Harvard Mathematics Department : Teaching Seminars

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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
	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.
	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
	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 ...
	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 ...
	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
	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] ...
	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
	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
	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>..
	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 ... .
	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]).
	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
	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])
	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])
	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])
	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
	April 22, 2005, 2 PM, SC 316	John Neuberger	University of North Texas	Inquiry-Based Calculus	Demonstration of inquiry based learning
	April 15, 2005, 2 PM, SC 316	Angela Vierling-Classen and Derek Bruff	Harvard University	Motivating Students	Strategies to motivate students
	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
	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.
	February 25, 2005, 2 PM, SC 316	Kathy Paur and Robin Gottlieb	Harvard University	Managing an Interactive Classroom	How to run an interactive classroom?
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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?
	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
	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
	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
	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)
	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)
	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)
	November 28, 2001	Michael Martin	Boston College and TIMSS Co-Director	Using TIMSS Mathematics and Science Results to Inform Educational Policy	( More)
	December 5, 2001	Jane Gorman	Education Development Center, Inc,	Japanese Lesson Study: Polishing the Stone	( More)

Seminars (Spring 2001)

	Date	Speaker	Institution	Title	Description
	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)
	March 20, 2001, 1:30 SC 317	Hillary Putnam	Harvard University	Realism, Experimentation and Martian Mathematics.	(More)
	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)
	April 10, 2001, 1PM SC 317	Solomon Friedberg	Boston College	Seeking Points: A Case Discussion on Undergraduate Teaching and Learning.	(More)
	Teaching and Learning about Differential Equations: A Panel.	Paul Blanchard and Haynes Miller	Boston University and MIT	April 17, 2001, 1PM SC 317	(More)
	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)
	Mai 1, 2001	Jack Bookman	Duke University	Understanding How Students Learn Using Web-Based Modules.	(More)

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