AMS-MAA-MER Special Sessions on Mathematics Education Reform

Atlanta, Georgia -- January 5-6, 2005

Since 1990 the MER Forum has organized an AMS-MAA Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform at the Annual Joint Mathematics Meeting. This year the special sessions have four parts:

• Using the CUPM Guide 2004: Introducing Contemporary Concepts
  Co-Sponsored by CRAFTY and CUPM
  

• Mathematical Logic Across the Undergraduate Curriculum
  Co-Sponsored by Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL)
  

• Faculty Resources for Improving the Mathematical Education of Teachers
  Co-Sponsored by COMET
  

• Understanding under-representation in mathematics
  Co-Sponsored by Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
  

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

Wednesday, January 5, AM

Using the CUPM Guide 2004: Introducing Contemporary Concepts,
Co-Sponsored by CRAFTY

8:00-8:20
Joseph A. Gallian, University of Minnesota Duluth
Household group theory

8:30-8:50
Thomas F Banchoff, Brown University
Undergraduate geometry in the twenty-first century

9:00 -9:20
Daniel T. Kaplan, Macalester College
Linking introductory calculus and statistics with multivariate modeling .

9:30 -9:50
Michael Starbird, University of Texas, Austin
Ideas to enliven liberal arts students

10:00 -10:20
Robert L. Devaney, Boston University
Chaos in the classroom: Exciting students about mathematics

Wednesday, January 5, PM

Mathematical Logic Across the Undergraduate Curriculum
Co-Sponsored by Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL)

2:15-2:35
Martin D. Davis, Professor Emeritus, Courant NYU; Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley
Mathematical logic in the undergraduate curriculum

2:45-3:05
 Julia F. Knight, University of Notre Dame
Logic for undergraduates at Notre Dame

3:15-3:35
Iraj Kalantari, Western Illinois University
Logic as compass

3:45-4:05
Walker M White, University of Dallas
Discovery learning in logic education

4:15-4:35
Connie M Campbell, Millsaps College
Symbolic logic in a proofs course: Finding the right balance

4:45-5:05
Gregory D. Foley, Appalachian State University
Teaching logic to prospective elementary and middle school teachers

Thursday, January 6 AM

Faculty Resources for Improving the Mathematical Education of Teachers
Co-Sponsored by COMET

8:00-8:20
Cameron C. Sawyer, Southwestern University
Developing a capstone for pre-service secondary teachers: A PMET initiative

8:30-8:50
Rose Mary Zbiek, Pennsylvania State University
The Mid-Atlantic Center for Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Resources and colleagues coming together to improve the mathematical education of teachers .

9:00-9:20
Glenda Lappan, Michigan State University and Robert Reys, University of Missouri
Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum: What does it do and why should it interest mathematicians?

9:30 - 9:50
Patricia S. Wilson, University of Georgia and Jeremy Kilpatrick, University of Georgia
Faculty resources for improving the mathematical education of teachers from the Center for Proficiency in Teaching Mathematics,

10:00 - 10:20
Judith T. Sowder, San Diego State University
Helping future elementary teachers reconceptualize mathematics

10:30 - 10:50
Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago, David Jabon, DePaul University, Lynn Narasimhan, DePaul University and Paul Sally, University of Chicago
Chicago Algebra Initiative: A multi-university collaboration for middle school teachers .

11:00 - 11:50
Discussion.

Thursday, January 6 PM

Understanding under-representation in mathematics
Co-Sponsored by Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)

1:00 - 1:20
Cathy Kessel, Mathematics Education Consultant
Understanding under-representation in mathematics using research and concepts from social science:
An introduction

1:30 - 1:50
Mary Frank Fox, Georgia Institute of Technology
Gender, graduate education, and academic careers in science

2:00 - 2:20
Virginia V. Valian, Hunter College
Gender schemas and mathematics performance

2:30 - 3:00
Panel discussion