Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education

Konferenz: Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education . Portland, Oregon , USA.

Internet: Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education

Termin: 24.02.2011 - 27.02.2011.

Kurzbeschreibung

The conference is a forum for researchers in collegiate mathematics education to share results of research addressing issues pertinent to the learning and teaching of undergraduate mathematics. The conference is organized around the following themes: results of current research, contemporary theoretical perspectives and research paradigms, and innovative methodologies and analytic approaches as they pertain to the study of undergraduate mathematics education. The program will include plenary addresses, contributed paper sessions, and preliminary paper sessions.

Themen

The SIGMAA on RUME aims to foster a professional atmosphere for quality research in the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics. We solicit proposals for contributed research reports presenting results from completed research studies on undergraduate mathematics education that address one or more of the following themes:

• results of current research
• contemporary theoretical perspectives and research paradigms
• innovative methodologies and analytical approaches as they pertain to the study of undergraduate mathematics education

Programmkomitee

• Stacy Brown - Pitzer College - Chairperson
• Karen Marrongelle - Portland State University - Local Organizer

Hauptvorträge

• Janet Kolodner: "Promoting Mathematical Thinking: Lessons Learned from Learning by Design (LBD) and Project-Based Inquiry Science (PBIS)"
• Annie Selden: "A home for RUME”
• Michael Shaughnessy: "Conducting research across the K-12 to college threshold: Reasons why and some examples."
• Rina Zazkis: "Experience of disturbance as inspiration for RUME”