Co-Organizers-- William Barker, Bowdoin College; Jerry Bona, The University of Texas at Austin; Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago; and Ken Millett, University of California, Santa Barbara

SPEAKERS and TITLES -- This year the MER sessions were organized in eight sections by theme. The co-organizers and speakers and titles are listed here for each section.

What Can We Do to Smooth the Road of Women in Mathematics?

Co-organizer, Ginger Warfield, University of Washington
Co-sponsored by AWM

Chuu-Lian Terng, Northeastern University and Karen Uhlenbeck, University of Texas at Austin

The IAS-Park City Mentoring Program for Women

Sylvia T. Bozeman, Spelman College and Rhonda Hughes, Bryn Mawr College

The EDGE for Women

Jere Confrey, University of Texas at Austin and Catherine Good, University of Texas at Austin

Changes in Methods of Examining Gender Bias

Carolyn R. Mahoney, California State University San Marcos

The (MS)2(SM) Program: Assessing the Impact, Preliminary Report

Multifacets of Geometry Instruction

In cooperation with the MAA Session on

Geometry in the Classroom in the Next Millenium

Co-organizer, David Henderson, Cornell University

David W. Henderson, Cornell University

The Eight Undergraduate Geometry Courses at Cornell

James R. King, University of Washington

Extending High School Geometry with Dynamic Software

Svetlana Katok, Pennsylvania State University

Teaching Geometry in the MASS Program at Penn State

William H. Barker, Bowdoin College and Roger E. Howe, Yale University

Continuous Symmetry

Fostering Minority Mathematics Achievement in the Mainstream and Beyond

Co-sponsored by SUMMA

Co-organizer, David Scott, University of Puget Sound

Vernise Y.Steadman, University of the District of Columbia

The REACH Program: A Summer Program in Mathematics and Computer Science for Academically Talented Students

Robert W. Case, Northeastern University

The Crisis in Urban Public School Mathematics: What Should College Mathematics Departments Do?

Joaquin Bustoz, Arizona State University,

Millie M. Trotter, Arizona State University,

Erica R. Gonzalez, Arizona State University,

Kristie Harris, South Mountain High School,

and Jennifer Tom, Humanities and Science Institute

The Math-Science Honors Program at Arizona State University

Martha B. Aliaga, University of Michigan

Creating Successful Outcomes in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics and Statistics for High School Teachers and Students from Inner-City of Detroit: Beating the Odds

Duane A. Cooper, University of Maryland

Enlarging the Pool of Black Mathematics Ph.D.'s: What We Are Learning at the University of Maryland

Developing Deeply Involved Learners

Arnold E. Ross, The Ohio State University and Glenn Stevens, Boston University

Vitality of Some Very Old Ideas

Ways that Evaluation Practices Effect Our Perceptions of Student Learning in Mathematics

Norman L. Webb, University of WI-Madison, Wisconsin Center for Education Research

Alignment of Mathematics Tests and Mathematics Reforms

Cathy Kessel, University of California, Berkeley

Standardized Tests: What Do They Tell You about Students? What Do They Tell Students (Teachers, Parents, School Boards, and Administrators) about Mathematics?

Ann Gallagher and Mary Morley, Educational Testing Service

Gender Differences in Problem Solving Strategies

The Revision of Calculus Instruction: Thoughts on the Next Steps

Co-sponsored by CRAFTY

Andrew M. Gleason, Harvard University

Let's Evaluate Education "Reforms," Past and Present

Morton Brown, University of Michigan

Seven Years of Calculus Reform at the University of Michigan

Ron Lipsman, University of Maryland

Calculus Reform at Maryland-- Past and Future

William J. Davis, The Ohio State University

Moving Ahead Together

Mathematics and Teacher Education

Marjorie Enneking, Portland State University

Strategies for Mathematics Departments to Prepare Future Teachers

Ramesh Gangolli, University of Washington

A Regional Partnership

Patricia Baggett, New Mexico State University

A New Approach to "Math for Elementary Teachers"

The Roles of Mathematics and Mathematics Departments in the University

Richard H. Herman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Changes in Collegiate Math Instruction: Broadening the Experience

Ronald G. Douglas, Texas A & M University

Between a Rock and a Hard Place