26th Annual Spring Conference

The Saturday Program, March 5, 2011

Registration and Continental Breaksfast, 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Breakout Sessions, 9:00-10:00, 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 2:00-3:30 p.m.   See list below.
Luncheon and Keynote Presentation, 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
Post Conference Social Event and Door Prizes, 3:30-4:00 p.m.
Commercial Exhibits, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Luncheon Keynote Presentation

How to Enliven the
Mathematics Classroom

Dr. James Stewart


Emeritus Professor at McMaster University
Professor of Mathematics at the University of Toronto

In his talk Dr. Stewart will offer suggestions for engaging students' attention in the mathematics classroom in such a way as to increase their understanding and make them more active learners. The methods include physical demonstrations, digressions on fascinating mathematical facts, historical anecdotes, contests, and musical performances.


Session Speakers

9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Guillermo Alvarez
The Calculus Success Program

Monica Dabos
Pedagogical Content Knowledge: The Case of Statistics

Cheryl Ooten
Managing Math Anxiety

Dr. Mary Margarita Legner
What is the Transfer Model Curriculum? What is the C-ID?

Lynn Marecek and MaryAnne Anthony
Teaching Developmental Mathematics-It's Not Just about the Content!

Peter Avery
Principles of Data Analysis

Yu-Chung Chang-Hou
Teaching Holistically to Success: Strategy for Word Problems and More

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Mario Martinez
Statistical experiments & generating data by means of the i-phone, i-pad, Blackberry, standard cell phone

Theresa Gallo & Terrie Teegarden
Exemplary Developmental Math Resources from the San Diego Regional Math Exchange

Robert Prior
Author, Author! Writing your own text book

Dr. Eduardo Jesus Arismendi-Pardi
Learning communities and basic skills

John Michael Ottina
Open Educational Resource Organizations' Role in Our Educational Communities.

Frank Ma
Narrative Databases and a Tablet PC Teaching Platform

John Harland
Pierce's innovative approaches to developmental math

1:45 to 2:30 p.m.

Andreana M. Grimaldo
Can We Talk?

Cherie Ichinose
Online Learning and the Interactions While Learning Mathematics

Dr. James Stewart
Visualization in the Mathematics Classroom

2:45 to 3:30 p.m.

Beth Smith
Statewide Math Assessment Test: What's the probability?

Denise Robichaud
Bring Your Teaching into Online Courses with Online Videos and Office Hours

Jeremiah A. Gilbert, Ph.D
Balancing the Equation: The Effect of Alternate Course Formats on Student Retention and Performance

2:00 to 3:30 p.m.

Robert Brown
Active Learning Strategies for the Mathematics Classroom

Stephen Toner
How To Create Your Own Videos

Steven Davis
Teaching Statistics using SPSS

Julie Harland
Finding, Creating, and Sharing Math Video Resources on the Web