University of Kentucky
Mathematics Education Seminar
Date: Monday, September 12, 2005
Agenda: Meet and Greet, plan upcoming sessions.
Place: Dickey Hall, Room 127
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Additional Information: Feel free to bring your lunch, additional refreshments will be provided.
Date: Monday, September 19, 2005
Agenda: Journal article discussion.
Article: Hill, H.C., & Ball, D. L. (2004). Learning mathematics for teaching: Results from California.s mathematics professional development institutes. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 35 (5), 330-351.
Place: Dickey Hall, Room 127
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Additional Information: Videos from the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) workshop entitled:"The Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (K-8): Why, What and How?"
Date: Friday, September 23, 2005
Title: Knowing Mathematics for Teaching (Abstract)
Speakers: Deborah Ball, University of Michigan
Hyman Bass, University of Michigan
Place: CB 235
Time: 1:00-1:50 PM
Additional Information: Dr. Ball & Dr. Bass will chat with graduate students from 2-3:00pm in CB 235.
Date: Monday, October 3, 2005
Speaker: Jennifer Eli
Title: A Pilot Study Evaluating Community College Educators Attitudes and Perceptions Regarding Student Outcomes: An Investigation into Differences by Discipline
Place: Dickey Hall, Room 127
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Additional Information:
Date: Saturday, October 15, 2005
Event: Mathematics Education Retreat
Place: Hilton; Lexington Green
Time: 8:30-2:30pm
Presentations: Traci Dundas
Paul Eakin
Carl Lee
Lingling Ma
Joan Mazur
Richard Millman
Kenneth Tyler
Date: Monday, October 17, 2005
Topic: Paper Discussion: "Role of Definition"
Place: Dickey Hall, Room 127
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Additional Information: Additional copies of the paper are available in POT 918; Refreshments will be provided.
Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Speaker: Linda Sheffield, Northern Kentucky University
Place: Dickey Hall Room 353
Time: 3:30-4:30pm
Title: The New CIA: Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in Mathematics Education for the 21st Century
Presentation: Curriculum: What does it mean for Kentucky to have a world-class mathematics curriculum?
Additional Information: Linda Sheffield, Regent's Professor, Department of Elementary, Middle & Secondary Programs and Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
Date: Monday, October 31, 2005
Speaker: Xin Ma, University of Kentucky
Title: Early acceleration of students in mathematics: Does it promote growth and stability of growth in achievement across mathematical areas?
Place: Dickey Hall, Room 127
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Additional Information: Discussion will be focused on early acceleration versus curriculum enrichment - critical issues in mathematics education
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Speaker: Linda Sheffield, Northern Kentucky University
Place: CB 231
Time: 3:30-4:30pm
Title: The New CIA: Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in Mathematics Education for the 21st Century
Presentation: Instruction: How can research on how students learn inform our teaching of mathematics?
Additional Information: Meet Dr. Linda Sheffield. A departmental tea will be held from 2:45-3:15 pm in Patterson Office Tower Room 745.
Date: Monday, December 5, 2005
Speakers: Eugenia Toma, University of Kentucky Martin School of Public Policy & Administration.
Lynn Aubrey, University of Kentucky Martin School of Public Policy & Administration.
Title: School Effectiveness of the Appalachian Mathematics and Science Partnership
Place: Dickey Hall, Room 127
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Additional Information: Eugenia Toma is a Professor of Public Policy & Administration
Lynn Aubrey is a Ph.D. candidate in the Martin School of Public Policy & Administration
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Speaker: Linda Sheffield, Northern Kentucky University
Place: CB 231
Time: 3:30-4:30pm
Title: The New CIA: Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in Mathematics Education for the 21st Century
Presentation: Assessment: What are the purposes of mathematics assessment and how might we best design assessment to serve those purposes?
Additional Information: Linda Sheffield, Regent's Professor, Department of Elementary, Middle & Secondary Programs and Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
Date: Monday, December 12, 2005
Speaker: Tad Watanabe, Pennsylvania State University
Place: Taylor Education Building Room 122
Time: 2:00-3:00pm
Title: Initial Treatment of Fractions in Japanese Textbooks
Additional Information: Tad Watanabe is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education
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