Tobin White
Assistant Professor of Education
Phone: (530) 752-9348
Email: tfwhite@ucdavis.edu
Expertise
Collaborative Learning; Learning and Cognition; Mathematics education; Technology in mathematics; Technology in Science; Technology in teaching and learning
Education
- Ph.D., Mathematics Education - Stanford University, Stanford - 2005
- M.S., Science and Technology Studies - Virginia Tech - 1996
- B.A., Bates College - 1994
Highlighted Publications
- White, T. (2009). Encrypted objects and decryption processes: Problem-solving with functions in a learning environment based on cryptography. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 72(1), 17-37.
- Abrahamson, D. & White, T. (2008) Artifacts and aberrations: On the volatility of design research and the serendipity of insight. International Conference of the Learning Sciences. Utrecht, Netherlands.
- White, T. (2008). Debugging an artifact, instrumenting a bug: Dialectics of instrumentation and design in technology-rich learning environments. International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 13(1), 1-26.
- White, T. (2007). Representations and participation: Linking mathematical and social relationships. In T. Lamberg & L. Wiest (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty Ninth Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Reno, NV: University of Nevada, Reno.
- White, T. (2006). Code talk: Student discourse and participation with networked handhelds. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 1(3), 359-382.
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Associations, Boards & Committees
- Chair, AERA Special Interest Group: Learning Sciences.
- Psychology of Mathematics Education, North American Chapter, Member, 2004-present.
- American Educational Research Association, Member 2004-present.
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Member 1997-present.
Courses Taught at UC Davis
- EDU 211: Sociocultural and Situative Perspectives on Learning and Cognition
- EDU 257: Computer Technology in Mathematics and Science Education
- EDU 201: Qualitative Research in Education
- EDU 206B: Inquiry into Classroom Practice: Intervention & Data Collection
- EDU 180: Computers in Education
- EDU 122: Children, Learning and Material Culture
Funded Research
- 2008-2013 CAREER Grant, National Science Foundation. "Collaborative Learning with Classroom Networks: Integrating Technological and Pedagogical Innovations," $649,312.
- 2007 CRESS Center, School of Education, UC Davis. "Collaborative Mathematics with Classroom Networks," $7865.
- 2005 UC Davis Committee on Research Grant to Promote Extra-Mural Funding. "Building Understanding of Functions with Collaborative Handheld Technology," $30,000.