| Collaborative Computer Workshops | DUE 9752795 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE:
DATE(S) OF WORKSHOP: |
May 20, 1998
June 1-5, 1998 |
SITE(S): |
CUNY Borough of
Manhattan
Community College New York, NY |
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The workshops are including as participants, mathematics regular and adjunct faculty and graduate students. Participants are primarily expected from the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut; however, faculty from other regions are also encouraged to participate. A primary emphasis of the project is to assist faculty to "bring the lab to the classroom," focusing on the content areas of calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra. Another aspect of the workshop is to address issues to increase the successful participation of women and underrepresented minorities in mathematics. |
| CONTACT: | Patricia Wilkinson
Department of Mathematics | Borough of Manhattan
Community College/CUNY New York, NY 10007 Phone: 212-346-8531 Fax: 212-346-8550 E-mail: pbwilk@aol.com |
| Teaching Undergraduate Geometry | DUE 9752807 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE:
DATE(S) OF WORKSHOP: |
April 1, 1998
May 28-June 2, 1998 |
SITE(S): |
SITE(S): Cornell University
Ithaca, NY |
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This workshop is intended for college and university faculty who teach, or will soon teach, an undergraduate geometry course--such as the courses typically attended by future or in-service teachers. In the mornings, the participants will experience a learning and teaching environment that is both innovative in content as well as instructional method. The workshop will involve integrating the geometries of planes, spheres, and other surfaces. These exercises will present problems that emphasize experiencing the meanings in the geometry. Student investigations, small group learning, and writing assignments will be explored. |
| CONTACT: | David Henderson
Department of Mathematics |
Cornell University
White Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: 607-255-3523 Fax: 607-255-9149 E-mail: dwh@math.cornell.edu http://math.cornell.edu/ndwh |
| Institute in the History of Mathematics | DUE 9752755 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE:
DATE(S) OF WORKSHOP: |
April 1, 1998
July 20-31, 1998 | SITE(S): |
Catholic University
Washington, DC |
The goal of this workshop is to increase the presence of history in, and improve teacher preparation for, the undergraduate mathematics curriculum. A three-week program for 80 mathematics faculty will be held, focusing on techniques for incorporating history into undergraduate mathematics courses. Information will be disseminated through presentations at national and regional mathematics meetings, publications, and ongoing electronic communications. For more information on this workshop, see the World Wide Web page at http://ernie.bgsu.edu/~vrickey/institute/index-inst.html, or write to Mathematical Association of America, 1529 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, attn: Dr. Florence Fasanelli. |
| CONTACT: |
V. Frederick Rickey
Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403 Phone: 419-372-7452 Fax: 419-372-6092 E-mail: rickey@math.bgsu.edu |
| Elementary Statistics Laboratory Workshop | DUE 9653442 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE:
DATE(S) OF WORKSHOP: |
April 1, 1998
June 16-20, 1998 |
SITE(S): |
University of South
Carolina
Columbia, SC |
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This workshop will train college faculty on the use of hands-on laboratory exercises in elementary statistics. Participants will complete 10 laboratory exercises and discuss strategies for successfully incorporating lab experiences into their elementary statistics courses. |
| CONTACT: | John Spurrier
Department of Statistics |
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208 Phone: 803-777-5072 Fax: 803-777-4048 E-mail: spurrier@stat.sc.edu |
| Missouri Mathematics Faculty Enhancement Program | DUE 9653373 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE:
DATE(S) OF WORKSHOP: |
May 1, 1998
October 8-10, 1998 |
SITE(S): | Osage Beach, MO |
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The project will provide opportunities for Missouri undergraduate mathematics faculty to
review and consider the implications of emerging secondary and undergraduate curriculum
reform materials. Four conferences serve as the forum in which faculty can learn about and
discuss reform. In two of these conferences, teams of high school mathematics teachers and
college faculty will participate to further systemic efforts at mathematics reform across
multiple levels. Significant follow-up activities will encourage and support reform efforts
across the state. The specific objectives of the project are to facilitate:
Monographs generated from each conference will be provided for each participant and mathematics department chair in the State of Missouri. |
| CONTACT: | Terry Goodman
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science |
Central Missouri State University
Warrensburg, MO 64093 Phone: 660-543-8792 Fax: 660-543-8006 E-mail: tag8792@cmsu2.cmsu.edu |
| The New Mexico Initiative for Math Reform | DUE 9653367 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE:
DATE(S) OF WORKSHOP: |
May 1, 1998
May 26-28, 1998 |
SITE(S): | Las Cruces, NM |
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A consortium of five New Mexico community colleges and the state's mathematics association of two-year colleges has created a project called New Mexico Initiative for Math Reform. The project is designed to help improve student learning in introductory college mathematics and calculus through mathematics reform and technology.
