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The seminar was called "The Harvard Seminar on Education in Mathematical Sciences" and later came in flavors "Teaching Undergraduate Mathematics Seminar" (TUMS) or "Mathematics Education Speaker Series" (MESS).

Mathematics Education Speaker Series Seminars (Spring 2008)

  Date Speaker Institution Title Description
Wilfried Schmid April 17, 2008, 1 PM, SC 530 Wilfried Schmid Harvard University "Current Trends in US K-12 Mathematics Education, as Exemplified by TERC's 'Investigations' Program Professor Schmidt is also a member of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel.
Tom Judson March 20, 2008, 3 PM, SC 530 Tom Judson Harvard University "High School Calculus in Japan and the United States." Is high school calculus in Japan different than high school calculus in the U.S? How do high school calculus students from both countries compare? We examined and interviewed above average high school calculus students from Japan and the United States in order to determine any differences in their conceptual understanding of calculus and their ability to use algebra to solve traditional calculus problems. We will discuss the Japanese high school curriculum, some of our findings from the study, and the problems that we encountered in doing a cross-cultural investigation of Japanese and American calculus students. We will also present plans for future research.

Mathematics Education Speaker Series Seminars (Fall 2007)

  Date Speaker Institution Title Description
Carol Findell December 6, 2007, 1 PM, SC 530 Carol Findell School of Education, Boston University "How Can a Teacher Become an Expert Teacher?" What are the qualities of an expert teacher? Important attributes are defined and illustrated. Six ideas are explored in depth. More ...
Jon Star November 8, 2007, 1 PM, SC 530 Jon Star Harvard Graduate School of Education "Improving Students' Flexibility in Algebra: The Benefits of Comparison" Recent reform efforts in education are motivated by endemic problems with students gaining only inert knowledge -- rigid, inflexible knowledge that is not accessed or transferred to solve novel problems. More ...
Heather Hill October 18, 2007, 1 PM, SC 530 Heather Hill Harvard Graduate School of Education "Well Enough to Teach It: What More Does It Take?"

Mathematics Education Speaker Series Seminars (Spring 2007)

  Date Speaker Institution Title Description
Bret Benesh April 6, 2007, 2:30 PM, SC 308b Bret Benesh Harvard University "How Students Use Textbooks" How do our students use their math textbooks? This is a question to which most math instructors have anecdotal answers, but this has never been seriously studied...until now. To answer this question, we administered an anonymous written survey to over 1300 students in a variety of undergraduate mathematics courses at several universities. More [PDF] ...
Tom Roby March 9, 2007, 2 PM, SC 507 Tom Roby University of Connecticut "IBL and the (Arnold) Ross Program" The Arnold Ross Program at Ohio State University is an intensive 8-week summer experience designed to encourage motivated pre-college students to explore mathematics. Students are immersed in a world of mathematical discovery, working numerical examples, formulating their own conjectures, and trying to prove them. Its an example of Inquiry-Based Learning at its best. More [PDF] ...

Mathematics Education Speaker Series Seminars (Fall 2006)

  Date Speaker Institution Title Description
Patrick Bahls November 17, 2006, 3:30 PM, SC 110 Patrick Bahls University of North Carolina, Asheville "Change of Basis: Inquiry-Based Linear Algebra" This talk will focus on a variety of inquiry-based learning (IBL) as applied to a particular mathematics course, namely an introductory-level linear algebra course taught at a public liberal arts university More [PDF]..

Mathematics Education Speaker Series Seminars (Fall 2005)

  Date Speaker Institution Title Description
Aaron Weinberg December 19, 2005, 2 PM, SC 507 Aaron Weinberg Itaca College "Process-Object Frameworks and Mediating Metaphors" Have you ever wondered why some students have a difficult time with even the most basic notions of calculus? One explanation involves Action-Process-Object-Schema (APOS) theory. More>..
Igor Verner December 13, 2005, 3 PM, SC 705 Igor Verner Technion-Israel Institute of Technology "Mathematics in Architecture Education: From Context Problems to Design Tasks" Our study considers an applications-motivated mathematics curriculum for architecture colleges More ... .
Igor Verner November 29, 2005, 3 PM, SC 705 Igor Verner Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Integrating Applications in a Calculus Course The effect of Integrating Applications in the Technion Calculus Course. Presentation of a PhD Study of Shuki Aroshas ... (More ...[PDF]).
Debra K. Borkovitz November 29, 2005, 3 PM, SC 705 Debra K. Borkovitz Wheelock College Some Thoughts on Preparing Future Leaders in Elementary Mathematics There are great challenges involved in preparing future elementary teachers in mathematics.

TUMS II Seminars (Fall 2005)

  Date Speaker Institution Title Description
Thomas Judson December 8, 2005, 2:30-4 PM, SC 706 Thomas Judson Harvard University Making Waves Balancing theory and applications while teaching, students learning style and collaboration with other lecturers (Poster[pdf])
Thomas Judson November 17, 2005, 2:30-4 PM, SC 706 Thomas Judson Harvard University Making the Grade: Evaluation and Assessment One of the main responsibilities of any teacher is grading students' work. (Poster[pdf])
Angela Vierling-Claassen November 3, 2005, 2:30-4 PM, SC 706 Angela Vierling-Claassen Harvard University Salad Days: Students with Problem A common problem in any classroom is how to help the struggling students to succeed. (Poster[pdf])
Matthew Leingang October 20, 2005, 2:30-4 PM, SC 706 Matthew Leingang Harvard University What were they thinking? Expectations and Attitudes How to gauge the real extent of student understanding, How to gauge the difficulty of an exam before one gives it. (Poster[pdf])

