Assistant Professor
Office: UC428
Mathematics
College of Information and Mathematical Sciences
DavidPlaxco@clayton.edu
Formerly an eighth grade teacher, I now research students' proof, student understanding of abstract algebra, and linear algebra curriculum development. I enjoy geometry, puzzles, cubing, movies, music, cooking, and billiards.
BS, Secondary Mathematics Education, Auburn University, 2007
MS, Mathematics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2011
Ph D, Mathematics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2015
Best Paper Award, SIGMAA-RUME: Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America Conference on the Research of Undergraduate Mathematics Education, Award, 2013
David Plaxco, Megan Wawro, Analyzing student understanding in linear algebra through mathematical activity, The Journal of Mathematical Behavior – 2015
David Plaxco, Michelle Zandieh, Megan Wawro, Stretch Directions and Stretch Factors: A Sequence Intended to Support Guided Reinvention of Eigenvector and Eigenvalue, International Congress on Mathematics Education –
Sepideh Stewart, Jonathan Troup, David Plaxco, Reflection on teaching linear algebra: Examining one instructor's resources, orientations and goals (ROGs) while moving between the three worlds of mathematical thinking, ZDM Mathematics Education – December 2019
Gail Tang, Houssein El Turkey, Emily Cilli-Turner, Milos Savic, Gulden Karakok, David Plaxco, Inquiry as an entry point to equity in the classroom, International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology – 2017
David Plaxco, Cubes Underscore Art, Mathematics in Motion; Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival – March 9 2019 to March 9 2019
David Plaxco, Megan Wawro, Michelle Zandieh, Christine Andrews-Larson, Collaborative Research: Extending Inquiry-Oriented Linear Algebra, National Science Foundation, Federal, 599971, Funded – Fall 2019 to Summer 2022
David Plaxco, Megan Wawro, Innovation in Undergraduate Mathematics Education: Supporting Student-Centered Instruction, Virginia Tech Center for Innovation in Learning, State, 10000, Funded – Fall 2013 to Fall 2014
David Plaxco, Michelle Zandieh, Ashish Amresh, Simulation-Based Inquiry-Oriented Linear Algebra, National Science Foundation, Federal, 299999.00, Funded – August 1 2017 to July 31 2020
David Plaxco, Cubes Underscore Art, Joint Mathematics Meetings, American Mathematics Society and Mathematical Association of America – January 15 2019
David Plaxco, Cubes Underscore Art: Exploring How Algebraic Structures Support Aesthetic Patterns on nxnxn Rubik’s Cube-type Puzzles., Joint Mathematics Meetings, American Mathematics Society, Mathematical Association of America – January 18 2019
Caroline Williams-Pierce, David Plaxco, Paul Reimer, Amy Ellis, Muhammad Dogan, MATHEMATICAL PLAY: ACROSS AGES, CONTEXT, AND CONTENT, Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education – November 15 2018
Sepideh Stewart, Jonathan Troup, David Plaxco, Teaching Linear Algebra: Modeling One Instructor’s Decisions to Move between the Worlds of Mathematical Thinking, RUME Conference, SIGMAA-RUME – February 23 2018
Megan Wawro, Michelle Zandieh, David Plaxco, An Inquiry-Oriented Approach to a Guided Reinvention of Eigentheory, DELTA Conference November 28 2017
College, Undergraduate Student Awards Committee, Other – August 15 2018 to June 1 2021
College, CIMS Curriculum Committee, Committee Member – 2017 to 2018
Discussant, SIGMAA on RUME, National – January 15 2019 to January 19 2019
Attendee, Meeting, National Pedagogical Initiatives on Linear Algebra, International – October 4 2018 to October 6 2018
Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, International – Fall 2015 to Present
Reviewer, Conference Paper, SIGMAA on RUME, National – Fall 2011 to Fall 2017