The region to be served is New Mexico and its bordering states. The partners of the consortium are the Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute, New Mexico Military Institute, New Mexico State University at Alamogordo, New Mexico State University at Dona Ana, University of New Mexico at Valencia, San Juan Community College, and the New Mexico Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges. The project has the potential of reaching every student in the New Mexico region and is being evaluated by an outside investigator both formatively and summatively. The results of the project will be disseminated through participants' own workshops, presentations to professional organizations, and scholarly journals.
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| CONTACT: | George Pletsch
Department of Mathematics |
Albuquerque Technical
Vocational Institute 525 Buena Vista Southeast Albuquerque, NM 87106 Phone: 505-224-3672 Fax: 505-224-3700 E-mail:bpletsch@tvi.cc.nm.us |
|
Calculus: Mathematics and Modeling |
DUE 9752805 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE:
DATE(S) OF WORKSHOP: |
call contact
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SITE(S): | call contact |
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This project will run three workshops during the summer of 1998 based on "Calculus: Mathematics and Modeling." The key theme of the workshops will be the integrated and pervasive use of a computer algebra system throughout the calculus course. In addition, the workshops will feature a real world modeling approach to mathematics, writing, group work, guided discovery, and the use of other technology in addition to computer algebra systems. |
| CONTACT: | Dr. William Bauldry
Department of Mathematical Sciences |
Appalachian State University
Walker Hall Boone, NC 28608 Phone: 704-262-2355 Fax: 704-265-8617 E-mail: wmcb@math.appstate.edu |
| Chance Workshop | DUE 9653416 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE:
DATE(S) OF WORKSHOP: |
March 15, 1998
July 7-11, 1998 |
SITE(S): |
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH |
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Chance is a new introductory quantitative literacy course that teaches basic concepts of probability and statistics in the context of such current issues as medical trials, opinion polls, weather prediction, and the use of DNA fingerprinting in the courts. The aim of the course is to make students better able to understand and critically analyze chance news. The Chance course makes significant use of group learning and activities. This workshop will allow college teachers to experience a brief version of the Chance course and learn how it is taught. For more information about the Chance course and the workshop, see the web site http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance |
| CONTACT: | Laurie Snell
Department of Mathematics |
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755 6188 Bradley Phone: 603-646-3507 Fax: 603-646-1312 E-mail: jlsnell@dartmouth.edu |
| Broadening Horizons in Mathematics Instruction Through Technology and Applications |
DUE 9653381 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE:
DATE(S) OF WORKSHOP: |
no deadline
June (1-3, 3-5, and 6-9) 1998 |
SITE(S): |
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK |
| Oklahoma State University is producing 12 workshops, four each summer, from 1998 through 1999, for college faculty. The workshops focus on technology and applications in undergraduate mathematics. Each summer will feature a one-day overview workshop; a three-day workshop on calculators in undergraduate mathematics, emphasizing applications in entry level mathematics; a three-day workshop on computer algebra in undergraduate mathematics with professional engineers showing working applications of mathematics; and an Internet workshop that will enable participants to learn about all forms of electronic communication and establishing themselves on the Internet. Each of the three-day workshops accommodates 25 participants. Of particular note is the involvement of secondary school teachers in the workshops, and recruitment strategies and workshop activities that target faculty involved in pre-service teacher preparation courses and programs. In addition, the project will host two three-day conferences, in 1998 and 1999, on the applications of computer algebra systems to education and research in the mathematical sciences. The research portion of the conferences will be supported by Oklahoma State University. |
| CONTACT: | Benny Evans
Department of Mathematics |
Oklahoma State University
401 Math Sciences Building Stillwater, OK 74078 Phone: 405-744-5688 Fax: 405-744-8275 E-mail: bevans@mass.okstate.edu |
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Cooperative Learning in Undergraduate Mathematics Education: Developing a Comprehensive Program for College Faculty |
DUE 9653383 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE:
DATE(S) OF WORKSHOP: |
March 13, 1998
June 21-23, 1998 |
SITE(S): |
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA |
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Cooperative Learning in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (CLUME) is a national program to provide faculty with the knowledge, skills, and experience to implement cooperative learning in undergraduate mathematics courses. It is a pedagogical approach that can be used in classes of any size and embodies a kind of thinking which may have profound impact on a faculty member's ideas about teaching and learning. CLUME activities will provide faculty who have differing levels of interest and expertise an opportunity to explore and evaluate the effectiveness of cooperative learning. The cornerstone activities are a 12-day summer workshop providing intensive training in the theory and practice of cooperative learning, an academic-year apprenticeship with mentoring and electronic networking, and a three-day follow-up workshop during the succeeding summer. In addition to the workshop cycle, the project includes shorter introductory experiences: mini-courses at national AMS/MAA meetings, short courses and panels at MAA sectional meetings, and national conferences. CLUME will develop a cadre of experienced practitioners of cooperative learning capable of providing training for others. Materials developed as part of the workshop experience will be available to the mathematics community. Of particular interest are the CLUME activities that target faculty and departments who have a large responsibility for pre-service teacher preparation. Special attention is paid, during the recruitment phase, to securing the participation of those faculty, and specific components of the workshop activities will focus on cooperative learning in the K-12 setting. An evaluation component will document successes and limitations of cooperative learning. |
