AMS Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:09:36

1997 Joint Mathematics Meetings
San Diego, CA, January 8-11, 1997
Meeting #918

• Thursday January 9, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, I
  Organizers:
  M. Kathleen Heid, Pennsylvania State University IK8@psu.edu
  David M. Mathews, Central Michigan University david.m.mathews@cmich.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Supplementary methods for assessing student performance on a standardized test in elementary algebra.
    Barry M. Cherkas*, Hunter College (City University of New York)
    Alvin Baranchik, Hunter College (City University of New York)
    (918-98-643)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Student Difficulties in Introductory Statistics
    Melissa Mellissinos*, San Diego State University
    (918-98-1246)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    General Logic Actions And Development of Mathematical Thinking
    Mikhail M. Bouniaev*, Southern Utah University
    (918-98-748)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The impact of computer-integration in a first-year calculus sequence
    James F. Hurley*, University of Connecticut
    Uwe Koehn, University of Connecticut
    (918-98-872)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    History of One School's Study of the Impact of Changes in the Calculus Curriculum
    Barbara J. Pence, San Jose State Univ
    Bem Cayco*, San Jose State Univ
    (918-98-984)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    A Study of Two Calculus Reform Projects and the Traditional Calculus Class
    Hortensia Soto-Johnson*, University of Southern Colorado
    (918-98-1068)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Evaluating the effects of reform on student attitudes
    Richard D. West*, U.S. Military Academy
    (918-98-767)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    University Calculus Students' Conceptual Understanding of the Limit of a Function
    Jennifer Earles Szydlik*, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
    (918-98-836)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Improving the Quality of Instruction in Calculus with Peer Learning Assistants
    Susan L Ganter*, National Science Foundation and Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    (918-98-475)
  • 11:00 a.m.
    A Compass Instrument for Mathematics Education Reform
    Brian A. Keller*, Iowa State University
    (918-98-454)
  • 11:20 a.m.
    Research on Teaching Calculus I: The Role of Writing and Cooperative Group Learning in Developing Conceptual Understanding
    Leslie Aspinwall*, Middle Tennessee State University
    L Diane Miller, Middle Tennessee State University
    (918-98-574)
  • 11:40 a.m.
    Findings from a Research-Based Course Development
    Albert D. Otto*, Illinois State University
    Cheryl A. Lubinski, Illinois State University
    (918-98-683)
• Friday January 10, 1997, 8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
  AMS-MAA Special Session on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, II
  Organizers:
  M. Kathleen Heid, Pennsylvania State University IK8@psu.edu
  David M. Mathews, Central Michigan University
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Mental Constructions Used in Understanding the Chain Rule Concept
    Julie M Clark, Emory & Henry College
    Francisco Cordero, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico
    Jim Cottrill, Georgia State University
    Bronislaw Czarnocha, Hostos Community College, CUNY
    David J DeVries, Georgia College & State University
    Denny St. John, Central Michigan University
    Georgia Tolias*, Purdue University Calumet
    Draga Vidakovic, North Carolina State University
    (918-98-841)
  • 8:20 a.m.
    Students' Construction of the Sequence Concept
    David M Mathews, Central Michigan University
    Michael A McDonald, Occidental College
    Kevin Strobel*, Pacific University
    (918-98-557)
  • 8:40 a.m.
    Students' Understanding of Quantified Statements in Natural Language and in Mathematics
    Ed Dubinsky, Georgia State University
    Olga Yiparaki*, Agnes Scott College & University of Arizona
    (918-98-691)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    The Development of Students' Understanding of Permutations and Symmetries
    Mark Asiala, Georgia State University
    Anne Brown, Indiana University South Bend
    Jennifer Kleiman, Georgia State University
    David Mathews*, Central Michigan University
    (918-98-652)
  • 9:20 a.m.
    Students' Understanding of Cosets, Normality and Quotient Groups
    Steve Morics*, University of Redlands
    Mark Asiala, Georgia State University
    Ed Dubinsky, Georgia State University
    David Mathews, Central Michigan University
    Asuman Oktac, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
    (918-98-1042)
  • 9:40 a.m.
    On learning binary operations, groups, and subgroups
    Anne E Brown*, Indiana University South Bend
    David J DeVries, Georgia College
    Ed Dubinsky, Georgia State University
    Karen Thomas, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
    (918-98-669)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    On the Relationship Between Students' Proof Schemes and the Formation of Their Conception of Basic Linear Algebra Ideas.
    Guershon Harel, Purdue University
    Sonia P Hristovitch*, Purdue University
    Larry Sowder, San Diego State University
    (918-98-831)
  • 10:20 a.m.
    Students' Understanding of Mathematical Definitions in Real Analysis
    Barbara S Edwards*, Penn State University
    (918-98-482)
  • 10:40 a.m.
    Mathematicians' Views of Mathematics
    John Selden, MERC
    Annie Selden*, Tennessee Tech. Univ.
    (918-98-648)