Presentations & Publications

February 25, 2014
January 9, 2013
Joint Mathematics Meeting

For Wally Feurzeig

January 9, 2013
Joint Mathematics Meeting
January 9, 2013
Joint Mathematics Meeting

with help from Glenn Stevens (Boston University)

January 9, 2013
Joint Mathematics Meeting
November 29, 2012
Suggestions for Mathematical Preparation and Professional Development
March 9, 2012
Kentucky Center for Mathematics Conference

The Standards for Mathematical Practice can be used as a foundation to help educators bring some desperately needed mathematical coherence to school algebra.

March 4, 2012
2012 T³ International Conference

The example shows how the Euclidean algorithm can be used to illustrate the structural similarities between integers and polynomials.

March 3, 2012
2012 T³ International Conference

Demonstrates some of the examples from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ (NCTM) monograph “Reasoning and Sense Making in Algebra”.

February 13, 2012
Urban Mathematics Leadership Network

At the Dana Center

April 13, 2011
NCTM Annual Conference 2011

At NCTM 2011, attendees learned some mathematics while vying to win a selection of fine cheeses and a copy of Slumdog Millionaire.

February 16, 2011
Chicago Common Core Conference

In February, a conference was held at the University of Illinois at Chicago on the Common Core State Standards.

January 29, 2010
UIC Symposium

Internet navigation, spreadsheet use, financial decision making, and cell phone programming all require the abilities to reason about calculations, develop algorithms, use symbols, and describe rel

March 5, 2009
Seminario di Didattica della Matematica, Sapienza, Università di Roma

Computer algebra systems can be used to help high school students build computational models of algebraic systems and structures.

February 12, 2009
Seminari di Geometria Dinamica, Sapienza, Università di Roma

In addition to its uses as an experimental tool and a medium in which to model mathematical phenomena, dynamic geometry environments can help students develop mathematical ways of thinking, especia

December 4, 2008
ME 558 — Mathematics Curriculum: Issues and Trends, Boston University

This talk was given to students in Suzanne Chapin's class on mathematics curricula.

September 25, 2008
The Future of High School Mathematics Conference

The Center for Mathematics Education at the University of Maryland, along with "Math Is More" and a group of progressive curriculum development projects, hosted a conference of leaders in high scho

June 28, 2008
USACAS Conference

The human mind can establish facts about mathematical objects even when the objects are difficult (or impossible) to write down explicitly.

May 14, 2008
Critical Issues in Education Workshop: Teaching and Learning Algebra

An examination of the day-to-day work of high school teachers shows that fundamental ideas and results from abstract algebra, linear algebra, and number theory are useful tools for teaching high sc

May 2, 2008
Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum (CSMC) Second International Curriculum Conference: Future Curricular Trends in School Algebra and Geometry,

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