New Perspectives in Mathematics Education: A Celebration in Honor of the Contributions of Joseph G. Rosenstein on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday
March 16, 2002
Busch Campus Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
- Organizers:
- Valerie DeBellis, East Carolina University, debellis@dimacs.rutgers.edu
- Yakov Epstein, Rutgers University, yepstein@rci.rutgers.edu
- Fred S. Roberts, Rutgers University, froberts@dimacs.rutgers.edu
Co-sponsored by DIMACS and CMSCE (Center for Mathematics, Science and Computer Education).
Program:
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast and Registration
8:30 - 8:35 Welcome and Greeting:
Fred S. Roberts, DIMACS Director
8:35 - 8:40 Welcome and Greeting:
Gerald A. Goldin, University Director, Science and Mathematics Partnerships
8:40 - 8:45 Opening Conference Remarks:
Valerie A. DeBellis, Conference Chair, East Carolina University
8:45 - 9:25 Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Michigan State University
Doing Mathematics Education Reform, Discreetly:
Lessons and Challenges
9:30 - 10:10 Gerald Goldin, Rutgers University
Systems of Representation for Mathematical Learning
and Problem Solving
10:10 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:00 Valerie DeBellis, East Carolina University
Mathematical Problem Solving: A Dance Between Affect
and Cognition
11:05 - 11:35 Claudia Pagliaro, University of Pittsburgh
Problem Solving in Education of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
Students and the Impact of a Visual Language
11:40 - 12:10 Susan Picker, New York Public Schools
An International Study of Student Images of Mathematicians
12:10 - 1:40 Lunch with open-microphone tributes to Joe Rosenstein
Rick Falk, Rutgers University
Greg Cherlin, Rutgers University
Anil Nerode, Cornell University
Janice Kowalczyk, Rutgers University
Chuck Biehl, Charter School of Wilmington
Warren Crown, Rutgers University
Joe Malkevitch, York College (CUNY)
1:40 - 2:20 Margaret (Midge) Cozzens, University of Colorado, Denver,
and Colorado Institute of Technology
Teaching, Learning, and the Role of Assessment
2:25 - 3:25 DEBATE
What is -- or what should be -- the responsibility
of mathematics departments with respect to mathematics
education? What impediments exist within colleges that make
it difficult for math departments to play this role and
how can they be overcome? Should they be overcome?
Carole Lacampagne, National Academy of Sciences
Roger Howe, Yale University
Alfred Manaster, University of California - San Diego
3:25 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 4:25 Henry Pollak, Teachers College, Columbia
A Recent History of the Teaching of Mathematical Modeling
4:30 - 5:10 Joseph G. Rosenstein, Rutgers University
Mathematical Problem Solving: A Personal Perspective
5:10 - 6:30 Wine and Cheese Reception with Presentations
Next: Registration
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