Schedule of the Fifth Conference on the Teaching
of Mathematics
Friday, June 21, 1996
8.45 Greeting
William Kirwan, President, University of Maryland
9:00 Keynote Address:
William Thurston, Director, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Glimpsing the Mind: Biology, Mathematics and Humility
10:00 Break
10:20- Contributed Papers
12:00
10:30 Mathematics: Working With Other Departments
Samuel Rankin, American Mathematical Society (moderator)
Barbara Shipman, University of Rochester
The Relationship Between Educational Research and Teaching Practice
David Mathews, Central Michigan University
Differential Equations: Involving the Engineering Community
Paul Blanchard, Boston University (moderator)
David Lomen, University of Arizona
Michael Ruane, Electrical Engineering, Boston University
Andrew Douglas, Mechanical Engineering, John Hopkins University
12:00 Lunch Break
1:30 Evaluating New Curricula
Howard Penn, United States Naval Academy (moderator)
Tom Sallee, University of California, Davis
Marilyn Carlson, Arizona State University
Curriculum Reform in Large Institutions
Harvey Keynes, University of Minnesota (moderator)
Michael Sears, University of Witwatersrand, S. Africa
Morton Brown, University of Michigan
Sally Fischbeck, Rochester Institute of Technology and the AP
Integrating Calculus and Physics: Three Case Studies
David Johnson, Diablo Valley College (moderator)
Andrew Rex, Physics, University of Puget Sound
Tom Shumpert, Electrical Engineering, Auburn University
Phillip Zenor, Auburn University
1:30- Contributed Papers
3:10
3:00 Break
3:30 Cooperative Learning
Janet Ray, Seattle Central Community College (moderator)
Ward Henson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bob Megginson, University of Michigan
Phyllis Leonard, Chemeketa Community College
NETMATH: A Coalition for Web-based Distance Learning in Mathematics
Debra Woods, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (moderator)
Scott Gray, Ohio State University
Beverly Michael, University of Pittsburgh
Patricia Mills, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
3:30 The Clients'View
Jeffrey Froyd, Electrical Engineering, Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology (moderator)
Francis Sullivan, Institute for Defense Analysis
Kelin Kuhn, Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
Andrew Rappe, Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
3:30 Contributed Papers
-5:10
6:00 Welcome
Robert F. Watson, Director, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science
Foundation
6:00 Cocktails and Reception
-8:00
Poster Session
Marcelle Bessman, Jacksonville University
Benjamin N. Levy
8:00 Technology Workshops
-10:00
Saturday, June 22
8:30 Calculus: Where Do We Go From Here?
Donal O'Shea, Mt. Holyoke (moderator)
Deborah Hughes Hallett, Harvard University
Harriet Pollatsek, Mt. Holyoke College
Daniel Teague, North Carolina School Math & Science
Jerry Uhl, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Al Shenk, University of California, San Diego
Denny Guilick, University of Maryland
8:30- Contributed Papers
10:30
10:30 Break
11:00 Mathematics for the Life Sciences
Clifford Taubes, Harvard University (moderator)
Kelin Kuhn, Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
Steve Massaquoi, MD, National Institute of Health
Learning By Doing: The Active Role of Learning in the Reform Movement
Elizabeth Mayfield, Hood College
David Smith, Duke University
Julie Ayres, Student, Hood College
Aba Blankson, Student, Hood College
Elizabeth Kyle, Student, Hood College
11:00- Contributed Papers
12:00
12:00 Lunch Break
1:30 Integrated First Year Curricula: How Physicists, Mathematicians,
and Engineers Work Together
Jeffrey Froyd, Electrical Engineering, Rose -Hulman Institute of Technology
Robin Carr, Drexel University
Preparing for Calculus: Reformed Precalculus
Daniel Teague, North Carolina School of Math and Science (moderator)
Jere Confrey, Cornell University
Sheldon Gordon, Suffolk County Community College
Linda Almgren Kime, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Rigor, Mathematics and Calculus
William G. McCallum, Institute for Advanced Study and the
University of Arizona (moderator)
Andrew M. Gleason, Harvard University
Leonard Gillman, University of Texas
George Andrews, Pennsylvania State University
Lawrence C. Moore, Duke University
1:30- Contributed Papers
3:10
3:00 Break
3:30 Reform Across the Curriculum
Lee Zia, National Science Foundation (moderator)
William E. Boyce, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dennis DeTurck, University of Pennsylvania
Brad Osgood, Stanford University
Alan Tucker, State University of New York at Stony Brook
CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSIONS
Friday, June 21
TOPICS IN TRANSITION: BEFORE CALCULUS
10:20 Michelle Manes, Education Development Center, Inc.
