AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:10:10

Associate secretaries:
Lesley M Sibner, AMS lsibner@duke.poly.edu

Saturday April 1, 2000, 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Special Session on Teaching Mathematics in the New Millennium, I
Room 306, Olsen Hall
Organizers:
Ronald Brent, University of Massachusetts Lowell RB733@aol.com
- 8:30 a.m.
  Interactive Labs in a Microworld for Abstract Algebra.
  Kenneth M Levasseur*, U. of Massachusetts Lowell
  (952-97-89)
- 9:00 a.m.
  The Many Roads to Numeracy.
  Dorothy I Wallace*, Dartmouth College
  (952-97-62)
- 9:30 a.m.
  What is a Good Preparation for College? The View from College Mathematics Departments.
  Guntram Mueller*, University of Massachusetts Lowell
  (952-97-148)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Mathematics and Science Fiction: An Interdisciplinary Course.
  John D Trout*, Dartmouth College
  (952-97-103)

Saturday April 1, 2000, 2:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
Special Session on Teaching Mathematics in the New Millennium, II
Room 306, Olsen Hall
Organizers:
Ronald Brent, University of Massachusetts Lowell RB733@aol.com
- 2:30 p.m.
  Real Numbers for a Real World.
  Mark Bridger*, Northeastern University
  (952-97-68)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Changing the Culture of Learning.
  Maurice E Gilmore*, Northeastern University
  Robert W Case, Northeastern University
  Donald R King, Northeastern University
  (952-97-54)

Sunday April 2, 2000, 9:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on Teaching Mathematics in the New Millennium, III
Room 306, Olsen Hall
Organizers:
Ronald Brent, University of Massachusetts Lowell RB733@aol.com
- 9:00 a.m.
  Graphing Calculators Across the Calculus Curriculum.
  Marvin E Stick*, UMass Lowell
  (952-97-129)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Mathematical software: making math harder?
  Murray Eisenberg*, University of Massachusetts/Amherst
  (952-97-157)

Inquiries: meet@ams.org