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MER Workshops A MER Forum workshop is an opportunity for mathematicians, mathematics educators, college administrators and other interested people engaged in a particular educational endeavor to gather together to discuss the issues, showcase exemplary programs and share resources. Since 1988, MER has organized thirty-one workshops centered around the issues of mathematicians and education reform. Over 1250 mathematicians, mathematics educators, pre-college teachers and administrators have attended these workshops. These workshops are listed on this page and there are links for more information about upcoming workshops. |
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| Dec. 1-4, 2005 | Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ |
| Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Mobilizing for the Furture
The final in a series of workshops from the joint AMS-MER project, Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Confronting Diverse Student Interests , is designed to highlight the what departments have been accomplished in the past four years, and look at future visions for undergraduate education. A special session on Sunday morning will be devoted to organizing on-going networks to support departments in their continued efforts to create and maintain vigorous undergraduate mathematics programs.. |
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| March 25-28, 2004 | Loras College | Dubuque, Iowa |
| Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Mainstreaming in-depth mathematical experiences for students
The sixth in a series of workshops from the joint AMS-MER project, Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Confronting Diverse Student Interests , is designed to highlight the resources and expertise within the mathematics community -- gained from running extra-curricular programs, and developing innovative courses-- for fostering students' mathematical thinking, and challenge departments to adapt these ideas to mainstream undergraduate mathematics. |
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| Sept. 11-14, 2003 | University of Alaska | Anchorage, Alaska |
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Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Lessons Across the Curriculum
The fifth in a series of workshops from the joint AMS-MER project, Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Confronting Diverse Student Interests , focused on two issues that span the undergraduate program: (a) increasing the participation of under-represented groups in undergraduate mathematics, and (b) learning from assessment, including the assessment of programs aimed at promoting the participation of under-represented groups |
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| March 13-16, '03 | Ithaca College | Ithaca, New York |
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Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Mathematics for Teachers and Mathematics for Teaching
The fourth in a series of workshops from the joint AMS-MER project, Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Confronting Diverse Student Interests , is designed to consider the mathematical content knowledge and mathematical skills future teachers should learn, appropriate ways to teach mathematics to future teachers, and the relationships between undergraduate mathematics and school mathematics. |
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| Nov. 7-10, 2002 | Louisiana State University | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Diversification of Upper Level Mathematics Programs
The third in a series of workshops from the joint AMS-MER project, Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Confronting Diverse Student Interests , is designed to consider ways to configure and develop courses and programs in upper level mathematics to engage more students at an advance undergraduate level. |
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| May 2-5, 2002 | Washington University | St. Louis, Missouri |
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Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Mathematics for the Non-Traditional Major
The second in a series of workshops from the joint AMS-MER project, Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Confronting Diverse Student Interests , featured concerns for students seeking a non-traditional mathematics major. |
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| Dec. 6-9, 2001 | Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona |
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Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Mathematics for the "Rest of Us"
The first in a series of workshop from the joint AMS-MER project, Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics: Confronting Diverse Student Interests , featured concerns for those undergraduate students who do not intend to take Calculus. |
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| Oct. 18-20, 2001 | University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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Professional Masters Degrees in Teaching Mathematics: Exploring Options in Teacher Education The last workshop in a series of three workshops that were part of a AMS-MER-SIAM joint project, funded by NSF, to support the development of professional masters degrees in mathematics. This final workshop centered on developing new and revamping existing masters degrees for teaching mathematics. |
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| Nov. 4-6, 1999 | Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona |
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| Nov. 5-7, 1998 |
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| May 8-10, 1998 | University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago |
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Developing Leadership in Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Education Organized for the NSF funded Collaboratives for Excellence in Teacher Preparation Projects |
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| March, 1997 | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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Fourth Annual MER Department Network Workshop |
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| November, 1996 | University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago |
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Teacher Education in Mathematics Departments
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| March, 1996 | University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland |
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Third Annual MER Department Network Workshop
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| May, 1995 | University of California, Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara |
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Second Annual MER Department Network Workshop
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| November, 1995 | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY |
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Curricular Reform in Mathematics: Issues, Content, and Implications
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| November, 1994 | Southern University | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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Second Workshop on Preparation for Teaching Mathematics
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| May, 1994 | University of Texas, Austin | Austin, Texas |
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Invitational workshop to establish the MER Department Network
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| November, 1993 | RPI | Troy, New York |
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Preparation for Teaching Mathematics: Issues, Policies and Programs
Co-sponsored with AMTE |
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| July-August, 1993 | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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Second Workshop on Calculus Reform: Issues, Policies and Programs
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| March 4-7, 1993 | University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, California |
| Changing Culture: Mathematics Education in the Research Community
Second Joint Workshop co-sponsored by AMS, MAA, SIAM, MSRI, |
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| November, 1992 | Rutgers University | New Brunswick, New Jersey |
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Mathematics Education Reform: Issues, Policies and Programs
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| July-August, 1992 | Bowdoin College | Brunswick, Maine |
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Calculus Reform: Issues, Policies, and Programs
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| March, 1992 | University of California, Berkeley | Oakland/Berkeley |
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Changing the Culture: Education and the Research Community
Joint Workshop co-sponsored by AMS, MAA, SIAM, MSRI, |
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| May-June, 1991
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University of Washington | Seattle |
| March, 1991
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University of Arizona Tucson | |
| June, 1990
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Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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| March, 1990
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Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio |
| July, 1989
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University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| May, 1989
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University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, California |
| July, 1988
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University of Illinois at Chicago | Chicago |