AMS Sectional Meeting Program by AMS Special Session

Current as of Saturday, November 13, 2010 00:34:10

Program | Deadlines | Registration/Housing/Etc.
Inquiries: meet@ams.org

Associate secretaries:
Georgia Benkart, AMS benkart@math.wisc.edu

Friday November 5, 2010, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Undergraduate Mathematics Education: A Vision for the 21st Century, I
Room 136, DeBartolo Hall
Organizers:
Steven Broad, St. Mary's College sbroad@alumni.nd.edu
Nahid Erfan, University of Notre Dame erfan.1@nd.edu
Alex Himonas, University of Notre Dame himonas.1@nd.edu
Morteza Shafii-Mousavi, Indiana University South Bend mshafii@iusb.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Engaging Digital Students: A 21st Century Challenge.
  Barbara E Reynolds, SDS*, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  (1064-97-271)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Panel Discussion

Saturday November 6, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Undergraduate Mathematics Education: A Vision for the 21st Century, II
Room 136, DeBartolo Hall
Organizers:
Steven Broad, St. Mary's College sbroad@alumni.nd.edu
Nahid Erfan, University of Notre Dame erfan.1@nd.edu
Alex Himonas, University of Notre Dame himonas.1@nd.edu
Morteza Shafii-Mousavi, Indiana University South Bend mshafii@iusb.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  Technology in the classroom: From slide rules to graphing calculators to computer applets.
  Mike May*, Saint Louis University
  (1064-97-264)
- 8:30 a.m.
  When students choose their own technology.
  Steven Broad*, Saint Mary's College
  (1064-97-273)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Derivatives without Limits: Do We Need to Rethink Elementary Calculus?
  R. Michael Range*, State University of New York at Albany
  (1064-97-96)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Research in mathematics by undergraduates: past, present and future.
  Joseph A. Gallian*, University of Minnesota Duluth
  (1064-00-60)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Math is to English as Duck is to Water.
  Michele Intermont*, Kalamazoo College
  (1064-97-288)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Contributions made by the Project NExT community to undergraduate mathematics education.
  Aparna W. Higgins*, University of Dayton
  (1064-00-405)

Saturday November 6, 2010, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Undergraduate Mathematics Education: A Vision for the 21st Century, III
Room 136, DeBartolo Hall
Organizers:
Steven Broad, St. Mary's College sbroad@alumni.nd.edu
Nahid Erfan, University of Notre Dame erfan.1@nd.edu
Alex Himonas, University of Notre Dame himonas.1@nd.edu
Morteza Shafii-Mousavi, Indiana University South Bend mshafii@iusb.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  The Old Family Recipe.
  Diane L Herrmann*, University of Chicago
  (1064-97-111)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Supporting deep learning in mathematics outside the classroom.
  Nahid A. Erfan*, University of Notre Dame
  (1064-97-284)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Assessing Attitudes in College Mathematics Courses.
  Natalie Domelle*, Saint Mary's College
  Bogdan Vajiac, Saint Mary's College
  (1064-97-299)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Using Service-Learning to Connect Mathematics Content to the World beyond the Classroom.
  Morteza Shafii-Mousavi*, Indiana University South Bend
  Paul Kochanowski, Indiana University South Bend
  (1064-97-123)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Panel Discussion
- 5:00 p.m.
  Panel Discussion

Sunday November 7, 2010, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
Special Session on Undergraduate Mathematics Education: A Vision for the 21st Century, IV
Room 136, DeBartolo Hall
Organizers:
Steven Broad, St. Mary's College sbroad@alumni.nd.edu
Nahid Erfan, University of Notre Dame erfan.1@nd.edu
Alex Himonas, University of Notre Dame himonas.1@nd.edu
Morteza Shafii-Mousavi, Indiana University South Bend mshafii@iusb.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  Matrix Representations in Group Theory and Geometry.
  Paul E. Becker*, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
  Mark Medwid, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
  (1064-97-38)
- 8:30 a.m.
  Incorporating Dynamical Geometry and Fractals into Undergraduate Mathematics Education.
  Jiu Ding*, University of Southern Mississippi
  (1064-37-16)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Rethinking Calculus.
  Michael Livshits*, Cambridge, MA
  (1064-97-10)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Mathematics Education at Community Colleges -Where we've been, where we are, where we need to go-.
  Raju Hegde*, Grand Rapids Community College
  Yumi Watanabe, Grand Rapids Community College
  (1064-97-314)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Mathematical Preparation for First Statistics Courses.
  Paul Kochanowski*, Indiana University South Bend
  Morteza Shafii-Mousavi, Indiana University South Bend
  (1064-97-128)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Changing the Culture: A 20th Century Vision Delayed.
  David A. Smith*, Duke University
  (1064-97-207)
- 11:00 a.m.
  Discussion