MathEd Forum

Fields MathEd Forum Meeting
May 31, 2008

Agenda

Fields Math Ed Forum Meeting
31 May 2008, 10 am - 2 pm
Fields Institute, 222 College Street, Toronto

10:00 - 10:15 Reports: OAME, OMCA, OCMA, CMESG and others. Announcements, updates.

Theme: Generating Interest in Mathematics

10:15 - 10:30 Miroslav Lovric [McMaster University]
Introduction

10:30 - 11:00 Jennifer Hall [graduate student University of Ottawa]
"Gender Issues in Post-Secondary Mathematics Enrollment and Perseverance"

11:00 - 11:30 Amanjot Toor [undergraduate student Brock University]
"Gender Differences at Undergraduate Level in Mathematics and a Brief Look at Mathematics Technology"

11:30 - 12:00 John Mighton
Update us on the successes of the JUMP program

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00- 2:00 Murat Tuncali and Doug Franks will describe the Nipissing University Math Fair and introduce the recent winners:

• Tamara Schindeler, Pinewood Public School, Unusual Graphs to Display Numerical Information ( Intermediate)
• Jonathan Tot and Dominic Girogetti, Widdifield Secondary School, General Polynomial Theorem and Associated Combinatorics (Senior)
  

 

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