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In This Issue Contributed Papers S Minicourses THE NEWSLETIER OF THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA April 1998 Volume 18, Number 4 , In This Issue contributed papers S Minicourses 6 Social Events SpecialSes."'l ~/Of/S 7 Call for Student Papers Invited Addresses 8 Housing Form 9 Program at a Glance "If/vesting for Retlrem 10 Registration Information The Mathematical Association of America 1529 Eighteenth St., NW Washington, DC 20036 FOCUS FOCUS is published by the Mathematical Association of America in January, February, March, April, May/June, August/September, October, November, and December. 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You won't want to miss the Hedrick Lecture Series: GeometricVariational Problems, three lectures by Jean Taylor or Donald Saari speak on The Mathematics of Voting: What Causes Lousy Election Outcomes?; everyone will enjoy Joseph Gallian talk on Breaking Drivers' License Codesand Ross Honsberger on Some Mathematical Morsels. Looking for other activities? How about the contributed paper session on Multi­ media and Mathematics Education, or the minicourse on Cooperative Learning in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, or the special session on GreatTheorems of Mathematics, or a workshop on Integrating Active Learning Techniques into Lectures or...dozens of other mathematical sessions, social events, and the charms of Canada in the summer. Come to the meeting early and attend the Short Course on Mathematics and Magic by Brent Morrisand Arthur Benjamin. This is a meeting you want to attend in a place you want to visit. DON'T MISS IT! 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Geometric Variational Problems Lecture 1: Soap Films Models of Mathematical Sciences Concurrent Models: Thursday, 9:30 am-I 0:20 am and their Applications throughout Teaching Mathematics while Lecture 2: Crystals the Curriculum Developing Teaching Skills Friday, 9:30 am-l0:20 am Lee Zia University of New Hampshire Morris Orzech Queens University Lecture 3: Ice Cubes versus Snow Flakes Frank Giordano COMAP Eric Muller BrockUniversity Saturday, 9:30 am-l0:20 am This is Part 2 of a session (Part' will be David Poole TrentUniversity presented at the SIAM meeting); the In this CMS-Fields-MAA panel, the pre­ . -- - - - - . -- -- senters will discuss some models for AWM-MAA INVITED ADDRESS two parts are related but not codepen­ Margaret H. Wright Bell Laboratories, LucentTechnologies dent. In this session, presenters will re­ addressing the initial and ongoing The Interior-Point Revolution in port on innovative models that illustrate development of teaching skills at vari­ Constrained Optimization the infusion of the mathematical sci­ ous levels, in the context of activity Thursday, 3:05 pm-3:55 pm ences and their applications throughout whose primary focus is mathematics. Thursday, 3:55 pm-5:45 pm a course and/or curriculum. Special --CMS-FIELDS-MAA- - - -INVITED- --ADDRESS- - - attention will be paid to working with Leon GlassMcGill University Assessment Alternatives colleagues from non-mathematical sci­ Mathematics Education for the Life Sciences Janet C. Woodland University of Arkansas ence disciplines during the conceptual­ Thursday, 8:30 am-9:20 am Heather Hulett MiamiUniversity (Ohio) ization, development, and implementa­ How can we create and evaluate a vari­ tion stages of a project. Sustainability --MAA STUDENT- - -LECTURE-- - -- . - ety of assignments to encourage and Ross A. Honsberger University of Waterloo issues will be discussed. Speakers measure student learning, beyond the Some Mathematical Morsels include Michael Moody, Harvey Mudd traditional homework problem sets Saturday, 3:05 pm-3:55 pm College; Dan Schwalbe, Macalester and quizzes? Examples of some such College; Daniel P. Maki, Indiana Univer­ assignments include: presentations, re­ --NAM-MAA- -INVITED----ADDRESS- - - - sity; and Kurt Bryan, Rose-Hulman writing textbook selections, peer review Nathaniel Dean RiceUniversity Institute of Technology. of writing assignments, projects, and Network Visualization Thursday, , :00 pm-2:50 pm course portfolios. Invited panelists will Friday, 8:30 am-9:20 am provide detailed examples of such assignments and how to grade them; -PI MU- EPSILON-- - -- -- - - - Teaching Collaborations between this will be followed by a breakout and J. SUTHERLAND FRAME LECTURE 2-year and 4-year Colleges discussion session where participants Joseph A. Gallian University of Minnesota, Duluth Bonnie Gold Wabash College can exchange ideas. Breaking Drivers' License Codes Sheldon P. Gordon SUNY Farmingdale Thursday, 3:55 pm-5:45 pm Friday, 8:00 pm-9:00 pm Teaching collaborations between two­ and four-year colleges can have benefits The Mathematics Education of -Dorothy- --Buer!< IthacaCollege- -. --- -- for both schools. These benefits include Teachers Project What We Say, What Students Hear: facilitating student transitions between Marjorie Enneking Portland StateUniversity A Case for Active Listening two-year colleges and the four-year Thursday, , 0:30 arn-l :20 am The Mathematics Education of Teachers schools at which they finish their under­ Project, funded by the US Department graduate degrees, and contributing to of Education, is a joint effort of the math­ --Henry O.. Pollak- ---ColumbiaUniversity- -- -- faculty development at both schools. ematical sciences professional societies. Stability and Sensitivity in High School and The panelists, including Jacqueline College Mathematics The project will set guidelines for the Friday, , 0:30 am-l :20 am Giles, Houston Community College; initial mathematics preparation and con­ Central College; Doris Schattschneider, tinuing mathematical development of - - Moravian College; and Karen Sharp, teachers P-12 and encourage support­ Liliane--------- Beaulieu Universite de Montreal - Bourbaki Choices Mott Community College, will discuss ing activities to foster the implementa­ tion of these recommendations. After a Friday, 3:05 pm-3:50 pm collaborations of this sort in which they have been involved: how they came description of progress to date, there - - . - --- . -- will be an open forum to gather sugges­ Andrew Odlyzko AT&TLabs - - about, what the collaboration
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