AMS-MER Workshop on

Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics:
Mathematics for Teachers and Mathematics for Teaching

Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

March 13-16, 2003

Workshop Program:

The mathematical preparation of K-12 teachers is at once complex and critical. Mathematics and mathematical science departments that undertake the mathematics education of future elementary, middle school, and high school teachers serve an essential public duty and the greater interests of the mathematics community itself. Their efforts are commendable, but the task is fraught with challenges.

The workshop 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. Discussions of the national context regarding school mathematics and the teaching of school mathematics set a context for investigating these issues. By learning about programs that mathematics departments are running, departments may evaluate how to incorporate features and approaches to strengthen their own programs.

The workshop program features:

• a variety of department case studies in developing programs for future teachers

• collaborations between mathematicians and mathematics educators

• fundamental issues underlying quality undergraduate math programs, such as TA and
faculty development, and recruitment and retention of math students

Plenary Speakers:
Eric Robinson, Margaret Robinson from Ithaca College:
      "Ithaca College: Pros and cons of having a degree in mathematics teaching within a department of mathematics and computer science"

Kathleen Lopez, Victor Schneider, Roger Waggoner from University of Louisiana at Lafayette:
      "University of Louisiana at Lafayette: Opportunities and challenges in restructuring an entire teacher prep program"

Kenneth Millett from University of California, Santa Barbara:
     "A recruitment strategy for enlisting talented students into teaching"

Maria Terrell from Cornell University:
      "The impact of reforming pedagogy: A personal case study"

David Damcke, Greg Hill from University of Portland:
      "University of Portland: Student teaching in a high school Treisman workshop program and a program in middle school mathematics education"

Marjorie Enneking from Portland State University:
      "Portland State University: Creating programs for middle and high school teachers"

Alan Tucker from SUNY Stony Brook:
      "A brief history of mathematics instruction in the U.S"

Alice Artzt, Alan Sultan from Queens College CUNY :
      "Collaboration between mathematics education and mathematics faculty in building a comprehensive high school teacher preparation program"



Breakout Speakers:
Margaret Robinson, David Brown and Eric Robinson from Ithaca College:
    “Mathematics Teaching Program” at Ithaca College"

Roger Waggoner, Kathleen Lopez and Vic Schneider from University of Louisiana at Lafayette:
      "Mathematics Preservice Content Courses at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette"

Ros Welchman and David Stone from Brooklyn College:
      "Nuts and Bolts of a "Standards-based Mathematics Course for Teachers"

Fat Lam from Gallaudet University:
      "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, she has been misunderstood for a long time"

Gina M. Foletta, Steve Wilkinson, and Maggie McGatha from Northern Kentucky University:
      "Preparing Middle-Grades Mathematics Teachers"

Kenneth C Millett from University of California, Santa Barbara:
      "UCSB's South Coast Community Teaching Fellowship in Mathematics and Science"

Maria Terrell from Cornell University:
      "Asking good question in the mathematics classroom"

Jim Fulmer and Tom McMillan from University of Arkansas at Little Rock:
      "Reforming the Mathematics Education Courses for Early Childhood and Middle Childhood Education Programs"

Donald Marxen and Robert Keller from Loras College:
      "New Directions: How One Small School Increased its Involvement in Mathematics Education"

Alice F. Artzt:, Alan Sultan from Queens College of the City University of New York:
      "Reforming the Preparation of Secondary Mathematics Teachers: An Innovative Four-Year Undergraduate Program"

Marjorie Enneking from Portland State University:
      "Portland State University Case Study"

David Damcke and Gregory Hill from University of Portland:
      "Math Excel Outreach : Getting College students into High School and Middle School math classrooms"

David W. Henderson:
      "Teaching Geometry with Proofs Based on Experiential Meanings"

Alan Tucker from SUNY Stonybrook:
      "The CBMS Mathematical Education of Teacher report"