• Efforts and Challenges in Improving the Mathematical Education of Teachers,
  Co-Sponsored by COMET
  

• Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Department Case Studies
  

• A Tribute to Joaquin Bustoz

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

Wednesday, January 7, AM

Improving Undergraduate Mathematics Programs: Utilizing the CUPM Curriculum Guide 2004,
Co-Sponsored by CRAFTY

8:00-8:20
Harriet Pollatsek, Mt. Holyoke College
An overview of strategies for utilizing CUPM Guide 2004, and a closer look at two

8:30-8:50
David M Bressoud, Macalester College
Using the Illustrative Resources, I

9:00 -9:20
William E. Haver, Virginia Commonwealth University
Using the Illustrative Resources, II.

9:30 -9:50
Michael Starbird, University of Texas, Austin
Making mathematics intellectually enlivening.

10:00 -10:50
Panel: Discussion on improving undergraduate mathematics programs: Utilizing the CUPM Curriculum Guide 2004
Moderator: William Barker, Bowdoin College
Panelists: David Bressoud, William Haver, Harriet Pollatsek, and Michael Starbird

Wednesday, January 7, PM

Efforts and Challenges in Improving the Mathematical Education of Teachers,
Co-Sponsored by COMET

2:15-2:35
Dale Oliver, Humboldt State University and Virginia Warfield, University of Washington
Progress Reports on Implementing the Recommendations in the MET Report - A Faculty View

2:45-3:05
 Bernard L. Madison, University of Arkansas
Preparing Mathematicians to Educate Teachers

3:15-3:35
Sybilla Beckman Kazez, University of Georgia
What mathematicians should know about teaching math for elementary teachers

3:45-4:05
Scott J Baldridge, Indiana University and Thomas H Parker, Michigan State University
Elementary Mathematics for Teachers. A mathematician's course for prospective elementary teachers

4:15-4:35
Ruth Heaton and James Lewis, University of Nebraska
The Mathematical Education of Elementary School Teachers: A Mathematics - Mathematics Education Partnership at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln

4:45-5:05
Richard O. Hill and Sharon L. Senk, Michigan State University
A capstone course for prospective high school math teachers

5:15-5:35
Benoit B Mandelbrot, Yale University
Fractals in the Classroom: Yale Teacher Workshops (and Course MA 190).

5:45-6:05
Question period and Discussion

Thursday, January 8 AM

Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Department Case Studies

8:00-8:20
Naomi Fisher, UIC, Jerry Bona, UIC, Kenneth Millett, UC Santa Barbara, Samuel Rankin, AMS, and Bonnie Saunders, UIC
Confronting Diverse Student Interests: Departmental Efforts in Reforming Undergraduate Mathematics

8:30-8:50
Eric J. Kostelich, Arizona State University
The Computational Mathematical Sciences Program at Arizona State University.

9:00-9:20
Amy Cohen, Rutgers University
More effective mathematical education for teachers.

9:30 - 9:50
Douglas B Meade, University of South Carolina
Evolution of the Undergraduate Curriculum at the University of South Carolina.

10:00 - 10:20
Jeffrey K Lawson, Trinity University
Reforming the mathematics core for engineers and everyone else

10:30 - 10:50
Laurie Johnson and Sita Ramamurti, Trinity College
Making Mathematics Relevant: College Algebra Reform at Trinity College.

11:00 - 11:20
Andy Carter and Steve Cohen, Roosevelt University
Implementing Mathematics Reform in College Developmental Mathematics.

11:30 - 11:50
Question period and discussion.

Thursday, January 16 AM

A Tribute to Joaquin Bustoz

1:00 - 1:20
Andrew Bremner, Arizona State University
Joaquin Bustoz and the SUMS Program at Arizona State University

1:30 - 1:50
Katherine Sisulak, Arizona State University
Dr. Bustoz and the SUMS Institute at Arizona State University

2:00 - 2:20
Trachette L. Jackson, University of Michigan
The Far-Reaching Impact of Professor Joaquin Bustoz and the Math-Science Honors Program: A Personal Testimony and Tribute

2:30 - 2:50
Brian Alvarado
Personal account and impact of educational programs initiated by Dr. Joaquin Bustoz
Brian Alvarado

3:00 - 3:20
John N. Mc Donald, Arizona State University
Perspectives on the career of Joaquin Bustoz and the SUMS Program