2008 - 2009 Colloquia:

Fall 2008:

• Perspectives on Dynamic Geometry (Click here for the Sketchpad file and here for the video.)
  Nicholas Jackiw, GSP Designer
  Wednesday, October 1, 2008
  1:00 - 2:00
  Room 412 Aderhold Hall

2007 - 2008 Colloquia:

Spring 2008:

• A Mathematics Education Travelogue in Asia: Dispelling Myths, Opening Dialog (Click here for the video.)
  Steve Rasmussen, President of Key Curriculum Press
  Friday, April 25, 2008
  12:15 - 2:00 (Lunch, followed by the talk. Sign up on Helen's desk for lunch.)
  Room 418 Aderhold Hall

• Presentation of Drafts of Prospectuses (Click here for the abstracts of the presentations.)
  Students of EMAT 9640
  Thursday, April 24, 2008
  3:30 - 6:30 pm
  Room 627 Aderhold Hall

• University of Louisville Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Teacher Development (Click here for the presentation slides.)
  Dr. William S. Bush, Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Louisville
  Thursday, March 27, 2008
  1:00 - 2:00 PM
  Room 112 Aderhold Hall

• Practice AERA Talks
  Susan Sexton, Chandra Orrill, Cheryl Gerde, Nicholas Cluster, Dorothy White, University of Georgia
  Monday, March 17, 2008
  1:00 - 2:00 pm
  Room 112 Aderhold Hall

• Problems in Mathematics Education (Click here for the presentation slides used during colloquium and during AERA 2007 speech and here for the video.)
  Dr. Les Steffe, University of Georgia, 2006 SIGRME Senior Scholar Award Recipient
  Wednesday, March 5, 2008
  1:00 - 3:00 (Lunch, followed by the talk)
  Room 417 Aderhold Hall

• Discovering New Knowledge in the Context of Education: Examples from Mathematics (Click here for the presentation slides.)
  Dr. Sergei Abramovich
  Wednesday, February 20, 2008
  3:30 - 5:00 pm
  Room 119 Aderhold Hall

Fall 2007:

• Pedagogical and Cognitive Flow in Mathematics (Click here for the video.)
  Dr. Catherine Vistro-Yu
  Tuesday, November 27, 2007
  4:00 - 5:00 pm
  Room 119 Aderhold Hall

• Integrated School Mathematics: Pitfalls, Products, and Predictions for the Peach State (Click here for the presentation slides and here for the video.)
  Dr. Keary Howard, State University of New York at Fredonia
  Thursday, November 15, 2007
  3:30 - 4:30 pm
  Room 114 Aderhold Hall

• Thoughts on the GPS (Click here for the presentation slides and here for the video.)
  Laine Bradshaw, University of Georgia
  Wednesday, October 17, 2007
  2 :00 - 3:00 pm
  Room 409/412 Aderhold Hall

• The Spanish Institutional Context of Master’s and Doctoral Degrees in Mathematics Education
  Dr. Luis Rico, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Granada
  Friday, September 21, 2007
  3:00 - 4:00 pm
  Room 114 Aderhold Hall

• Perspectives of a Curriuculum Developer
  Dr. Glenda Lappan, Michigan State University
  Thursday, August 23, 2007
  3:30 - 5:00 pm
  Room 114 Aderhold Hall

2006 - 2007 Colloquia:

Spring 2007:

• A Definition of “Mathematics” and Its Pedagogical Consequences: Focus on the Transition between the Empirical Proof Schemes to the Deductive Proof Schemes
  Dr. Guershon Harel, University of California at San Diego
  Friday, April 13, 2007
  1:00 - 2:30 pm
  Rm 409/412 Aderhold Hall

• A Review of the Teachers' Development Group Winter Leadership Seminar
  Presenters:  Dr. Chandra Orrill, UGA LPSL
  Bob Allen, UGA Department of Mathematics and Science Education
  Kelly Edenfield, UGA Department of Mathematics and Science Education
  Eileen Murray, UGA Department of Mathematics and Science Education
  Wednesday, April 4, 2007
  Rm 102 Aderhold Hall 3300 - 4:30 pm

