AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:49

Associate secretaries:
Susan J Friedlander, AMS susan@math.northwestern.edu

Saturday September 12, 1998, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Topics in Mathematics and Curriculum Reform, I
Room 8012, DePaul Center
Organizers:
Richard J Maher, Loyola University Chicago rjm@math.luc.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Mathematicians and Mathematics Education.
  John Baldwin*, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (935-98-59)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Computer Lab On Wheels.
  James R. Olsen*, Western Illinois University
  (935-98-82)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Calculus for the Liberal Arts Student.
  Richard A Gillman*, Valparaiso University
  (935-98-25)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Historical, philosophical, and cognitive considerations of students' conception of proof.
  Guershon Harel*, Purdue University
  (935-98-44)

Saturday September 12, 1998, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Topics in Mathematics and Curriculum Reform, II
Room 8012, DePaul Center
Organizers:
Richard J Maher, Loyola University Chicago rjm@math.luc.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  How to Reinvigorate Undergraduate Mathematics Education.
  Jerry Uhl*, University of Illinois
  (935-98-51)
- 3:30 p.m.
  In Praise of Thales.
  Joseph J Rotman*, UniDepartment of Mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  (935-00-18)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Forging Connections Between Mathematics and Science General Education Courses.
  Janet L Andersen*, Hope College
  (935-98-101)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Problems that students must actually use calculus to solve.
  Charlene E. Beckmann*, Grand Valley State University
  (935-98-208)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Calculus assessment at the UIUC: The Indicators Project.
  Paul M Weichsel*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  (935-98-52)
- 5:30 p.m.
  Fostering Effective Communication in Mathematics Classes as a Means for Improving Learning.
  Susan F Pustejovsky*, Alverno College
  (935-98-131)

Sunday September 13, 1998, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Topics in Mathematics and Curriculum Reform, III
Room 8012, DePaul Center
Organizers:
Richard J Maher, Loyola University Chicago rjm@math.luc.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Exactly What Parts Of The Sky Are Falling?
  Richard J Maher*, Loyola University Chicago
  (935-98-124)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Quantitative Reasoning: A New Math Course for a New Century.
  Carolyn Narasimhan, DePaul University
  David Jabon*, DePaul University
  (935-98-49)
- 9:30 a.m.
  The Role of the History of Mathematics in the Reform Movement.
  Herbert E. Kasube*, Bradley University
  (935-98-37)
- 10:00 a.m.
  A geometry course for prospective secondary school teachers.
  Jeff Connor*, Ohio University
  Barbara Grover, Ohio University
  (935-98-20)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Curricular Options for Undergraduate Topology.
  Stephan C. Carlson*, Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.
  (935-98-62)

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