Co-Organizers-- William Barker, Bowdoin College; Jerry Bona, The University of Texas at Austin; Harvey Keynes, University of Minnesota; Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago; Ken Millett, University of California, Santa Barbara; Philip Wagreich, University of Illinois at Chicago. 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 MER sessions were organized around seven themes:
Information is available for each of the talks, which are listed below according to these topics.
Opportunities for Mathematicians in K-12 Mathematics Education
Ellen Kaplan and Robert Kaplan, Harvard University
The Math Circle
Nicholas A. Branca, San Diego State University
Improving the Quality of Mathematics Education in California
Virginia Thompson, Equals/Family Math
Involving the Lay Community in Their Children's Mathematics Education: A Fifteen-Year
Perspective
Philip Wagreich, University of Illinois at Chicago
Down The Slippery Slope - Getting Involved In Pre-College Education
Undergraduate Geometry Courses
Heidi Burgiel, The Geometry Center
A Course on Using Technology to Teach Geometry
M. Guysinsky,
S. Katok, A. Kouchnirenko, Pennsylvannia State University, and
S. Khanvin, Moscow State University
How Geometry Courses Can Be Improved By New Information Technology
Evaluation of Calculus Reform Programs
Morton Brown, University of Michigan
Michigan Calculus: What We've Done And Where We Go Next
Jack Bookman, Duke University
The Evaluation Process for Duke University's Project CALC
Harvey Keynes, University of Minnesota
Redesigning the Calculus Sequence at a Research University
Relevance of Mathematics Education to Mathematicians
David Tall, Warwick University
Making Research in Mathematics Education relevant to Research Mathematicians
Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Michigan State University
The Role of Mathematical Knowledge in Teaching: What Do We Know And What Do We Need To Learn?
Third International Mathematics & Science Study (TIMSS)
William Schmidt, Michigan State University
School Mathematics in the United States: Report from the Third International Mathematics
and Science Study
John Dossey, Illinois State University
Viewing Eighth Graders' Opportunity to Learn: Results from U.S. TIMSS Population 2
Alfred Manaster, University of California, San Diego
Opportunities to Learn in 8th Grade Mathematics Classrooms in Japan, Germany,
and the United States: Content Comparisons Based on Videotaped Lessons
Joan Ferrini-Mundy and Dan Goroff, MSEB
TIMSS: Policy, Practice, and K-12 Articulation Implications
Perspectives of Graduate Students
Doris Chiang and Robert Hesse, University of Minnesota
Education Issues Discussed Where They Are Most Needed; The MER Conferences.
Michael Ira, University of Nebraska and Michael Keynes, University of Washington
Conclusions And Recommendations From The MER Graduate Student Conference
Mathematicians and K-12 Teacher Education
Phyllis Chinn and Dale Oliver, Humboldt State University
Lessons from Project PROMPT about our role as Educators of Teachers
Elizabeth Phillips,
Michigan State University
Standards-based Curricula: Implications for Teacher Education Programs
Rosamond Welchman, Brooklyn College (CUNY)
Establishing Priorities in Mathematics Programs for Prospective Elementary School
Teachers - Agreements and Differences of Opinion Emerging from Collaborative Relationships
Efraim Armendariz, The University of Texas at Austin
Building an Inclusive Advanced Placement Program
Paul Sally, University of Chicago
To Teach Real Mathematics You Had Better Know Some.