Spring 2009 Mathematics Education Colloquium Schedule

Please mark your calendars. We hope you will join us, and invite your colleagues to attend whenever possible.

These events are sponsored by the Division of Science and Mathematics Education, Colleges of Education and Natural Science. For more information, contact Becky Murthum, 355-1715, murthum@msu.edu.

All days and times are Wednesdays from 3:30-5pm (unless otherwise noted), with refreshments at 3 pm.

January 28:  Jon Davis, Western Michigan University
507 Erickson

Examining the Influence of Core-Plus Mathematics on Several Postsecondary Student Achievement Measures

Jon Davis Streaming Video


February 4:  Jennifer Kaplan, Michigan State University
507 Erickson

Lesson Study in Calculus: The Derivative

Jennifer Kaplan Streaming Video, Part I

Jennifer Kaplan Streaming Video, Part II

February 25:  David Pimm, University of Alberta

252 Erickson

Cultures of Generality and Their Associated Pedagogies

David Pimm Streaming Video

March 4:  Maria Blanton and Despina Stylianou, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

252 Erickson

What Difference Do Our Words Make? Discourse and Knowing in Undergraduate Students' Learning of Proof

Blanton and Stylianou Streaming Video

 

March 18:  Edd Taylor, Northwestern University

252 Erickson

To Divinity and Beyond: Exploring Mathematical Expectancy of Meaning in Churches and Schools

Edd Taylor Streaming Video

(we apologize for the poor audio quality at times in this video - will fix for next taping)

 

April 1:  Eric Knuth, University of Wisconsin

507 Erickson

Middle School Students' Production of Mathematical Justifications

Eric Knuth Streaming Video

April 29:  Joan Moss, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

252 Erickson

Tracking Young Students' Developing Abilities to Generalize in the Context of Patterning Problems

Joan Moss Streaming Video