Seminars

Mathematics Education Seminar – Past Talks

All talks in or after Spring 2019 are accessible through the UConn Events Calendar.
The table below is of talks prior to Spring 2019.
9/25/06
Mathematics Education Seminar
An undergraduate writing course in Mathematics
Fabiana Cardetti (University of Connecticut)
10/11/06
Mathematics Education Seminar
A Scientist in the Classroom: an Educational Outreach Program at the University of Marseille, France
Paul-Jean Cahen
10/30/06
Mathematics Education Seminar
The Teaching of Calculus: What Changes Are on the Horizon?
Deborah Hughes Hallett (University of Arizona/Harvard University)
11/15/06
Mathematics Education Seminar
Preparation for Sciences: Integrating Intermediate Algebra and Mathematical Modeling
Sarah Glaz (University of Connecticut)
2/21/07
Mathematics Education Seminar
Habits of Mind: An organizing principle for mathematics curriculum and instruction
Michelle Manes
3/14/07
Mathematics Education Seminar
K-12 Mathematics Education: Problems, Progress and Possibilities
Megan Staples (University of Connecticut)
3/28/07
Mathematics Education Seminar
Are Mathematicians Good Problem Solvers?
Chuck Vinsonhaler (University of Connecticut)
4/4/07
Mathematics Education Seminar
High School Calculus in Japan and the United States
Thomas Judson (Harvard University)
11/26/07
Mathematics Education Seminar
Assessing mathematics teacher candidates through an ‘Advanced Mathematics for High School Teaching’ Course
Pete Johnson and Hari Koirala
12/3/07
Mathematics Education Seminar
Mathematics in the Making: First Guess; then Prove
Mary Truxaw
2/5/08
Mathematics Education Seminar
The game of Hex and other mathematics topics for K-12 teachers.
Alvaro Lozano-Robledo (Cornell University)
2/8/08
Mathematics Education Seminar
A Place For Everyone
Karen Lange (University of Chicago)
3/31/08
Mathematics Education Seminar
Project M^3: Mentoring Mathematical Minds
Kathy Gavin, Tutita Casa, and Jill Adelson (University of Connecticut)
4/21/08
Mathematics Education Seminar
Knowing Mathematics Well Enough to Teach It: What More Does It Take?
Heather Hill (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
11/6/08
Mathematics Education Seminar
Math Ed Conversation
11/19/08
Mathematics Education Seminar
Math ACCESS: Academic Content and Communication Equals Student Success
Megan Staples and Mary Truxaw (University of Connecticut)
12/1/08
Mathematics Education Seminar
An Approach to Teaching Structural Properties of Arithmetic to Teachers
Jeremy Teitelbaum
2/11/09
Mathematics Education Seminar
Part 1: Peer Tutoring at the Quantitative Learning Center
Alvaro Lozano-Robledo and Tom Roby (University of Connecticut)
2/18/09
Mathematics Education Seminar
Part 2: UConn’s Quantitative Learning Center: Research and Future Directions
Alvaro Lozano-Robledo and Tom Roby (University of Connecticut)
2/25/09
Mathematics Education Seminar
Blogging for Education
Stephen Miller (University of Connecticut)
3/30/09
Mathematics Education Seminar
A Perspective of Experts in Mathematics on Understanding the First-Year Calculus
Kimberly Santucci Sofronas (Emmanuel College)
10/8/09
Mathematics Education Seminar
The learning of fractions: How can it be built on the learning of whole numbers?
Liping Ma
10/28/09
Mathematics Education Seminar
Justification as a disciplinary practice and a learning practice: Negotiating its meaning in classroom.
Megan Staples (UConn Neag School of Education)
3/18/10
Mathematics Education Seminar
Linear Algebra Education Reform: Building a strong sequence of undergraduate linear algebra courses.
Steven J. Leon (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)
4/1/10
Mathematics Education Seminar
The Common Core State Standards in Mathematics
William McCallum (University of Arizona)
4/22/10
Mathematics Education Seminar
Elementary teachers as mathematicians: Turning challenges into opportunities
Kenneth I. Gross (University of Vermont)
9/23/10
Mathematics Education Seminar
Memorization or understanding: are we teaching the right thing?
Eric Mazur (Harvard University)
2/17/11
Mathematics Education Seminar
Chaos and Fractals: Exciting Students About Mathematics
Robert Devaney (Boston University)
11/16/11
Mathematics Education Seminar
If It Pleases the Court: The Use of Mathematical Reasoning in the Courtroom
Mark Myers (Point Break Associates, LLC)
11/1/12
Mathematics Education Seminar
Algebra: The Calisthenics for the Game of Life
Herbert Gross (Math as a Second Language)
11/5/14
Mathematics Education Seminar
Flipping the Dice
Jonathan Bloom (MIT)
2/4/15
Mathematics Education Seminar
CRITICALITY IN (FOREIGN LANGUAGE) EDUCATION
Michael Byram (Durham University)
4/4/16
Mathematics Education Seminar
When Teachers Make Students Argue in MathÖ
Steven LeMay (University of Connecticut)
4/11/16
Mathematics Education Seminar
When Teachers Make Students Argue in MathÖ
Steven LeMay (University of Connecticut)
4/19/16
Mathematics Education Seminar
Explicitly Valuing Mathematical Creativity in Proof-Based Courses
Houssein El-Turkey (University of New Haven)
4/28/16
Mathematics Education Seminar
Mathematical Writing: What is it?
Madelyn Williams Colonnese (University of Connecticut)
10/25/16
Mathematics Education Seminar
Mathematical Argumentation: Progress and Challenges
Megan Staples (University of Connecticut)
11/7/16
Mathematics Education Seminar
Studying Teacher Learning: The Challenges Associated with Documenting the Effects of Professional Development
Suzanne Wilson (University of Connecticut)
3/22/17
Mathematics Education Seminar
Redirection and Other Methodological Conceptions Supportive of Students Sensemaking in Model-Based Learning Environments
Todd Campbell (University of Connecticut)
4/13/17
Mathematics Education Seminar
Proof-Writing vs. Proving: Do Our Students Know Thereís a Difference?
Rachel Schwell (Central Connecticut State University)
11/8/17
Mathematics Education Seminar
Designing and Implementing Online Programs in Mathematics Courses for Students with Prerequisite Deficiencies
David McArdle (University of Connecticut)
2/14/18
Mathematics Education Seminar
Rehumanizing Mathematics: Should That Be Our Goal?
Rochelle Gutierrez (University of Illinois)
8/31/18
Mathematics Education Seminar
Coming soon
Michael Fabiana Byram, Cardetti (Durham University, UConn)
10/4/18
Mathematics Education Seminar
Educating for Intercultural Citizenship Across the Disciplines
Michael Byram (Durham University)
10/5/18
Mathematics Education Seminar
Symposium: Intellectual Humility in Education
several several (varied)
10/8/18
Mathematics Education Seminar
The Role of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Developing Intercultural Citizenship in Education – and vice versa
Michael Byram, Fabiana Cardetti, and Manuela Wagner (Durham University, UConn)
10/9/18
Mathematics Education Seminar
Intercultural competence in the Chemistry classroom
Michael Byram, Fabiana Cardetti, and Manuela Wagner (Durham University, UConn)
10/9/18
Mathematics Education Seminar
Learning to live together with intercultural and democratic competence – a European perspective
Michael Byram (Durham University)