• Pros and Cons of a National Curriculum
  Moderator: Dr. Jeremy Kilpatrick, UGA Department of Mathematics and Science Education
  Panelists: Brian Lawler, Na Young Kwon, and Zelha Tunc-Pekkan, UGA Department of Mathematics and Science Education
  Wednesday, March 7, 2007
  3:30 – 4:30 pm
  Rm 111 Aderhold Hall

• Teachers Making Sense of a Mathematical Professional Development Experience
  Dr. Sarah Ledford, Kennesaw State University Department of Mathematics and Statistics
  Wednesday, February 7, 2007
  3:30 – 4:30 pm
  Rm 102 Aderhold Hall

Fall 2006:

• Pictorial Representations of Quantities in Japanese Elementary Mathematics Textbooks: A Content Analysis
  Dr. Tad Watanabe, Kennesaw State University Department of Mathematics and Statistics
  Wednesday, November 29, 2006
  3:30 – 4:30 pm
  Rm 581 Aderhold Hall

• Endnote Bibliography Software: An Introduction
  Virginia Benjamin, University of Georgia Libraries
  Monday, November 6, 2006
  3:30 – 4:30 pm
  Rm 111 Aderhold Hall

• A Discussion of the Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Teaching Methods in a Mathematics Classroom
  Heather Robinson, Commerce High School
  Wednesday, October 11, 2006
  3:30 – 4:30 pm
  Rm 430 Aderhold Hall

• A Conversation with George Polya
  Dr. Jeremy Kilpatrick, University of Georgia Department of Mathematics and Science Education
  Wednesday, September 20, 2006
  3:30 – 4:30 pm
  Rm 430 Aderhold Hall

2005 - 2006 Colloquia:

Spring 2006:

• Race, Identity, and Mathematics Literacy
  Dr. Danny Bernard Martin, University of Illinois at Chicago
  Monday, April 17, 2005
  12:00 noon– 2:30 pm, Georgia Center
  Banquet Room 101
• Managing Your First Year Teaching Mathematics: A Panel Discussion
  Panelists:  Janet Tomlinson, North Oconee High School
  Kacie Maddox, Cedar Shoals High School
  Carol Sikes, Jackson County High School
  Darcie Rogers, Winder-Barrow High School
  Description:  Two veteran and two recently-certified teachers will share advice, perspectives, and reflections on how to manage the first year of secondary mathematics teaching. Plenty of time will be reserved for questions.
  Monday, April 10, 2006, Aderhold G5, 4:00 - 5:30 pm.
  Sponsored by the Secondary-Mathematics Post-Student-Teaching Seminar and the Department of Mathematics and Science Education.
• Building a Mathematics Education community in an Urban Elementary School: Challenges and Triumphs
  Presenter: Dorothy White, Mathematics & Science Education
  Wednesday, March 22, 2006
  12-1pm
  G-23 Aderhold hall
• Slicing Solid Shapes: The GPS and the Internet
  Thomas Banchoff, Brown University Department of Mathematics
  Monday, February 6, 2006
  1:30 – 2:30 pm
  Rm 412 Aderhold Hall

Fall 2005:

• Some Research Issues on how Technology Has Changed The Roles of Proof and Experimentation in Mathematics
  Speaker:Michael de Villiers
  University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  Monday, November 28, 2005
  2:45 – 3:45 pm Rm 317 Aderhold Hall
• Power and Creativity in Mathematics: Using Open-Ended Problems in the Mathematics Classroom Origin Game
  References
  Locker Problem Student solution (Java Script)
  Kyle Schultz, University of Georgia
  Monday, October 31, 2005
  2:45 - 3:45 pm
  Rm 317, Aderhold Hall
• Some Math Ed Issues Arising in a Math Department
  Dr. Richard Hill, Michigan State University
  Wednesday, October 12, 2005
  3:30 - 4:30 pm
  Rm 323 Boyd Hall
• Endnote Bibliography Software: An Introduction
  Speaker: Virginia Benjamin, University of Georgia Libraries
  Monday, September 26, 2005 at 2:30 - 3:30 pm
  Aderhold Hall, Rm 317

2004 - 2005 Colloquia:

Spring 2005:

• "Examining and Reforming Mathematics Teaching Through a Culturally Relevant Pedagogical Lens."
  Speaker: Dr. Lou Edward Matthews, University of South Carolina Upstate
  Tuesday, April 26, 2005, 3:15 c 4:15 pm
  Rm 520 Aderhold Hall
• "The Role of Mathematical Conversations in Supporting Student Learning."
  Speaker: Dr. Bia D'Ambrosio, Indiana University
  Friday, April 22, 2005, 12:00 c 2:30 pm
  Banquet rm 101 Georgia Center
• "Understanding the mathematical understandings of prospective secondary mathematics teachers: Some results and observations."
  Speaker: Dr. M. Kathleen Heid, Penn State University
  Thursday, March 24, 2005, 3:30 c 4:30 pm
  Rm 102 Aderhold Hall
• "African American Male Students and School Mathematics."
  Speaker: Dr. David Wayne Stinson, Georgia State University
  Tuesday, March 8, 2005, 3:15 c 4:15 pm
  Rm 520 Aderhold Hall
• "A Study of Mathematics Teacher's Constraints in Changing Practices in South Africa: Some Lessons from Countries Participating in the Learner's Perspective Study."
  Speaker: Dr. Herbert Khuzwayo, University of Zuzuland, South Africa
  Tuesday, February 22, 2005, 3:00 c 4:00 pm
  Rm 520 Aderhold Hall
• "Kernels of Algebraic Reasoning: A Study of Sixth Grade Students' Mathematical Learning in the Context of Mathematical Caring Relations."
  Speaker: Amy Hackenberg, University of Georgia
  Wednesday, February 16, 2005, 3:00 c 4:00 pm
  Rm 116 Aderhold Hall
• "Real Answers To Real Math Teachers' Questions: An Introduction To The BRIDGE."
  Speakers: Paola Sztajn & Amy Sanford, University of Georgia
  Tuesday, February 8, 2005, 3:00 c 4:00 pm
  Rm 520 Aderhold Hall
• "When Am I Ever Going To Use This? Teachers' Instructional Practices With Contextual Problems."
  Speaker: Holly Garrett-Anthony, University of Georgia
  Tuesday, January 25, 2005, 2:00 c 3:00 pm
  Rm 111 Aderhold Hall

Fall 2004

• "Starting a Career."
  Speaker: Ken E Hansing, Assistant Director, UGA Career Center
  Tuesday, December 7, 2004, 3:00 c 4:30 pm
  Rm 430 Aderhold Hall
• "The Real Deal: A Conversation with A New Teacher in Mathematics Education."
  Speaker: Torian White, Salem High School, Rockdale County, Georgia
  Thursday, December 2, 2004, 6:30 c 7:30 pm
  Rm 418 Aderhold Hall
• "Making Sense of the Everyday in Mathematics."
  Speaker: Godfrey Sethole, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
  Tuesday, November 9, 2004 3:30 c 4:30 pm
  Rm 430 Aderhold Hall
• "Defaulting on Equity in the Teaching of Elementary School Mathematics."
  Speaker: Mark Hoover Thames, University of Michigan
  Thursday, October 21, 2004, 2:00 c 3:00 pm
  Rm 102 Aderhold Hall
• "Brazilian Mathematics Teachers: How They are Prepared and How They Teach."
  Speaker: Dr. Paola Sztajn, UGA Mathematics Education Department
  Tuesday, October 12, 2004 3:30 c 4:30 pm
  Rm 430 Aderhold Hall
• "Endnote Bibliography Software: An Introduction."
  Speaker: Virginia Benjamin, University of Georgia Libraries
  Tuesday, September 28, 2004, 3:30 c 4:30 pm
  Rm 430 Aderhold Hall
• "The Research School and Other Conversations about South Africa."
  Speakers: Holly Anthony, Dr. Denise S. Mewborn, Dr. John Olive,
  UGA Mathematics Education Department
  Tuesday, September 14, 2004, 3:30 c 4:30 pm
  Rm 430 Aderhold Hall

