Agenda: 8:00am - 9:30am, Wednesday, January 19, 2000.
Primary Items: Curriculum Foundations Project
Contributed Papers for New Orleans
1. Approval or revision of minutes from Providence meeting, July 31, 1999.
2. Brief Reminder: San Antonio events sponsored or co-sponsored by CRAFTY:
Wed., 8:00-11:00,
Thurs., 8:00-11:00, 1:00-3:45.
Paper Session, "Integrating Mathematics and Other Disciplines,"
Organizers include Bill McCallum, David Lay, and Deborah Hughes Hallett
Thurs., 9:30-11:00
Panel, "A Facilitated Dialog on Teaching Reform Issues,"
Organized for CRAFTY & MER by Bill Davis
Thurs., 1:00-2:20
Panel, "What Does Algebra Mean in the Twenty-First Century,"
Organizers: Shelly Gordon and Linda Kime
Fri., 1:00-2:30
Panel, "Curricular Reforms in Client Disciplines:
Implications for Post-Calculus Mathematics,"
Organizers: Shelly Gordon and David Lay
Sat., 9:00-10:20
Panel, "Compromise and Calculus Reform: Calculus Reform in the Long Run,"
Organizers: Jack Bookman and Herb Kasube
3. Brief Report: CRAFTY Web Page: flashman.neocities.org/crafty.shtml
Bill Barker
4. Curriculum Foundations Project/CUPM Curriculum Initiative
Bill Barker and Curriculum Foundations Planning Committee
Completed: Bowdoin Workshop (Physics and Computer Science)/Barker
USMA, West Point (Interdisciplinary)/Small
Upcoming: VCU (Health Sciences)/Haver
Possible:( Names and schools sites omitted) Business and Finance/ Engineering / Mathematics Education
Hopes: Mathematics for Graduate Training
Needs: Statistics and Operations Research/ Chemistry/ Quantitative Social Sciences
Debriefing on completed workshops / Advice for upcoming workshops.
Review list of workshops / Volunteers to organize workshops?
Review list of questions for the workshops.
Decisions on the Steering Committee.
Procedures for circulation, revision, and use of workshop reports.
Organization of Curriculum Conference / Interface with CUPM Initiative.
5. Discussion of possible Paper Sessions for New Orleans, January 2001
Our desire to organize paper sessions must be conveyed to the MAA Committee
on Sessions of Contributed Papers PRIOR to their meeting on Saturday at
4:00pm.
Agenda: 3:30pm - 5:00pm, Saturday, January 22, 2000.
Primary Items: College Algebra/Pre-Calculus Initiatives
Curriculum Foundations Project (residual questions)
1. Curriculum Foundations Project/CUPM Curriculum Initiative
Bill Barker and Curriculum Foundations Planning Committee
Residual questions from Wednesday’s discussion.
2. College Algebra/Pre-Calculus Initiatives
Linda Kime / Don Small
Formation of a CUPM College Algebra Task Force?
Generate a report on current practice.
What should be learned in college algebra & pre-calculus?
Who should be involved?
How does this fit with the CUPM Curriculum Initiative?
3. Calculus Reform and Evaluation Initiatives
Herb Kasube / Jack Bookman / Susan Ganter
4. Client Disciplines Initiatives
Shelly Gordon
5. Linear Algebra / Differential Equations Initiatives
David Lay
6. Summary of CRAFTY Events for New Orleans in 2001
Bill Barker
7. Other business
8. Suggestions for future agenda items
Some possibilities:
Outreach to historically black colleges and universities
Distance learning and "electronic academic systems"