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