Summer 2004

• "Teachers Knowledge of Student Thinking and Their Instructional Practices in Algebra"
  Speaker: Ayhan Kursat Erbas
  Tuesday, July 27, 2004
  Rm 102 Aderhold Hall
• "Students' Conjectural Operations"
  Speaker: Andy Norton
  UGA Mathematics Education Department
  Wednesday, July 21, 2004
  Rm 102 Aderhold Hall
• "Views of Curriculum, Students and Teaching Goals in a Graduate level Mathematics Education Course"
  Speakers: Zelha Tunç-Pekkan and Paola Sztajn
  UGA Mathematics Education Department
  Thursday, July 8, 2004
  Rm 102 Aderhold Hall

2003 - 2004 Colloquia:

Spring 2004

• "Overview of Singapore's Education System".Speaker: Lu Pien Cheng, Graduate Student.UGA Mathematics Education Department.Room 112 Aderhold Hall
  January 26, 2004
• " Cultural Models and Representation of Local Knowledge".Speaker: Ben Blount. Professor of Anthropology. UGA Anthropology Department.Room 119 Aderhold Hall
  February 24, 2004
• " Educational Reform in Post-apartheid South Africa".Speaker: Ethel Masihleho. National Research Foundation, SOUTH AFRICA. Room 119 Aderhold Hall
  March 2, 2004
• "Improving Teaches' Proficiency in Statistics Education".Speaker: Yung Hwan Kim. Professor of Mathematics Education. Kong-Ju National University.KOREA. Room 119 Aderhold Hall. March 24, 2004
• "And That's Just How It Starts": Teaching Mathematics and Developing Student Agency".Speaker: Eric Gutstein, University of Illinois-Chicago. Room 119 Aderhold Hall. March 30, 2004
• " How Do We Define Scientific Research in Education?"
  Panel Members:Dr. Jeri Benson (Educational Psychology&Associate Dean),
  Dr. Jeremy Kilpatrick (Mathematics Education), Dr. Judith Preissle (Social Foundations of Education), Dr. Elizabeth St. Pierre (Language Education)
  Room G-5, Aderhold Hall. April 5, 2004
• " The Many Dimensions of Teaching Sketchpad".Speaker: Steve Sigur, The Paideia School, Atlanta, GA. Room 113 Aderhold Hall
  April 6, 2004
• "Teaching and Learning Fraction Addition on the Number Line"
  Speakers: Andrew Izsák, Erik Tillema, Zelha Tunç-Pekkan.Mathematics Education Department , UGA. Room 112 Aderhold Hall
  April 9, 2004
• " Hidden Mathematics Curriculum" as a Conceptual Framework for Mathematical Preparation of Prospective Elementary Teachers. Speaker: Sergei Abramovich, State University of New York at Potsdam. Room 119 Aderhold Hall
  April 14, 2004
• "What is a Mathematically Productive Discourse?". Speaker: Andreas Ryve, Graduate Student of Mathematics Education. University of Malardalen, SWEDEN.Room 112 Aderhold Hall. April 16, 2004

Fall 2003

• "Supporting the Professional Development of Teachers: A View from Iceland and Norway". Speaker: Anna Kristjansdottir, Professor in Mathematics Education,
  Adger University College and Iceland University of Education. Room Aderhold 119
  August 14, 2003
• "What is mathematics?" Speaker: Dr. Ed Azoff Professor of Mathematics at UGA.
  Room Aderhold G-5. September 3, 2003
• "Dreamweaver Basics". Speakers: Drew Polly, Peter Rich, Craig Shepherd Graduate Students, Department of Instructional Technology. Room Aderhold 113.
  September 10, 2003
• "The No Child Left Behind Act and Adequate Yearly Progress in Georgia"
  Speaker: Pam Smith, Executive Director Curriculum, Assessment, and Accountability, Clarke County School District. Room Aderhold 114. September 16, 2003
• "Our Well-Traveled Professors". Speakers: Pat Wilson and Jeremy Kilpatrick Professors at The Mathematics Education Department of The University of Georgia.
  Room Aderhold G-5. October 1, 2003
• "Introducing EndNote Bibliographic Management Software".Speaker : Jacob T. Klerlein. Graduate Student of Mathematics Education Department at The University of Georgia. Room Aderhold 111/113. October 8, 2003
• "Mathematics Education of Teachers in Chile". Speakers: Prof. Carlos Gomez and Asst. Prof. Victor Brunaud. Universidad Catolica Cardenal Raul Silva Henriquez Santiago de Chile. Room Aderhold 102. October 15, 2003
• "Learning and Teaching Mathematics in a Primary Multilingual Classroom"
  Speaker: Dr. Mamokgethi Setati, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of the Witswatersrand,South Africa.Room 409/412 Aderhold Hall
  October 23, 2003
• "The "Rewards" of Listening to Students' Mathematical Constructions"
  Speaker: Dr. Shelly Harkness, Teacher Education Department at Miami University Oxford, Ohio. Room Aderhold 102. November 12, 2003
• "Asking epistemological questions about educational practice: The place of proof in geometry instruction", Speaker: Dr. Patricio Herbst. Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education.The University of Michigan. Room Aderhold 102. November 14, 2003.

