AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Saturday, April 5, 2008 00:24:35

Associate secretaries:
Matthew Miller, AMS miller@math.sc.edu

Saturday March 29, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Perspective, I
Room 127, Tureaud Building
Organizers:
James J. Madden, Louisiana State University madden@math.lsu.edu
Kristin L. Umland, University of New Mexico umland@math.unm.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  State mathematics standards and deep mathematical structure.
  James J. Madden*, Louisiana State University
  (1037-97-143)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Research Projects Involving Mathematicians and High School Teachers: An Example Involving Moduli Spaces of Triangles.
  Steven Rosenberg, Boston University
  Mike Spillane, Watertown High School
  Dan Wulf*, Watertown High School
  (1037-97-20)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Guiding high school mathematics teachers to a deeper understanding of the mathematics they teach. A report on a short course for pre-service mathematics teachers at the University of Illinois.
  Anthony L Peressini*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  (1037-97-130)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Elementary algebra from an advanced perspective.
  William McCallum*, University of Arizona
  (1037-97-222)
- 10:30 a.m.
  The Mathematics of Task Design.
  Al Cuoco*, Center for Mathematics Education, EDC
  (1037-97-42)

Saturday March 29, 2008, 3:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.
Special Session on Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Perspective, II
Room 127, Tureaud Building
Organizers:
James J. Madden, Louisiana State University madden@math.lsu.edu
Kristin L. Umland, University of New Mexico umland@math.unm.edu
- 3:00 p.m.
  Mathematical Misconceptions of Pre-service Teachers.
  G Donald Allen*, Texas A&M University
  (1037-97-16)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Collegiate mathematics for elementary school teaching.
  Mark Hoover Thames*, University of Michigan
  (1037-97-185)
- 4:00 p.m.
  A Look Inside the Math in the Middle Institute Partnership at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
  Michelle Reeb Homp*, Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  (1037-97-131)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Identifying and analyzing alternative sequences for learning mathematical concepts.
  Ted Stanford*, New Mexico State University
  (1037-97-337)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Why elementary and middle school teachers should study Calculus (and what that really means).
  Kristin L. Umland*, University of New Mexico
  (1037-97-311)
- 5:30 p.m.
  The Role of Measurement in School Geometry.
  Scott J Baldridge*, Louisiana State University
  (1037-97-216)

Inquiries: meet@ams.org