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Cape Cod Community College hosted an AMATYC and CAUSEway Summer Workshop
"GAISEing Beyond the Crossroads: Improving Instruction in Introductory
Statistics" from June 16-20, 2008 in West Barnstable, MA. Presenters included Bob delMas, University
of Minnesota and Mary Parker, University of Texas, Austin. Participants gained direct experience that
will help them develop classroom activities and assessments that are aligned
with both the ASA endorsed Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics
Education and recommendations in the AMATYC publication, Beyond Crossroads. Middlesex Community College hosted another AMATYC SUMMER INSTITUTE, Mathematics Across the Community College Curriculum (MAC3), in Lowell, Massachusetts from July 15-18. The Institute, modeled after other national MAC3 programs, offered an overview of the numerous and diverse ways mathematics can be integrated with other disciplines. Session topics included: Service Learning and Community Engagement, Learning Communities Models, Developing Learning Outcomes and Pre/Post Assessments, and Spreading the MAC Word through Changing the Culture. NEMATYC held a Fall Dinner Meeting in Wellesley on September 26. The speaker was Sir Isaac Newton (aka Chuck Straley, Wheaton College), ably assisted by Norman Johnson. MATYCONN’s Fall Meeting will be held on Friday, October 24th at Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT. The program features Marlene Megos Lovanio, Mathematics Consultant, Connecticut State Department of Education with "Functional Approach to Intermediate Algebra" and "Math in the Movies, Part 2" with Barbara Caserta, Mathematics Professor, Naugatuck Valley Community College. AMATYC 2008 will be held November 20-23 in Washington, D. C., “A Monumental Place for Mathematics.” Speakers include NES/MAA members Steve Krevisky and Lois Martin. AMATYC’s new cohort of Project ACCCESS fellows includes Mary Sullivan, Massasoit Community College and Meredith Watts, Mass Bay Community College. |
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