Program
for the Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America
 on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education

Thirteenth Conference on Research in
Undergraduate Mathematics Education

Raleigh Marriott, Raleigh, NC

February 25 – February 28, 2010
Note: Rooms are subject to change

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25

9:30 am - 4:30 pm	RUME Presession - Chancellor Room Working Group for Research About Novice Teachers of College Mathematics Working Group on Proof Working Group on Infinity and Limits in Undergraduate Mathematical Learning
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Special Session: Opportunities for In-situ study of WeBWorK as a Tool for Student Learning and Faculty Development: Michael Pearson Registration – Marriott Reception Area
7:00 pm – 7:15 pm	Welcome – State AB
7:15 pm – 8:15 pm	Plenary Address: David Bressoud
8:15 pm – 10:00 pm	Reception – University Ballroom

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26

Friday 7:30 am – 5:00 pm

Registration – Marriott Reception Area

Friday 7:30 am – 8:30am

Continental Breakfast – State AB

Friday 8:30 am – 9:00 am 

Contributed Reports

Convention Center 201	Jim Gleason	Effect of Class Size on Student Outcomes in Mathematics Courses with Technology Assisted Instruction and Assessment
Convention Center 202	Sandra Laursen Maija-Liisa Hassi	Student Outcome from Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics: A Mixed-Methods Study
Convention Center 203	Scott Courtney	Exploring Teachers’ Capacity to Reflect on their Practice

Friday 9:10 am – 9:40 am

Contributed Reports

Convention Center 204	Hortensia Soto-Johnson Kristin King Coralle Haley	Does Mentoring a Graduate Student Effect Student Achievement?
Convention Center 205	Kevin Moore	The Role of Quantitative and Covariational Reasoning in Developing Precalculus Students’ Images of Angle Measure and Central Concepts of Trigonometry
Convention Center 206	Christine Larson	On the Histories of Linear Algebra: The Case of Linear Systems

Friday 9:50 am – 10:20 am

Contributed Reports

Convention Center 201	Matthew Inglis Juan Pablo Mejia-Ramo	Language, Semantic Contamination and Mathematical Proof
Convention Center 202	Anthony Edwards Lara Alcock	How do Undergraduate Students Navigate their Example Spaces?
Convention Center 203	Tim Boester	Testing Conceptual Frameworks of Limit: A Classroom-Based Case Study

Friday 10:20 am – 10:50 am

Coffee Break – Convention Center

Friday 10:50 am – 11:20 am

Preliminary Reports

Convention Center 201	Jason Belnap	Building Classroom Mathematical Knowledge: Extending a Framework for the Co-Construction of Knowledge to the Classroom Context
Convention Center 202	Mark Haugan	An Actor-Oriented Perspective on Teaching and Learning Mathematical Physics
Convention Center 203	David Brown Shayla Michel	Pre-service Mathematics and Special Education Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Assessing Proofs With Rubrics: the RVF Method
Convention Center 204	Sharon Lima	Exploratory Case Study on Negotiation of Mathematical, Pedagogical, and Curricular Meaning Between Mathematics Education Researcher and Teacher for Professional Development
Governor’s Board Room	Carla van de Sande Eric Weber Frank Marfi	Open, Online, Homework Help Forums: Fostering a Culture in which Communication Reflects a Conceptual Orientation Toward The Attainment of Quantitative Reasoning and Literacy Skills
Convention Center 205	Lingqi Meng	A Confucian Approach to Teach Algorithms in Pre-Service Teachers’ Program in the United States

Friday 11:30 am – 12:00 pm

Preliminary Reports

Convention Center 202	Michael Scott	Using Online Homework and Data Mining to Assess Student Learning in Mathematics Courses
Convention Center 203	Osvaldo Soto	Teacher Change in the Context of a Proof-Centered Professional Development
Convention Center 204	B. Kensington-Miller Caroline Yoon Hannah Bartholomew Jamie Sneddon Sepideh Stewart	Mathematics Undergraduate Teaching: The Role of Questions in Mathematics Lectures
Convention Center 205	Shandy Hauk Nasir Awill	Teaching Assistants and Mid-Term Feedback from Students
Convention Center 206	Brynja Kohler April Lockwood

Friday 12:00 pm – 1:20 pm

Lunch –Convention Center 307

Friday 1:30-2:30 pm

Plenary - Adrian Simpson 

Friday 2:40 pm – 3:10 pm  

Preliminary  Reports 

Convention Center 201	Elise Lockwood	An Investigation of Post-Secondary Students’ Understanding of Two Fundamental Counting Principles
Convention Center 202	Melissa Mills	Which Path to Take: Students’ Proof Method Preferences
Convention Center 203	Natalie Selinski	Student Justifications for Relationships between Concepts in Linear Algebra
Convention Center 205	John Thompson, Warren Christensen	Investigating Student Understanding of Physics Concepts and the Underlying Calculus Concepts in Thermodynamics
Convention Center 206	Joanne Caniglia	Pre-service Mathematics Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Inclusion of Students with Disabilities

Friday 3:10 pm – 3:40 pm

Coffee Break - Southwest Foyer

Friday 3:40 pm – 4:10 pm

Contributed Reports

Convention Center 204	Shandy Hauk Kristin Noblet Billy Jackson	No Teacher Left Behind: Assessment of Secondary Teachers’ Content and Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Convention Center 205	Aaron Weinberg	Undergraduate Students' Interpretations of the Equals Sign
Convention Center 206	Renee Cole Marcy Towns Chris Rasmussen Nicole Becker George Sweeney Megan Wawro	Adapting a Methodology for Documenting Collective Growth to an Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Class

Friday 4:20 pm – 4:50 pm

Contributed Reports

Convention Center 202	Eric Pandiscio	Pre-Service Teachers’ Progression Through the Van Hiele Levels of Geometric Understanding
Convention Center 204	Katherine Remillard	Exploring the Learning of Mathematical Proof by Undergraduate Mathematics Majors through Discourse Analysis
Convention Center 206	Robert Ely Timothy Boester	Point/Counterpoint: Should We Teach Calculus Using Infinitesimals?

Friday 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Preliminary Reports

Convention Center 201	Paolo Iannone Mathew Inglis	Self Efficacy and Mathematical Proof: Are Undergraduate Students Good at Assessing Their Own Proof Production Ability?
Convention Center 203	David Kung Natasha Speer	Do They Really Get It? Evaluating Evidence of Student Understanding of Power Series
Convention Center 204	John Mayer Rachel Cochran Jason Fulmore Thomas Ingram Laura Stansell William Bond Joshua Argo	Blending Inquiry-Based and Computer-Assisted Instruction in an Elementary Algebra Course: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Convention Center 205	Jennifer Noll Sonya Redmond Jason Dolor	From Beans to Polls: Does Understanding of Statistical Inference Within a Known Population Context Transfer to an Unknown Population Context
Convention Center 206	Mary Shepherd	Teaching Mathematics Reading Strategies to First Year College Students and the Effect on Reading Comprehension

Friday 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Dinner – Convention Center Room 305

Friday 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Special Presentation- Dr. Uri Treisman

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27

Saturday 7:30 am – 2:30 pm

Registration – Southeast Foyer

Saturday 7:30 am – 8:30 am

Continental Breakfast – State AB

Saturday 8:30 am – 9:00 am 

Contributed Reports

University A	Yvonne Lai Keith Weber	Between Construction and Communication: What Happens During Proof Revision?
University B	Carlos Castillo-Garsow	The Effect of a Student’s Attention to Context on their Development and Interpretation of a Phase Plane model for Exponential Growth
University C	William Hall	Student Misconceptions of the Language of Calculus: Definite and Indefinite Integrals

Saturday 9:10 am – 9:40 am

Contributed Reports

Congressional A	Paul Dawkins	Communal Communication in Undergraduate Real Analysis: the Case of Cyan
Congressional B	Stacy Brown	The Role of Skepticism and Uncertainty in the Emergence of the Practice of Proving
University A	Irene Biza	Evolution of Mathematical Discourse with the Mediation of Electronic Environment: The Case of Tangent Line

Saturday 9:50 am – 10:20 am

Contributed Reports

University A	Karen Marrongelle Sonya Redmond	A Synthesis of Instructional Innovations in Differential Equations
University B	Tim Fukawa-Connelly	Modeling Mathematical Behaviors: Making Sense of Traditional Teachers of Advanced Mathematics Courses Pedagogical Moves
University C	Craig Swinyard Sean Larsen	Mathematical Discovery: Proofs and Refutations as a Model for Defining

Saturday 10:20 am – 10:50 am

Coffee Break – Outside AB

Saturday 10:50 am – 11:50 am

Plenary - State AB: Robert Beichner

Saturday 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Lunch  State C

Saturday 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Preliminary Reports

University B	Nicole Becker Marcy Towns Renee Cole Chris Rasmussen	Student Understanding of Partial Derivatives in Physical Chemistry
University C	Kristin King Joe Champion	Using Advising and Enrollment Data to Inform a First-Year Math Placement Program
Congressional A	Marios Ioannou Elena Nardi	Cognitive and Emotional Aspects of Mathematics Undergraduates’ Experience of Visualization in Abstract Algebra
Congressional B	Ana Lage Ramirez	What Makes Rico an Effective Mathematics Teacher?
State A	Juan Pablo Mejia-Ramos* Keith Weber Evan Fuller Aron Samkoff Robert Search Kathryn Rhoads	Modeling the Comprehension of Proofs in Undergraduate Mathematics

Saturday 1:40 pm – 2:10 pm

Contributed Reports

University A	Hortensia Soto-Johnson Kristin Noblet Sarah Rozner	The Nature of Engaging Preservice Teachers in Proof Validation: How Do Their Techniques Compare to Mathematicians’ Methods
University B	Francesca Henderson Chris Rasmussen George Sweeney Megan Wawro Michelle Zandieh	Symbol Sense in Linear Algebra: Student Interpretations of
University C	Kien Lim Osvaldo Morera	Addressing Impulsive Disposition: Using Non-proportional Problems to Overcome Overgeneralization of Proportionality

Saturday 2:20 pm – 2:50 pm

Contributed Reports

Congressional A	Keith Weber	The pedagogical practice of mathematicians: Proof presentation in advanced mathematics courses
Congressional B	Jason Martin Michael Oehrtman	Strong Metaphors for the Concept of Convergence of Taylor Series

Saturday 2:50 pm – 3:00 pm

Coffee Break  – Southwest Foyer

Saturday 3:00 pm – 3:50 pm

Special Session

State A

Discussion of RUME Proposals and Proceedings

Saturday 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Preliminary Reports

Congressional A	Gregory Larnell	Finding Keys to the Gate: Examining Issues of Identity and Engagement in a University-level, Remedial Mathematics Course
Congressional B	Kerry McKee Milos Savic Annie Selden John Selden	Making Actions in the Proving Process Explicit, Visible, and “Reflectable”
University A	Brian Fisher	Conceptualizing Multivariable Limits:  From Paths to Neighborhoods
University B	Somali Roy Lara Alcock Matthew Inglis	Supporting Proof Comprehension: A Comparative Study of Three Forms of Presentation
University C	Estrella Johnson        Sean Larsen     Faith Rutherford	Mathematicians’ Mathematical Thinking for Teaching: Responding to Students’ Conjectures

Saturday 4:40 pm – 5:40 pm

Plenary- Dr. Patricio Herbst

Saturday 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Dinner – On Your Own

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28

Sunday 7:40 am – 8:40 am

Continental Breakfast – State AB

Sunday 8:10 am – 9:10 am 

Working Groups

State E	Working Group for Research about Novice Teachers of College Mathematics
State F	Working Group on Infinity and Limits in Undergraduate Mathematical Learning
Chancellor Room	Working Group on Proof Presentation

Sunday 9:20 am – 9:50 am

Contributed Reports

State E	Janet Walter Stacie Gibbons	Student Problem-Solving Behaviors: Traversing the Pirie-Kieren Model for Growth of Mathematical Understanding
State F	Timothy Lucas Joseph Spivey	A Transition Course From Advanced Placement to College Calculus
Chancellor Room	Megan Wawro George Sweeney Jeff Rabin	Subspace in Linear Algebra: Investigating Students’ Concept Images and Interactions with the Formal Definition

Sunday 9:50 am – 10:20 am

Coffee Break – Outside AB

Sunday 10:20 am – 10:50 am

Preliminary Reports

State E	Kelli Slaten	Effective Folding Back via Student Research of the History of Mathematics
State F	Eric Weber Marilyn P. Carlson	The Role of Precalculus Curriculum that Emphasizes the Development of Quantitative and Covariational Reasoning on Student’s Ability to Model and Solve Novel Problem Tasks
Chancellor Room	Susan Generazzo	The Impact of Classroom Discourse on Students’ Abilities to Conjecture and Prove
Alumni Room	Kitty Roach Kristin Noblet Lee Robertson Shandy Hauk	Mathematics GTAs' Question Strategies
Governor’s Board Room	Rachael Kenney	Novice Teacher Reflections: A Case Study of Novice Teachers’ Self-Analyses of Videos of Their Own Teaching

Sunday 11:00 am – 11:30 am

Preliminary Reports

State E	Frieda Parker Cathleen Craviotto	The Role of Intuition in the Development of Students’ Understanding of Span and Linear Independence in an Elementary Linear Algebra Class
State F	Soo Yeon Shin	The Impact of Using Multiple Representations on Pre-calculus Students’ Conceptual Understandings of Functions
Chancellor Room	Bernadette Mendoza-Brady	Novice College Mathematics Instructors' Teaching Preparation and Teaching Activities
Alumni Room	Nicole Engelke Todd Cadwallader-Olsker	Counting Two Ways: The Art of Combinatorial Proof

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