Selected
Invited Talks
May, 2006
The Mathematical Preparation for Calculus
March, 2005 UNC Charlotte AP Statistics Work Group
Residuals and Regression Analysis in AP Statistics
September,
2004
The Group Testing Problem
August,
2004
MAA MathFest Workshop,
Mathematical Modeling in AP Calculus
January,
2004
MAA Annual Meeting,
Develpoping an Understanding of Confidence Intervals
for Proportions
Mathematical Modeling and Data Analysis as the Core of
Precalculus
May, 2003
Metropolitan Mathematics Club of
Data Analysis and Mathematical
Modeling in the Precalculus Mathematics Curriculum
March, 2003
Next Steps
in Mathematics Professional Development, Grades 9-12,
Mathematical Modeling: The Blood
Testing Problem
March, 2003
US-Japan
SMT (Science, Math, Technology) Education Conference,
The Increasing Role of Data
Analysis, Mathematical Modeling, and Technology in High School
Classrooms
January
2003
MAA Annual Meeting,
The Taxi Problem: Introducing Minimum Variance, Unbiased Estimators
The Gini
Index: A Project for 2nd Semester
Calculus
October 2002
Workshop on
Complexity Theory and the Environment
Introduction to Cellular
Automata
January
2002
MAA Annual Meeting,
The Michal Jordan Problem and
Hypothesis Testing
Activities
October 2001 NSF Rethinking Precalculus Conference
Influencing the Mathematics Community: A High School Perspective
June
2001
Opening Address,
What is Mathematical Modeling: The
June 2001 SRCOS/ASA Summer Research Conference in Statistics: Papers in Honor of Richard Scheaffer
Statistics Education as an
Essential Component of Mathematics Reform
September 2000 Duke University Symposium, Department of Statistics
An Overview of AP
Statistics
August 2000
US-Japan Post ICME-9 Conference, National Institute for
Educational Research,
Integration of Technology in Mathematics
Instruction
August
2000
9th International Conference on Mathematics Education
(ICME-9),
Teaching for Mathematical
Creativity
March 1998 Teacher's College at Columbia University Spring 1998 Colloquium Series
High School Calculus in
February
1998
NCTM Western Regional Meeting Closing Address,
Mathematics We Never Saw as
Students: How Technology Changes the
Questions Posed in Algebra and Precalculus
January
1998
MAA National Meeting,
Finding a Precalculus Model for the Concentration of in the Atmosphere
November
1997
University Entrance Examinations
in
June
1997
Extending Textbook Problems with
Technology
March
1997
Mathematics Asks the Question and
Technology Answers: Technology Asks
the Question and Mathematics Answers
March
1997
Enhancing Student Problem Solving with Technology
July
1996
8th International Conference on Mathematics Education,
Utilizing Precalculus Experiences with Graphing Calculators: A “Local Linearity” Approach to Calculus
January
1996
Demonstration Lesson: The Michael Jordan Problem, Teaching Applications with Technology
June
1995
Keynote Address,
Mathematics for 2005
April
1995
Keynote Address, MAA Northeastern Section Spring Meeting,
Mathematical Modeling in Calculus
February
1994
Department of Mathematics Education,
The Midge Problem, Teaching
Mathematical Modeling with Technology
August
1992
7th International Conference on Mathematics Education,
Where Do Functions Come From?
November
1991
Secondary Keynote Address, NCTM Western Regional Meeting ,
Algebra for 2001
September 1991 Chicago Men’s Mathematics Club
Four Problems Requiring Technology
July
1991
US-Japan Seminar,
Where Do Functions Come From?
August
1990
Third International Conference of the Teaching of Statistics,
Data Analysis in Precalculus and Calculus
September
1987
Third International Conference on Mathematical Modeling,
Modeling in American High
Schools