| CONTACT: | Edward Dubinsky
Department of Mathematics |
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: 404-651-2245 Fax: 404-651-2246 E-mail: matjjg@mathcsc.cs.gsu.edu |
| DIMACS Reconnect Conference/DIMACS Two-Day Reconnect
Workshops |
DUE 9752776 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE:
DATE(S) OF WORKSHOP: |
March 13, 1998
May 18-19, 1998; July 5-17, 1998; November 21-22, 1998 |
SITE(S): |
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ |
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These projects seeks to "reconnect" to the mathematical sciences enterprise two-and four-year college faculty who lack the time to keep up with research developments. The projects expose them to current research topics in discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science that are relevant to their teaching. This is accomplished by placing the faculty in a research center where much of the relevant research is being conducted. The projects aim to enhance the ability of faculty to transform their classrooms into places that connect up to modern uses of mathematics and computer science and to help them produce classroom materials that reflect current research. Both summer conferences and a sequence of two-day conferences are taking place. The summer conferences, national in scope and directed at two-and four-year college faculty with some prior exposure to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, present recent research results in topics such as computational molecular biology, network visualization, clustering, and visibility in geometry, and divide the participants into writing groups. The two-day conferences, regional in scope and directed at two-year college faculty with little prior exposure to discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science, present an introduction to these materials, with connection to topics of current research interest, and also involve the participants in writing materials in a six-month period between two two-day conferences. Participants in both the two-day and two-week conferences are expected to use the materials they have written as vehicles to bring discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science into their classrooms. Participants are encouraged to make their materials available to a broader audience through developing and publishing them in the DIMACS Undergraduate Module Series. |
| CONTACT: | Fred S. Roberts | Rutgers University, DIMACS Core Building
Bush Campus P.O. Box 1179 Piscataway, NJ 08855-1179 Phone: 732-445-4303 Fax: 732-445-5932 |
| PRE-STAT | DUE 9752749 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE:
DATE(S) OF WORKSHOP: |
April 15, 1998
July 19-21, 1998
July 26 - August 1, 1998 | SITE(S):
Appalachian State University Boone, NC
Montana State University
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| The goals of PRE-STAT are to enable college faculty to enhance the statistical education of
pre-service teachers on their home campuses and to encourage active learning through
problem-solving in order to improve statistical education in the middle and secondary
schools.
The PRE-STAT project is developing a model faculty development workshop that prepares participating mathematics educators to implement an effective statistical education curriculum. A network of teacher educators is being established to share statistical education ideas. PRE-STAT is also supporting the participants during the development of incorporation of statistical education components into the curriculum at their home institutions for pre-service and in-service teachers. Curriculum ideas are being organized into "Guidelines" for differing curriculum settings.
The PRE-STAT project is disseminating ideas including: (1) curriculum guidelines developed by participants; and (2) instructional activities appropriate for these curricula. The World Wide Web site is www.prestat.appstate.edu.
PRE-STAT is a two-year project that begins with faculty development workshops in the summer of 1998 at Appalachian State and Montana State Universities. A follow-up phase during 1998-99 is providing support for participants. |
| CONTACT: | Dr. Mike Perry
Department of Mathematical Sciences |
Appalachian State University
Walker Hall Boone, NC 28608 Phone: 704-262-2362 Fax: 704-265-8617 E-mail: Perrylm@appstate.edu |
| Coalition for the Mathematical Preparation of Elementary School Teachers (CoMPET) |
DUE 9752756 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE:
DATE(S) OF WORKSHOP: |
April 6, 1998
June 8-12, 1998; (follow through meetings in August, September, and January) |
SITE(S): |
Sam Houston State
University
Huntsville, TX |
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This 18 month project is extending an existing coalition formed among Sam Houston State University, North Harris College, and Tomball College. The original coalition was formed to implement changes in the mathematics content courses for prospective elementary school teachers. These changes were the result of the Guidelines for Mathematics Courses for Prospective Elementary School Teachers. This document was developed and disseminated in 1996 by the Texas Statewide Systemic Initiative (SSI) and is consistent with nationally known standards. The original coalition (SSI Coalition) is expanding to a network of two-year colleges and universities seeking to revitalize their mathematics courses for elementary teachers. The extended coalition is growing from institutes and is being fostered by mentoring, electronic mail, a web page, follow-through workshops, and a newsletter.
The expanded coalition is using the student projects manual and instructor's guide of the SSI Coalition project and Ohio State short course materials. The materials developed by both programs integrate substantial mathematical tasks with cooperative learning, manipulatives, technology, and writing that challenges students while improving their confidence and appreciation of mathematics.
Four members of the SSI Coalition faculty and one additional faculty are serving as senior personnel. They are leading 24 other faculty participants who are experiencing the SSI Coalition approach. These mentoring participants plan for the ensuing year by crafting a new course or restructuring an existing course consistent with the Guidelines.
The project is employing an instructional consultant and an outside evaluator as well as an advisory board to guide the project's progress. Evaluation is being used to refine the instructional approach, to customize it to local site conditions, and to measure the success of the project. |
| CONTACT: | Dr. Mark L. Klespis
Department of Mathematical and Information Sciences |
Sam Houston State University
P.O. Box 2206 Huntsville, TX 77341-2206 Phone: 409-294-1577 E-mail: mth_mlk@shsu.eduA |
| Undergraduate Faculty Program | DUE 9653447 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE:
DATE(S) OF WORKSHOP: |
February 15, 1998
July 12-August 1, 1998 |
SITE(S): |
IAS/Park City
Mathematics
Institute (PCMI) Park City, Utah |
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The Undergraduate Faculty Program (UFP) is a component of the IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute (PCMI), a three-week Summer Session which brings together researchers, students and educators in separate yet overlapping programs. The PCMI is directed by John Polking, Rice University, and its Principal Investigator is Robert MacPherson, Institute for Advanced Study.
The 1998 Summer Session will be held in Park City, Utah, and the research topic is Representation Theory of Lie Groups. Within the setting, the Undergraduate Faculty Program will provide an opportunity for enthusiastic and creative undergraduate educators to work on linear algebra reform. Of specific interest is the development of new enrichment materials and enhanced teaching techniques especially for linear algebra courses, along with methods for assessing the impact of such innovations. Knowledge of group representations is not necessary for participation -- just a willingness to interact with people involved with mathematics in many different ways. The UFP is organized by Daniel Goroff, Harvard University, and is funded by the National Science Foundation. Participants come from two-year colleges, four-year colleges, and universities. Accommodations, meals, and travel are provided for all accepted participants. |
| CONTACT: | Professor Robert McPherson | IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute
Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, NJ 08540 Phone: 1-800-726-4427 Fax: 609-951-4481 E-mail: pcmi@math.ias.edu http://www.ias.edu/park.htm |
| Implementing Modern Curricula in Linear Algebra and ODE in an Interactive Learning Environment: A New York State Coalition Project |
DUE 9752736 |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE:
DATE(S) OF WORKSHOP: |
call contact
call contact |
SITE(S): |
SUNY Oswego
Oswego, Ny |
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Building upon its previous workshop, "Integration of Workshop Approaches in Calculus and Precalculus," the SUNY coalition will focus on the content and mode of instruction in Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) and Linear Algebra. The SUNY Coalition, composed of 29 two-and four-year institutions, will be expanded to include private institutions. Workshop participants will learn to: integrate modern curricula (conceptualization, exploration, and higher-level problem solving) into the teaching of ODE and Linear Algebra; integrate technology and innovative pedagogy into the teaching of ODE and Linear Algebra; attract and retain students from underrepresented groups; and change the academic culture by collaborating with the Long Island Consortium for Mathematical Sciences Throughout the Curriculum to extend mathematical sciences throughout the curriculum.
These efforts will increase faculty's knowledge in the content and pedagogy related to teaching and scholarship in ODE and Linear Algebra; emphasize the importance of mathematical modeling in industry; improve student understanding and retention of fundamental mathematics concepts; provide the opportunity to develop and initiate alternatives to the lecture format; and promote effective communication between two-and four-year institutions and users of mathematics in the real world. First-year participants and new members will implement ODE and/or Linear Algebra modern curricula and innovative pedagogical approaches in the year following the summer training. In addition, the Lead Professors, selected from the first-year participants, will begin work on interdisciplinary courses. |
| CONTACT: | Jack Narayan
Department of Mathematics |
State University of New York at Oswego
Snygg Hall Oswego, NY 13126 Phone: 315-341-2890 or 3152 Fax: 315-341-3177 or 3577 E-mail: narayan@oswego.edu |