A New Precalculus Curriculum: The Gateways to Advanced
Mathematical Thinking Project
10:40 Ann Davidian, Andrew Lippai, General Douglas MacArthur High School
Steve Okolica, The Wheatley School, The High School Experience
11:00 Emmett Dennis, Southeastern Louisiana University, Teaching
Precalculus Using Cooperative Learning Groups
11:20 Harold Mick, Wayne Patty, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University A Transformational and Technological Approach to
Precalculus: A Collaborative Effort
11:40 Lin McMullin, Burnt Hills - Ballston Lake High School, Quo vadis Algebra?
(moderator)
SPECIAL TOPICS
10:20 Noemi Halpern, Brooklyn College, Mathematics and the ESL Student
10:40 David Salb, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY; Hershey Friedman,
Noemi Halpern, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Teaching Statistics with Fictional Anecdotes
11:00 A. F. Meiring, University of Pretoria, Ideas for a Workbook in Calculus
11:20 Bob Case, Northeastern University
Introducing Reformed Calculus in Inner City High Schools:
A School-University Collaboration in Progress in Boston
11:40 Nicholas Jones, Gregory Chirikjian, The Johns Hopkins University
Calculus for Engineering Laboratory at The Johns Hopkins (moderator)
USING TECHNOLOGY
10:20 Kathleen Cage Mittag, University of Texas at San Antonio
Using the Sharp Graphing Calculator in Precalculus and Calculus
10:40 Karen King, University of Maryland, How the Use of the TI-92
Affects Teaching Calculus
11:00 Gabriele Germann, Boston University, Effects of a Graphing Calculator
on Learning: A Student Perspective
11:20 Joachim Bullacher, Baltimore City Community College, Short Algorithms
for "Nice" Graphing Calculator Domains
11:40 Iris Fetta, Clemson University, Making Derivatives Intuitive for Students
in an Applied Calculus Course
Douglas Shaw, University of Minnesota, (moderator)
CHANGING PEDAGOGY
1:30 Linda Powers, Margaret McQuain, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University, Using Writing in Calculus to Promote Critical Thinking
1:50 Charlotte Rappe Zales, Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales
Improving Student Achievement in Mathematics Through Active Learning
2:10 Jim Reynolds, Clarion University, Models for Prospective Teachers:
Calculus Reform and the NCTM Standards
2:30 Kathleen Cage Mittag, University of Texas at San Antonio, What Students
Think About a Consortium's Approach Calculus I Class
2:50 John Cole, Chichester Senior High School, Teaching Volumes of Solids of
Revolution - from the Concrete to the Abstract (moderator)
TOPICS IN TRANSITION: CALCULUS
1:30 John Armon, Robin Hocken, Patrick Ward, Illinois Central College,
Contracting for Calculus - Calculus Technology Projects
1:50 Anne Young, Loyola College in Maryland, A Calculus I Project: Discovering
the Derivative of an Exponential Function
2:10 Moses Glasner, The Pennsylvania State University, Shall We Prove the Mean
Value Theorem?
2:30 A. M. Haghighi, Benedict College,
Calculus Excellence Workshop Outcome Report: A Case Study (moderator)
USING TECHNOLOGY
1:30 Kimberly Long, The American University, A High School Student Survey
Via the Internet
1:50 Carol Bell, University of Texas, Introducing Preservice Mathematics Teachers
to Hypermedia
2:10 James Martino, Johns Hopkins University, How Effective is Technology in
Helping Students Learn Calculus?
2:30 Kathy Yoshiwara, Bruce Yoshiwara, Los Angeles Pierce College, Precalculus
Lessons Using Technology
ASSESSING STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE
3:30 Chris Rasmussen, University of Maryland,
Qualitative Problem Solving Strategies of First Order Differential Equations:
The Case of Amy
3:50 Vidi Sundar, California State University, Stanislaus, Experiments on
Holistic Assessment
4:10 Brian Hunt, University of Maryland, Assessment Issues in Mathematica/Maple-based
Courses
4:30 Shrinavs Dalal, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Using Technology in
Assessing Students' Knowledge
4:50 Edgar Acuna Fernandez, University of Puerto Rico, A Statistical Study to
Compare Reform Calculus and Traditional Calculus
Karen Singer, University of Minnesota (moderator)
TOPICS IN TRANSITION: BEYOND CALCULUS
3:30 Matthew Miller, University of South Carolina, A Project-Oriented Course in Mathematical Biology using Maple
3:50 Henry Ricardo, Medgar Evers College City University of New York, Resources for
a Modern Differential Equations Course
4:10 Robert Wheeler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Linking
Differential Equations and Environmental Engineering
4:30 Michelle Manes, Education Development Center, Inc.
