The 5th Conversations among Colleagues
What Does It Mean To Do Mathematics?
Saturday, March 21, 2009
The University of Michigan - Dearborn is pleased to host the Fifth Conversations among Colleagues Conference Saturday March 21, 2009.
Randy Philipp from San Diego State University will
provide the keynote presentation:
Motivating Prospective Elementary School Teachers to
Learn Mathematics by Focusing Upon Children’s
Mathematical Thinking
Pat Herbst from University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
will give the closing session:
What 'Doing Mathematics' Could Look Like
in High School
Additional speakers include: Hyman Bass and Deborah L. Ball (UM-Ann Arbor), Betty Phillips (MSU), Judith Jacobs (UM-Ann Arbor), Asli Koca-Ozgun (WSU), Stephen Blair (EMU)).
Presentations will relate to the conference theme "What Does It Mean To Do Mathematics?" Presenters will engage participants in thinking together about aspects of mathematics problem solving, reasoning, representation, and proof, and how our understanding of these processes may inform and support work in teacher education and professional development.
Extended
Early-bird registration deadline Friday, February 27, 2009
Visit the CAC web site for updates, including speaker proposal forms.
