participants are listed in order from the first person getting the problem correct to the last person getting the problem correct. At the end of the week, the current problem is retired to a page labeled “Past Problems." Teachers, students, and parents can then access and use these problems for mathematical enrichment and fun! The site required users to register and login to submit solutions. The site currently has 47,000 registered users viewing from more than 200 countries and every state in the US. The site is currently #1 in Google for Math Contest. The goal of the site is to increase interest and enthusiasm towards mathematics.
