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1999 Joint Mathematics Meetings
San Antonio, TX, January 13-16, 1999
Meeting #939
Associate secretaries: Susan J Friedlander , AMS susan@math.northwestern.edu
James J Tattersall , MAA tat@providence.edu
AMS Special Session on Mathematics Education and Mistaken Philosophies of Mathematics
Wednesday January 13, 1999, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematics Education and Mistaken Philosophies of Mathematics, I
Organizers: Saunders Mac Lane , University of Chicago saunders@math.uchicago.edu
Richard A. Askey , University of Wisconsin-Madison askey@math.wisc.edu
9:00 a.m.
Mathematics as illustrated in textbooks.
Richard Askey* , Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
(939-97-721)
9:30 a.m.
What is (school) mathematics, really?
Anthony D. Gardiner* , University of Birmingham
(939-97-879)
10:00 a.m.
Some contradictions of education reform.
Owen Thomas* , Columbus, OH
(939-98-896)
10:30 a.m.
Mistaken philosophies in teaching linear algebra.
Seymour Lipschutz* , Temple University
(939-98-111)
Wednesday January 13, 1999, 2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematics Education and Mistaken Philosophies of Mathematics, II
Organizers: Saunders Mac Lane , University of Chicago saunders@math.uchicago.edu
Richard A. Askey , University of Wisconsin-Madison askey@math.wisc.edu
2:15 p.m.
Social constructivism as a philosophy of mathematics.
Saunders Mac Lane* , The University of Chicago
(939-98-110)
2:45 p.m.
How can the constructivist critique be used to make introduction to real analysis more accessible.
Bogdan M. Baishanski* , Ohio State University
(939-98-72)
3:15 p.m.
Between Platonism and constructivism: Is there a mathematics acquisition device?
Carl Winsl\o w* , Royal Dan. School of Ed. St.
(939-00-143)
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