Some of my talks and presentations...

Caveat: These are mostly raw overheads; a few are draft overheads or old..
..and some are merely directories I can easily access rather than for public display. You've been warned!

  • A Framework for Fostering Active Learning in College Algebra (MAA, Jan 2001)
  • What is Conceptual Algebra? overheads&exercises from 2001 workshop. (MCTM)

  • More than just a bag of tricks? Towards a unified framework for mathematical reform (Spring '00).

  • The Birth of Molecular Computation (April 99)
    Versions given at Cornell University; Ithaca College; Wells College; MAA VA-MD-DC regional meeting;
    Hood College; UW-Platteville; UW-Oshkosh; Shippensburg University; Cal Poly Pomona.

  • Writing, Speaking, Knowing: Communication as Pedagogy in Mathematics
    Given to non-mathematician liberal arts faculty audience.

  • Calculus Reform at Cornell A view from the field of an on-going reform initiative (March 98).
    Given at California State University at Chico, math department colloquium.

  • Education for Democracy (essay)
  • Writing in Mathematics: Fostering Introspection and Dialogue 1999 Joint Meetings

  • How do you See arithmetic? .
  •             [[[[Conceptual Algebra ADEPT talk -- not for public view]]]]
  • Preservice Teachers' Understanding of Mathematical Logic: A Preliminary Report

  • (((03 nov MAA))) (((Fall 2002 on ADEPT)))
  • # Conceptual Algebra: Active, Applied, Alive! for in-service middle- and high-school teachers at Maryland Council of Teachers of Mathematics Eastern Shore conference (February 2001). 04f-nctm-regional
    05-ams-maa-conf

  • Safety in the Classroom
    Fall 2006 at Cornell University (during my sabbatical there)
  • Ithaca College April 07
  • A Knack for NAC? Numeracy Across the Curriculum
    Fall 2007 MAA
    07may-bock-ql-enviro and 06f-ql



  • Add the "letter to BBC" example (percent of production versus percent of consumption) to talk with example of "answering questions, questioning answers, and questioning questions
  • 10spr-maa