AMS-MAA-MER Special Sessions on Mathematics Education Reform

Baltimore, Maryland -- January 2003

Since 1990 the MER Forum has organized an AMS-MAA Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform at the Annual Joint Mathematics Meeting. These special sessions on Mathematics Education Reform are organized around four themes:

Abstracts are available for the talks, which are listed in this schedule:

Wednesday, January 15, AM

Mathematics for Teachers and Mathematics for Teaching: Examples from Elementary and High School Preservice and Inservice Program

8:30 - 8:50
Steve Benson and Al Cuoco, Education Development Center
Seeing the Connections: Promoting Profound Understanding of Secondary Mathematics

9:00-9:20
Carolyn R. Mahoney, Elizabeth City State University and Dick Stanley, University of California, Berkeley
The Role of Mathematical Content in Professional Development

9:30-9:50
Valerie A. DeBellis, East Carolina University and Joseph G. Rosenstein, Rutgers University
Learning Mathematics on a New Playing Field-- Discrete Mathematic

10:00 -10:20
Philip Wagreich, University of Illinois at Chicago
Integrating Mathematics and Science with Preservice K-8 Teachers

10:30-10:20
Discussion

Wednesday, January 15, PM

Interpretations of Deep Understanding of High School Mathematics and Professional Education of High School Teachers

2:15-2:35
Eric Robinson, Ithaca College
Opportunities and Challenges in the School-Undergraduate Continuum, Part I

2:45-3:05
 Bill Haver, Virginia Commonwealth University
Opportunities and Challenges in the School-Undergraduate Continuum, Part I

3:15-3:35
John Maceli, Ithaca College
Some Articulation Issues between High School and College Mathematics Education

3:45-4:05
Dan Fendel, San Francisco State University
What Graduates of Reform Mathematics Programs Bring to College Mathematics

4:15-4:35
Sol Garfunkel, COMAP
Mathematical Content in Standards-Based Curricul

5:15-5:35
Panel on the Mathematical Needs of Teachers.
Moderator: Eric E Robinson, Ithaca College
Panelists: Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Michigan State University; Ira Papick, University of Missouri; Amy Cohen-Corwin, Rutgers University

Thursday, January 16 AM

Themes from the CUPM Curriculum Guide, Co-Sponsored by CRAFTY

8:30-8:50
Harriet S. Pollatsek, Mt. Holyoke College
Introduction and Background for "Undergraduate Programs and Courses in the Mathematical Sciences: A CUPM Curriculum Guide

9:00-10:20
Panel on Undergraduate Programs and Courses in the Mathematical Sciences: A CUPM Curriculum Guide
Organizers and Panelists: Harriet S, Pollatsek, Mt. Hoyoke College; Susanna Epp, DePaul University; Susan Ganter, Clemson University; Bill Haver, Virginia Commonwealth University

10:30 - 10:50
Susanna S. Epp, DePaul University
Mathematical Thinking and the CUPM Curriculum Guide

11:00 - 11:20
David Bressoud, Macalester College
Undergraduate Issues for Research Universitiese

11:30 - 11:50
Susan Ganter, Clemson University
The CUPM Curriculum Foundations Project: Looking at the First Two Years

Thursday, January 16 AM

Strategies for Increasing the Diversity of Students in Mathematics
In Coordination with the MAA Contributed Papers Session of the same title

1:00 - 2:30
Forum on Strategies for Increasing the Diversity of Students in Mathematics
Moderator:
Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago
Panelists: Dennis Davenport, Miami University; Raymond Johnson, University of Maryland, College Park
Roosevelt Johnson, National Science Foundation; Robert Megginson, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute; Teri Murphy, University of Oklahoma; Ami Radunskaya, Pomona College

2:40 - 3:30
Questions and answers, and discussion