This page contains the meeting program
for the NES/MAA Fall 2000 Meeting at Providence College, along with other
information (or links) about the meeting. At the beginning of the
program, there is a link to abstracts for the presentations that will
be given at the meeting. As additional information about the meeting is
received, it will be put up on this site.
At this meeting, we will be electing three officers for the section, the Vice-Chairperson (Chair-Elect), the Secretary-Treasurer, and the Two-Year Representative on the Executive Committee.
Registration form: A form
with information is available but you are not able to register on-line.
Lodging
Providence College Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Directions to Providence College and a campus map
Schedule
Friday, November 17, 2000
| 2:00-6:00 pm | Registration (in Slavin Hall) |
| 2:00-2:30 pm | Executive Committee Meeting |
| 2:30-3:30 pm | Panel on Mathematics Contests |
| 3:30-4:30 pm | Panel Discussion: How the NCTM Standards Effect Mathematics Teaching, K-16. |
| 3:30-4:30 pm | The
Geometer’s Sketchpad for Beginners.
Leaders: Robert Marley, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT Anthony Parrillo, Ponaganset High School, Foster-Glocester, RI |
| 4:30-5:30 pm | Unpredictable
Behavior in a Simple ODE: An Undergraduate Research Project
Lisa Humphreys, Rhode Island College |
| 4:30-5:30 pm | The
Geometer’s Sketchpad for Intermediates.
Leaders: Robert Marley, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT Anthony Parrillo, Ponaganset High School, Foster-Glocester, RI |
| 4:30-5:30 pm | A
Sabbatical at MathSoft: Launching Mathcad 2000 and the Learning Site
Donna Beers, Simmons College Beth Porter, MathSoft, Inc. |
| 5:30-6:00 pm | Reception |
| 6:00-7:00 pm | Banquet |
| 7:00-8:00 pm | A Tribute
to Erdos Number Zero
Peter Schumer, Middlebury College |
Saturday, November 18, 2000
| 8:00 am-Noon | Registration (in Slavin Hall) |
| 8:00-9:00 am | Student Talks |
| 9:00-10:00 am | "How did he
do it?" : Escher”s Geometrical Prints and the Original Tilings in the Moorish
Palace Alhambra
Judith Moran, Trinity College |
| 9:00 am - 2:00 pm | Book Exhibit |
| 10:00-10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30-11:20 am | CHRISTIE
LECTURE:
Personal Thoughts on What to Teach and How Not to Teach It Edward B. Burger, Williams College |
| 11:30-12:00 pm | Business Meeting and Election of Officers |
| 12:00-1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:00 pm | New Faculty Talks -- Talks by faculty new to the Northeastern
Section.
Kevin Blount, Boston College Alain D'Amour, Southern Connecticut State University Raimundo Kovac, Rhode Island College Eric Kuennen, Simmons College Kenneth Matthews, Quinnipiac University Cornelius Nelan, Quinnipiac University Karen Sanders, Rhode Island College Joanna Su, Providence College Chris Teixeira, Rhode Island College Jim Wright, Green Mountain College. |
| 2:00-3:00 pm | Inventing,
Telling, and Solving 150 Word Problems
Kenneth Preskenis, Framingham State College |
| 3:00-3:50 pm | Contributed Papers (Abstracts) |
Program Committee:
