News Notes

1936 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 401-402
Author(s):  
H. S. Tiedeman
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
American Mathematical Society ◽  
Mathematical Society ◽  
Mathematical Association ◽  
Chapel Hill

The twenty-first annual meeting of the Mathematical Association of America will be held at Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Thursday, December 31, 1936 and Friday, January 1, 1937, in conjunction with the meeting of the American Mathematical Society.

Review: A New Era in Collegiate Mathematics Education Research: A Mathematician's View of RCME

1995 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-92
Author(s):  
Robert F. Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
American Mathematical Society ◽  
Mathematics Education Research ◽  
Mathematical Society ◽  
New Era ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Mathematical Association ◽  
Collegiate Mathematics

For the mathematician interested in issues of learning and teaching, these are, ostensibly, the best of times. The American Mathematical Society has joined the Mathematical Association of America in making choice time slots available at national and regional meetings for discussions of educational issues. These sessions have been well attended, not only by young Ph.D.'s, but also by senior mathematicians, full professors with the protection of tenure, who have the potential to substantially modify the way in which college mathematics teaching is done.

The 17th Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

1936 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 186-192
Author(s):  
Edwin W. Schreiber
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
New York ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
American Mathematical Society ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Annual Business ◽  
National Council ◽  
Mathematical Association ◽  
Solid Geometry

The Seventeenth Annual Meeting ofthe National Council of Teachers of Mathematics was held in St. Louis, Missouri, December 31, 1935 to January 1, 1936. This is the first annual meeting the National Council has held with the A.A.A.S. One hundred eighty-four registered for the meetings though the total attendance was well in excess of two hundred. A joint session with Section A of the A.A.A.S., the American Mathematical Society, and the Mathematical Association of America, was held on Tuesday morning, December 31, with approximately 250 in attendance. Professor Kenncth P. Williams of I ndiana University presented a temporary report of the Joint Commission on the Place of Mathematics in the Secondary School. “The Main Purposes and Objectives in Teaching High School Mathematics” was discussed by William Betz of Rochester, New York, representing the National Council, and W. W. Hart, representing the Mathematical Association of America. On Tuesday afternoon the National Council presented a Symposium on the Teaching of Geomcetry. Professor W. H. Roever of Washington University, St. Louis, discussed in a very thorough manner the 11Purpose, Nature, and use of Pictures in the Teaching of Solid Geometry.” John T. Rule, the Taylor School, Clayton, Missouri, presented an interesting paper on “Stereoscopy as an Aid to the Teaching of Solid Geometry.” The session closed with a stimulating discussion by Rolland R. Smith, Classical High School, Springfield, Mass., on “Developing the Meaning of Demonstration in Geometry.” The Tuesday evening session was opened by an address of welcome by the Rev. Father Robert S. Johnston, President of St. Louis University. The response was made by Miss Edith Woolsey of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Professor Edwin W. Schreiber, State Teachers College, Macomb, Illinois, presented an illustrated lecture on “The History of the Development of the Metric System.” Miss Ruth Lane, University High School, Iowa City, Iowa, presented an illuminating paper on “Mathematical Recreations, an Aid or a Relief?” On Wednesday morning, J anuary 1, the Annual Business session of the National Council was held. At this session Professor H. E. Slaught of the University of Chicago was honored in being elected Honorary President of the National Council. Secretary Schreiber as Chairman of the Ballot Committee announced the results of the annual election: President—Miss Martha Hildebrandt, Proviso Township High School, Maywood, Illinois; second Vice President-Miss Mary Kelly, Wichita, Kansas; three new members of the Board of Directors—E. R. Breslich, Chicago, Illinois, Leonard D. Haertter, Clayton, Missouri, and Virgil S. Mallory, Montclair, New Jersey. The morning session closed with two interesting papers: “Functiona! Thinking and Teaching in Secondary School Mathematics” by Professor H. C. Christofferson, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; and “The Crisis in Mathematics—at Rome and Abroad— by Professor William D. Reeve, Teachers

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