2002 - 2003 Colloquia:

• 28 April 2003: MESA Banquet at The Georgia Center. Speaker: Dr. Patricia Wilson
• 31 March 2003: Student Teacher Panel: Sharing Experiences
• 30 January 2003: Carol Sikes and Justus Inyega: Why are torque and work so similar?
• 22 January 2003: Zelha Tunç Pekkan - What can we learn about elementary pre-service teachers' mathematical content knowledge through their email discussions with 6th grade students?
• 5 December 2002: Clint McCrory - Topology and Plane Geometry
• 12 November 2002: Anthony Herrington & Jan Herrington - "The Professional Development of Mathematics Teachers using Multimedia and the Internet" 2:30 PM in Aderhold 111/113
• 16 October 2002: "Panel Discussion between Pre-Service and Practiced Teachers"
• 8 October 2002: Jake Klerlein - "Teaching Symmetry in Middle Grades Mathematics Classes"
• 2 October 2002: Dr. YunSoo Kang - "On the Education in Korea "
• 11 September 2002: Wendy Sanchez - "Perspectives on Assessment in Mathematics Methods Courses"
• 29 July 2002: Kaori Tabetae - "Development of Teaching Materials using Dynamic Geometry Software Exploration and Analysis of the Materials in Japan"

2001 - 2002 Colloquia:

• 29 May 2002: Beverly Damonse - "Mathematics and Science Education in Post-apartheid South Africa: Challenges for Change"
• 18 April 2002: Phillip Dikgomo - "The Graphics Calculator as a Viable Technological Resource for Mathematics Education in South Africa"
• 17 April 2002: Shareef Bacchus - "Hooten Award Colloquium"
• 10 April 2002: Larry Hatfield - "Using Spreadsheets with Your Students to Investigate School Mathematics"
• 8 April 2002: Lee Stiff - "Algebra for All?"
• 26 March 2002: Amy Hackenberg & Brian Lawler - "An Ethics of Liberation Emerging from a Radical Constructivist Foundation"
• 12 March 2002: Lisa Sheehy - "Cooperative Learning: Students' Mathematical, Social, and Individual Experiences and Perspectives"
• 20 February 2002: UGA Math Education Panel - "Reviewing and Editing for a Professional Education Journal"
• 6 February 2002: Bradford Findell - "Learning and Understanding in Abstract Algebra"
• 14 November 2001: Paola Sztajn - "Mathematics Teachers' Knowledge: A Study of Very Experienced Elementary School Teachers"
• 8 September 2001: Christine Franklin - "The Impact of the '2000 Principles and Standards for School Mathematics' on Statistics at the K-16 Level"
• 1 November 2001: Felecia Spicer & Judy Johnston - "Magical, Mathematical Motivational Seminar"
• 23 October 2001: Rebecca Parker - "The N-body Problem: A Student's Perspective"
• 11 October 2001: Andrew Iszak - "'We want a statement that is always true:' Students' Criteria and Uses for Algebraic Representations"
• 25 September 2001: Teresa Banker - "Calculators in the Elementary Classroom: Appropriate Use"
• 21 September 2001: Neil Pateman - "Implementing State Standards: Pitfalls and Pratfalls"
• 6 September 2001: Manya Raman - "Proof and Justification in Collegiate Mathematics"
• 27 August 2001: Keith Leatham - "I Wish I Would Have Listened: Ideas on Surviving Graduate School"

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