AMS :: 2012 Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting, AMS Special Session

AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Saturday, March 24, 2012 00:23:03

Associate secretaries:

Steven H Weintraub, AMS shw2@lehigh.edu

Saturday March 17, 2012, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Special Session on Relations between the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics, I
Room 206, Rome Hall
Organizers:
David L. Roberts, Prince George's Community College robertsdl@aol.com
Kathleen M. Clark, Florida State University
- 8:00 a.m.
  American Mathematicians as Educators: A Historical Survey of Jurisdictional Conundrums.
  David Lindsay Roberts*, Prince George's Community College
  (1080-01-339)
- 8:30 a.m.
  Curricular Change in American Undergraduate Mathematics from 1950 to 2000.
  Walter Meyer*, Adelphi University
  (1080-01-303)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Paradigms, Mathematics, and Education.
  Bruce J. Petrie*, University of Toronto (Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology)
  (1080-01-129)
- 9:30 a.m.
  The Fifteen Puzzle and American Mathematical Recreations.
  Peggy Aldrich Kidwell*, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
  (1080-01-30)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Moving Beyond Exponential Growth and Malthus in Secondary School Curricula.
  Kurt Kreith*, University of California at Davis
  (1080-97-13)

Saturday March 17, 2012, 1:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Relations between the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics, II
Room 206, Rome Hall
Organizers:
David L. Roberts, Prince George's Community College robertsdl@aol.com
Kathleen M. Clark, Florida State University
- 1:30 p.m.
  Mathematical relations between the USA and Brazil in the Early Post World War II Era.
  Ubiratan D'Ambrosio*, UNIBAN/Universidade Bandeirantes de São Paulo
  (1080-01-76)
- 2:30 p.m.
  The Education of George Washington.
  V. Frederick Rickey*, West Point, the United States Military Academy
  Theodore J. Crackel, Editor-in-Chief emeritus, The Papers of George Washington, University of Virginia.
  (1080-01-197)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Andrew Ellicott: mathematician, surveyor, teacher.
  Florence Fasanelli*, AAAS
  (1080-01-189)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Phillip S. Jones: Mathematician, Historian, Educator.
  Betty Mayfield*, Hood College
  (1080-01-77)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Archimedes, Floating Cylinders, and the "Old Man of the Lake".
  Chris Rorres*, University of Pennsylvania
  (1080-01-68)

Sunday March 18, 2012, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Relations between the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics, III
Room 206, Rome Hall
Organizers:
David L. Roberts, Prince George's Community College robertsdl@aol.com
Kathleen M. Clark, Florida State University
- 8:00 a.m.
  Remarkable Russian Elementary Mathematics Textbooks.
  Maryam Vulis*, Norwalk Community College
  (1080-01-141)
- 8:30 a.m.
  Teaching Mathematics with Objects: The Case of Protractors.
  Amy Ackerberg-Hastings*, University of Maryland University College & Smithsonian Institution
  (1080-01-32)
- 9:00 a.m.
  A Preacher, a Rabbi, and Old Measuring Tools: A Look at the Use of the Diagonal Scale and Gunter's Chain in English Geometry Texts from 1746 to 1984.
  Kristina M Leifeste*, New Mexico State University
  (1080-01-28)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Historical Problems and Problem Solving: Potential Contributions to Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching.
  Kathleen M Clark*, Florida State University
  (1080-97-180)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Algebra in Words vs. Algebra in Symbols.
  Victor J Katz*, Silver Spring, MD
  (1080-01-104)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Radical Constructivism and Pedagogy of Mathematics.
  Ilhan M. Izmirli*, George Mason University
  (1080-97-45)