Student Learning in Linear Algebra: The Gateways to Advanced Mathematical
Thinking Project
4:50 David Lay, University of Maryland at College Park, Teaching Linear Algebra
to Calculus Reform Students (moderator)
USING TECHNOLOGY
3:30 Charles Armstrong, University of Rhode Island, Instituting Statistics Reform
3:50 Anthony Ferzola, University of Scranton
Differential Equations Computer Projects: Using Maple as a Resource for
Mathematical Information
4:10 Garrett Stuck, University of Maryland, A Sophomore Level ODE Course Based
on Maple/Mathematica
4:30 Ahlam El-Hage Tannouri, Morgan State University, Differential Equations: A Laboratory Approach
4:50 Ron Lipsman, University of Maryland
A Sophomore Level Multivariable Calculus Course Based on Maple/Mathematica
(moderator)
Saturday, June 22
TOPICS IN TRANSITION: BEFORE CALCULUS
8:50 Susan Hahn, Kean College, Workshops for Algebra Mastery at Kean College of
New Jersey
9:10 Darrell Abney, Maysville Community College, NKATE Reform Intermediate Algebra
9:30 Barney Krinsky, Eunice Krinsky, California State University, Dominguez Hills
A Cooperative- Learning Based Precalculus Course
9:50 Yuri Rojas, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, An Integrated Calculus
With Precalculus Course
10:10 Mohammad H. Ahmadi, University of Wisconsin
Teaching Intermediate Algebra Using Mentors and Cooperative Learning (moderator)
SPECIAL TOPICS
8:50 Clement DeMayo, Providence College,
Preparing to Teach Logic: Some Heuristics for the Non-professional Logician
9:10 James Cornette, Ralph Ackerman, Iowa State University, Life Sciences Lab for
Calculus and Differential Equations
9:30 John Kinney, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Using a Computer Algebra
System in Probability
9:50 Richard Barshinger, Pennsylvania State University-Worthington/Scranton,
Average, Average, Average, and Alternating Series, Series, Series
10:10 Robert Sachs, George Mason University, Using a CAS to Enhance Understanding
of Infinite Series
USING TECHNOLOGY
8:30 Jay Appleman, Queensborough Community College
Technology, Industry, and Cooperative Learning: A Mixture that Works in Precalculus
8:50 Gene Bennett, University of Evansville, Brief Calculus, Not Algebra
9:10 Lawrence D'Antonio, Ramapo College
Teaching Students to Be Doers Not Users: Computer Programming in the
Mathematics Classroom
9:30 Lawrence Husch, University of Tennessee, Visual Calculus
9:50 Carmen Artino, The College of Saint Rose, The Harvard Calculus Program
in a Computer Classroom
10:10 Jack Kinslow, Mid-Atlantic Eisenhower Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education Internet: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving On-Line in the Mathematics
Classroom (moderator)
11:00- Matthias Kawski, Arizona State University, Vector Calculus via Linearizations
12:00 noon
11:00- Douglas Shaw, University of Minnesota, Calculus Initiative at the University of
12:00 noon Minnesota
11:00- Linda Almgren Kime, Judy Clark, University of Massachusetts, Boston;
12:00 noon Beverly Michael, University of Pittsburgh, Collaborating on College Algebra
CHANGING PEDAGOGY
1:30 Norean Radke Sharpe, Joe Aieta, Babson College
Can We Do Better Than the "Black Box" Approach to Curve Fitting?
1:50 Turner Hogan, Texas Woman's University, Using Physics to Teach Calculus
in an Integrated Course
2:10 Margaret Sullivan, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Enhancing
Qualitative Interpretation of Graphs
2:30 Jim Loats, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Our Experiences with Collaborative Course Reform Processes
2:50 G. Daniel Callon, Franklin College, Programmatic Reform: The Care and Feeding
of a Mathematics Major (moderator)
TOPICS IN TRANSITION: CALCULUS
1:30 James Gloor, Boston University, A Place for Calculus in General Education
1:50 Sarah Mabrouk, Boston University, An Educator's First Reaction To Calculus Reform
2:10 John Hennessey, Loyola College in Maryland, Making Math Majors Out of
Harvard Graduates II
2:30 Bem Cayco, San Jose State, Calculus Reform at San Jose State
2:50 Randall Wills, Dennis Merino, James Morgan, Southeastern Louisiana University
Team Teaching and the Harvard Calculus Project (moderator)
USING TECHNOLOGY
1:30 Carl Koreen, Monmouth University, Adi Ben-Israel, Rutgers University
Illustrating the Root-Finding Problem for a Polynomial Using Derive, Mathematica,
and Maple
1:50 Stephen Hilding, Gustavus Adolphus College, Geometric Constructions Using
Mathematica
2:10 Sherry Gale, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Calculus with Maple V,
An Integrated Approach
2:30 Bruce Char, Loren Argabright, Robert Busby, Drexel University
Using Maple: An Interactive Multimedia CD-ROM
2:50 Pat Rossi, Troy State University, Using Scientific Programming To Reinforce
Vital Concepts (moderator)