TUMS Seminars (Spring 2005)

  Date Speaker Institution Title Description
John Neuberger April 22, 2005, 2 PM, SC 316 John Neuberger University of North Texas Inquiry-Based Calculus Demonstration of inquiry based learning
Angela Vierling-Classen and Derek Bruff April 15, 2005, 2 PM, SC 316 Angela Vierling-Classen and Derek Bruff Harvard University Motivating Students Strategies to motivate students
Angela Vierling-Claassen and Derek Bruff March 11, 2005, 2 PM, SC 316 Angela Vierling-Claassen and Derek Bruff Harvard University Understanding What Your Students Are Thinking Techniques to find out what students understand and how to teach more effectively
Matt Leingang March 4, 2005, 1:30 PM, SC 316 Matt Leingang Harvard University Seeking Points: A Case Study Case study about a student seeking points on a graded test.
Kathy Paur and Robin Gottlieb February 25, 2005, 2 PM, SC 316 Kathy Paur and Robin Gottlieb Harvard University Managing an Interactive Classroom How to run an interactive classroom?
Tim Gutmann February 18, 2005, 2 PM, SC 316 Tim Gutmann University of New England Research on the Professional Lives of Teaching Assistants A Primer on the Status of Research in the Community and a Discussion of Research Questions and Issues
Derek Bruff February 11, 2005, 2 PM, SC 222 Derek Bruff Harvard University Caught on Tape: Clips of Teachers in Action Watch and discuss several video clips of experienced teachers in action
Matt Leingang and Derek Bruff February 4, 2005, 2 PM, SC 222 Matt Leingang and Derek Bruff Harvard University Making Lesson Plans Analyze the components of a good lesson plan

TUMS Seminars (Fall 2004)

  Date Speaker Institution Title Description
Andy Engelward December 17, 2004, 2PM, SC 222 Andy Engelward Harvard University Grading 102: More Nuts and Bolts of Good Grading Become more efficient in your own grading
Tom Judson and Andy Engelward November 19, 2004, 2 PM, SC 316 Tom Judson and Andy Engelward Harvard University Grading 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Good Grading How it's possible to grade successfully without spending an outrageous amount of time on it?
Nancy Houfek (only by tape) November 12, 2004, S PM, SC 316 Nancy Houfek (only by tape) Harvard University The Act of Teaching: Theater Techniques for Classroom Presentations Watch a video "The Act of Teaching: Theater Techniques for Classroom Presentations" featuring Nancy Houfek.

Seminars (Spring 2004)

  Date Speaker Institution Title Description
Maria Terrell April 29 2004 at 2:30 PM SC 316 Maria Terrell Cornell University Good Questions for Deep Learning of Mathematics A demonstration of a personal response system in the classroom which helps to moderate good questions.

Seminars (Fall 2003)

  Date Speaker Institution Title Description
Tom Judson October 9, 2003 at 3:00 PM in SC 309 Tom Judson Harvard University What is Lesson Study Video examples of Lesson Study.

Seminars (Fall 2001)

  Date Speaker Institution Title Description
Daniel Goroff October 31, 2001, 4 PM, in SC 317 Daniel Goroff Harvard University Lessons and Non-Lessons concerning Japanese Mathematics Education The case of the Famous Third international Study tapes. (More)
Michal Yerushalmy November 7, 2001 4 PM, in SC 317 Michal Yerushalmy Haifa University, Israel Video as a Tool for Research and Profesional Development Video as a tool to Devlop Mathematical Intuition in Teaching and Learning. (More)
Daniel Chazan November 14, 2001, Daniel Chazan University of Maryland Video as an Expressive Medium in Mathematics Education Identifying Values and Commitments in a time of reform: Video in Mathematics Education ( More)
Michael Martin November 28, 2001 Michael Martin Boston College and TIMSS Co-Director Using TIMSS Mathematics and Science Results to Inform Educational Policy ( More)
Jane Gorman December 5, 2001 Jane Gorman Education Development Center, Inc, Japanese Lesson Study: Polishing the Stone ( More)

Seminars (Spring 2001)

  Date Speaker Institution Title Description
Mark Hauser March 13, 2001, 1:30 SC 317 Mark Hauser Harvard University How we Learn to Do Mathematics, Evolutionary and Developmental Issues in Human and Non-human primates. (More)
Hillary Putnam March 20, 2001, 1:30 SC 317 Hillary Putnam Harvard University Realism, Experimentation and Martian Mathematics. (More)
Wilfrid Schmid / Al Cuoco April 3, 2001, 1:30 SC 317 Wilfrid Schmid / Al Cuoco Harvard University / Center for Mathematics Education What Mathematicians and Scientists Need to know about K12 Al Cuoco, the director of the center of Mathematics education at the Education Development Center inc discusses with Wilfrid Schmid from the Harvard Mathematics department (More)
Solomon Friedberg April 10, 2001, 1PM SC 317 Solomon Friedberg Boston College Seeking Points: A Case Discussion on Undergraduate Teaching and Learning. (More)
Paul Blanchard and Haynes Miller Teaching and Learning about Differential Equations: A Panel. Paul Blanchard and Haynes Miller Boston University and MIT April 17, 2001, 1PM SC 317 (More)
John D. Emerson and Frederick Mosteller April 24, 2001, 1:30 PM SC 317 John D. Emerson and Frederick Mosteller Middlebury College and Harvard University Students Can Help Improve College Teaching: A Metastudy of Student Ratings of Courses. (More)
Jack Bookman Mai 1, 2001 Jack Bookman Duke University Understanding How Students Learn Using Web-Based Modules. (More)
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