The Math Education Research Colloquium
Department of Mathematics - U of A


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Talks are tipically held in the fourth floor of the Mathematics building, room 402 at 3:15pm.


NO TALKS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED...


      September 6 
      Nuria Planas i Raig
       Dealing with Social Complexity while Doing Research in the Mathematics Classroom 

       
      September 13 
      Jennifer Christian Smith
       Congruence of Integers: What is the Nature of Undergraduates' Understanding?

       
      September 27 
      Peter Wiles
       Mathematical Knowledge Embedded in a Culture of Children's Understanding 

       
      October 4 
       Videotaped lecture by Ed Dubinsky: "Evolution and Intelligence, Piaget's Life and Quest" 

       
      October 18 
      Olga Yiparaki
       On Student Understanding of the Language of Mathematics 

       
      November 8 
      Jason Belnap
       Understanding the Mathematics Teaching Assistant 

       
      November 29 
      Sean Larson
       When Convincing Arguments Fail to Convince

       

       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

      Spring 2002 Schedule

      January 17 
      Jennifer Christian Smith
      The Emergent Perspective: Connecting Classroom Mathematical Practices with Individual Cognitive Development

       
      January 31 
      Christine Brew, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
      Imagining a Relativist Mathematics Curriculum

      NOTE: This talk will begin at 3:00 so as not to conflict with the Mathematics Colloquium.
       
      February 7 
      Katrina Jimenez and Julio D. Melendez-Morales
       Misconceptions and validation of proof amongst college students: A literature review

       
      February 15 
      Deborah Ball 
       Studying Instructional Interventions: Facing Challenges of Practice-Based Measurement

      NOTE: This talk takes place on FRIDAY morning, 9:00-10:00
       
      February 21 
      Julie Tarr, Pima Community College
       Bootstrapping in Teacher Education: Teachers Teaching Teachers

       
      March 7 
      Debra Wood 
       The Impact of Calculus Reform on Long-term Student Performance
      Alexei Kassymov 
       On mathematical giftedness and creativity

       
      March 21 
      Jason Belnap
        Understanding the Graduate Mathematics Teaching Assistant: A Pilot Study

       
      March 28 
      John Willy
       Student Engaged Time in the Mathematics Classroom: A Comparison Between

      Coeducational and Single Sex Classrooms
       
      April 4 
      Jennifer Christian Smith
       TBA

       
      April 11 
      Sally Jacobs, Arizona State University and Maricopa Community College
       Advanced Placement Calculus Students’ Ways of Thinking About Variable

       
      April 25 
      Cynthia O. Anhalt and Dr. Robin Ward, University of Arizona
       Prospective Elementary Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Their Use of Mathematical

      Representations
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