Fall 2014 Conference at Monterey, Dec 5-6
The 42nd Annual season Conference was held in Monterey on Dec 5-6 at Hyatt Regency Hotel and Spa.
Friday Keynote Speaker: Alon Amit
Randomness in Theory and Practice
We don’t normally think of "do it at random" as a useful approach to performing a task or constructing a complex structure. In this talk we will present some areas where this, surprisingly, has actually been the case: the Probabilistic Method can be used to show the existence of combinatorial objects that are very difficult to build explicitly, and randomized algorithms are used in many places where they seem to perform much better than any approach which is restricted from flipping a coin.
Alon Amit is co-founder of Origami Logic, a marketing analytics company, and has previously worked at Facebook and Google. He earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel and is proud to be a frequent speaker at math circles around the San Francisco Bay Area. When not working, biking or spending time with his family, Alon is often answering mathematical (and other) questions on Quora.
Saturday Keynote Speaker: James Stigler, UCLA
Changing the Culture of Teaching: Mathematics Teaching, and How to Improve It
Cross-cultural and psychological studies are used to ask: what kinds of teaching produce learning with understanding? And, can teaching make a difference in the challenges faced by developmental mathematics students?
James W. Stigler is Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean of Social Sciences at UCLA. He directed the TIMSS video studies and is co-author of two popular books: The Teaching Gap (with James Hiebert, Free Press, 1999) and The Learning Gap (with Harold Stevenson, Simon & Schuster, 1992). He received his A.B. from Brown University in 1976, a Masters in Education from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977, and a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1982. Dr. Stigler is best known for his observational work in classrooms, and has pioneered the use of multimedia technology for the study of classroom instruction.
Schedule of the Saturday Concurrent Sessions
Presentations provided can be found below.
| Room/Session | Session 1 9:00 am - 10:00 am |
Session 2 10:30 am - 11:30 am |
Session 3 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
Session 4 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spyglass 1 |
Teaching a Pre-Stats Course: Propelling Non-STEM Students Forward Jay Lehmann Presentation |
Making the Connection: Teaching Deaf Students in Math Classrooms Tom Greenwood, Tom Moran |
OEI, BSI, SSI, CAI, EPI, My, Oh My! The CA CC Iniatiatives Barbara Illowsky Presentation Powerpoint PDF |
Mathematics: The instrument of Science Michael Greenwich Presentation |
| Cypress |
If Three Is Enough, Can Five Be Too Few? Gary Ling |
The Influence of Psychology on a Student’s Approach to the Order of Ops Richard Ries Presentation Powerpoint PDF |
From Memorizing to Understanding: Changing Dev. Math Student’s Beliefs Wade Ellis institution Presentation Handout 1 Handout 2 |
All About the Common Core & What it Means to Our Math Programs Larry Green Presentation |
| Spyglass II |
The Flipped Classroom: An Experiment and Postmortem John Burke Presentation |
Passing the Baton to the Next Generation: Nurturing New Faculty M. Anthony and L. Marecek |
1/2 the Time 4 Student Success! Andreana Grimaldo |
Adjunct Faculty Panel Greg Daubenmire |
| Big Sur |
To n=3 and Beyond! While Offline and Solar Powered Lalu Simcik Presentation I II III |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = -1/12 Charles Barnett Presentation |
Making Waves in Multivariable Calculus John Thoo Presentation |
No Session |
| Windjammer I+II |
Demystifying the Production of Dynamic Videos: 5 Easy Steps Rachel Winston and Michelle Tahan |
Creating and Implementing the College Algebra Course with Udacity Julie Spitzer Presentation |
Easily Store and Share Content Using 3C Media Solutions Tiffany Hickey institution Presentation |
No Sesson |
| Windjammer III+IV |
Using Simulation/Randomization to Introduce Statistical Inference Soma Roy Presentation |
Estimating with Confidence: Developing Students’ Understanding Beth Chance and Allan Rossman Presentation |
Hard and Soft Skills that Underlie Teaching a Successful Introductory Stats Course Mahtash Esfandiari Presentation |
The Time has Come to Employ Software More Intensively in CC Intro Stats Teaching Kenneth Brown institution Presentation Handout 1 Handout 2 |
Future CMC3 Conferences
Information about future conferences is available. For conference information, contact the Conference Chair. For registration information contact the Membership Chair