Current Semester Seminars -
Located in Derrick Hall 238 from 12:00 - 12:55 pm

Fall 2009 -

• September 11:  Alejandra Sorto, Texas State University, “The Statistical Performance in a Comparative Study Between Central American Teachers”
  
• September 18:  Sharon Strickland, Texas State University, “Math Majors and Teachers: What's the difference and why should I care?”
  
• September 25:  Alexander White,Texas State University, “Data looking for a context:  A Statistics Opening day Icebreaker activity.”
  Abstract:   As the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education state, “Statistical problem-solving is heavily reliant upon context.”  It is not possible to give plausible interpretations of data without some knowledge of the context that generated them.  However, in many cases context overshadows the data.  Beginning students often use prior knowledge of the context to reach conclusions without paying attention to the data at all.  In this talk, I will present a icebreaker activity that focuses on the role of context and data.  The activity is sufficiently rich to set the stage for many statistical concepts including distribution, the role of the question in data collections, and the distinction between categorical and quantitative data.
  
• October 2:  John Edgell, Texas State University
  
• October 9: Jill Cochran, Texas State University
  
• October 16:  Terry McCabe, Texas State University, “The Whole Mind in Mathematics”
  
• October 23:  Nate Dean, Texas State University
  
• October 30:  Rebecca Pierce, Ball State University
  
• November 6: Robert Pittman, Texas State University
  
• November 13:  Brian Nankervis, Texas State University
  
• November 20:  Alana Rosenwasser and Erin Lunsford, Texas State University, “Dynamic Geometry Study Project”

Seminar organizer:

Alexander White Office: Math/CS 573 Phone: 512-245-3429 Email: aw22@txstate.edu

Previous Semester Seminars

Spring 2009-

• January 23, 2009  Joey Offer (Texas State Univ.): Student perceptions of the effectiveness of a technology-based course.
• January 30, 2009  Alex White (Texas State Univ.): Student's Initial Perception of Fitting the Best Line.
• February 6, 2009  Alejandra Sorto (Texas State Univ.): A Study of South African Sixth Grade Mathematics Classrooms.
• February 13, 2009  Bryan Nankervis (Texas State Univ.): Gender Issues related to National Merit Scholarship Competition.
• February 27, 2009  Jill Cochran, Aimee Tennant, and Debra Ward (Texas State Univ.): Research proposals
• March 6, 2009  Lupita Carmona (Univ. of Texas): Design-based Research for Assessment: Describing Students' Mathematical Knowledge.
• March 27, 2009  Susan Empson (Texas State Univ.):
• April 3, 2009  Dustin Jones (Sam Houston State Univ.): Revealing Conceptions of Chance with Cylindrical Dice.
• April 10, 2009  Linda Zeintek (Sam Houston State Univ.):
• April 25, 2009  Susan Empson (Univ. of Texas): Relational Thinking and the Development of Children's Understanding of Fractions
• May 1, 2009  John Edgel, Kiara Davis, Amanda Toro (Texas State Univ.): Emily the First