MATHEMATICS EDUCATION FORUM

FIELDS MATHEMATICS EDUCATION FORUM
MINUTES - April 24, 2004

Present: Rob Andrews, Shirley Dalrymple, George Gadanidis, Leo Jonker, Ann Kajander, Miroslav Lovric, Dragana Martinovic, Mollie O'Neill, Pat Rogers, Tom Salisbury, Stephanie Sedor, Tom Sepp, Margaret Sinclair, Peter Taylor, Walter Whiteley

1. Reports
- OAME
- OCMA
- OMCA
- 2005 CMS Forum
- Draft letter
- Other

2. Facilitating research in mathematics education,
discussion led by Walter Whiteley & Margaret Sinclair.
The following sources were referred to.
- Mathematical Proficiency for All Students: Toward a Strategic Research and Development Program in Mathematics Education RAND Mathematics Study Panel, Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Chair
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1643/
- Improving Educational Research: Toward a More Useful, More Influential, and Better-Funded Enterprise, by Burkhardt and Schoenfeld, Educational Researcher, v. 32 no. 9, pp 3-14
http://www.aera.net/pubs/er/pdf/vol32_09/ERv32n9_pp03-14.pdf

3. A vision for mathematics, and its impact on our curriculum - A chat with Anthony Azzopardi, Sustaining Quality Curriculum Project, Ministry of Education