AMS-MAA-MER Special Sessions on Education Reform
Joint Math Meetings, Baltimore, Maryland -- January 1998
In 1998 the AMS-MAA-MER Special Sessions on Mathematics and
Education Reform at the joint mathematics meetings in Baltimore were organized by
William Henry Barker, Bowdoin College; Jerry L. Bona, University of
Texas at Austin; Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago;
Harvey B. Keynes, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and Kenneth C. Millett,
University of California Santa Barbara.
The four sessions were organized around eight themes:
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% Curricular/Pedagogical Reform in Lower Level Courses
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% Mathematics Departments Evaluation of Professional Activities Outside of
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% Discussions from the Building on Strengths Conference (co-sponsored by EDC)
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% Education Reform and Minority Institutions
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% Calculus Reform: Current Trends and Concerns
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% The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
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% Diversity in Education Reform
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% Influencing Math Ed at the State Level
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Information is available for each of the talks, which are listed alphabetically by speaker:
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Stella R. Ashford, Southern University and A&M College
- Curriculum Reform at Southern University
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Richard A Askey, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- School Mathematics Through the Years
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Deborah Ball, Michigan State University
- and Hyman Bass, Columbia University
- Collaborating Across Communities: An Example
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Judith Lee Baxter, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Outcomes Assessment of Teaching Methods in Remedial Mathematics
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Ralph L. Cohen, Stanford University
- The Roles of Research Mathematicians in Developing K-12 Mathematics
Curricula
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L. Pamela Cook, University of Delaware
- Evaluation of Non-Research Activities
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Benny D Evans, Oklahoma State University
- Revitalizing Entry Level Mathematics
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Susan Ganter, NSF and WPI
- Ten Years of Calculus Reform: Where
We've Been and Where We're Going Based
on a Study Conducted at the National
Science Foundation
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E. Paul Goldenberg and Wayne Harvey, Education Development Center
- Collaborating Across Communities: The Building on Streng
ths
Colloquium
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Richard Grassl, University of Northern Colorado
- and Tabitha Mingus, Morehead State University
- A Shift in Pedagogical and Curricular Focus:
Impacting Students' Understanding and Attitudes
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Deborah Hughes Hallett, Harvard University
- Lower Level Courses: What Lies Ahead
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Bill Jacob, University of California, Santa Barbara
- The Mathematics of K-8 Textbook Adoption in California
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Steve Leinwand, Connecticut Department of Education
- Bridging the Math Wars - Finding Common Ground Upon Which to Buil
d
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Joshua A Leslie and Adeniran Adeboye, Howard University
- Trends in Calculus Reform at the WBHR-AMP Institutions
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D. J. Lewis, Division of Mathematical Sciences, NSF
- What Now, Brown Cow? --- Thoughts on the Future of Calculus Refor
m
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Curtis C. McKnight, University of Oklahoma
- What Should We Expect from the Best and the Brightest? A Further
Look at TIMSS Results
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Richard E. Phillips, Michigan State University
- Evaluation of Faculty - The Non-Research Side
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Robert Robson and Paul M Latiolais, Oregon State University
- Grades are out, Standards are in, and the Math looks tough: Imple
menting Standards-based Education and University Admissions in Oregon.
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Judith Roitman, University of Kansas
- Standards-Based Reform and Its Critics
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Joseph G. Rosenstein, Rutgers University
- Influencing Mathematics Education at the State Level: A Report f rom
New Jersey
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Doris Schattschneider and Kay Somers,
Moravian College
- Dennis Ebersole, Northampton Community College
- Calculus with Precalculus: Lessons Learned in Implementation
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Philip Uri Treisman, University of Texas
- Standards-based Reform, the Accountability System, and Equity: A
Case Study from Texas
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James Turner Jr., Arizona State University
- Educational Reform and Minority Institutions
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Frank Y. H. Wang, Saxon Publishers
- The Saxon Method of Teaching Mathematics
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