Furtherance and Enhancement of Moore Method Teaching
Chair: John W. Neuberger - University of North Texas
Co-Chair: E. Lee May - Salisbury State University
Wednesday, March 12, 2003
- 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
- Early Registration at Hotels
Thursday, March 13, 2003
Morning
- 7:30 - 8:15 a.m.
- Shuttle buses run from Hotels to Alumni Center
- 8:00 - 8:30
- Continental Breakfast & Registration
- 8:30 - 9:00
- Opening Remarks by John W. Neuberger, Conference Chair
- Announcements:
- Sign-up sheets for:
- 5 Minute Reports Sat. and/or Banquet/Luncheon "fill in"s
- Optional RLM House Tour - Fri. 4:45 pm
- NExT attendees: Self-introductions
- 9:00 - 10:15
- Moore Method Demonstration Session (Robert Kauffman & John W. Neuberger)
- 10:15 - 11:00
- Break for Refreshments
- 11:00 - 11:45
- Bernard Madison (University of Arkansas) - "The Moore Method and the Mosaic of Educational Reform"
Lunch
- 12:00 - 1:30 Luncheon Speaker--
- Tom Fogwell, (Program Director, Applied Mathematics) - "NSF" (pending)
- Jay Davis, - (pending)
Afternoon
- 2:00 - 2:45
- Tony Zettl (Northern Illinois University) - German Center Model & Comments on Discovery Learning
- 2:45 - 3:30
- Break for Refreshments
- 3:30 - 4:00
- John Ed Allen (University of North Texas) -"Moore Method - History & Observation"
- 4:15 - 4:45
- Shuttle Buses from Alumni Center to Hotels
Evening 6:00 - 7:15 Shuttle buses from Holiday Inn to DoubleTree
- 6:30 - 7:30
- Reception - Cash Bar DoubleTree Guest Suites Hotel - 303 W. 15th Street
- 7:30
- John Neuberger - Special announcement, JP Brannen is collecting stories on R. L. Moore, H. S. Wall and H. J. Ettlinger et el (e-mail to jpw5aiu@juno.com)
- 7:30 - 9:30
- Dinner/ Speaker - Greg Foley (Appalachian State University) "Moore-like Methods in K-12 Education and Discovery Learning"
- 9:30 - 10:30
- Shuttle Buses from DoubleTree to Holiday Inn
Friday, March 14, 2003
Morning
- 7:30 - 8:15 a.m.
- Shuttle Buses from Hotels to Alumni Center
- 8:00 - 8:45
- Continental Breakfast
- 8:45 - 9:30
- Ron Douglas (Former Provost - Texas A & M University) "Some Personal Reflections on the Discovery Method"
- 9:30 - 10:15
- Break for Refreshments
- 10:15 - 11:45
- Moore Method Demonstration Session (Ted Mahavier)
Lunch
- 12:00 - 1:30
- Luncheon Speaker - Kermit Cromack - (Oregon State University) - "Mathematics Goes Underground: Hidden Geometry"
Afternoon
- 1:45 - 2:30
- Andrew Berner (IBM) - "Think Deeply Of Simple Things--Arnold Ross and Discovery Teaching"
- 2:30 - 3:15
- Break for refreshments
- 3:15 - 4:45
- Concurrent Break-out Sessions:
- Moore Method Demonstration Session -
Lee May & Ed Parker - Video presentation concerning Prof. R. H. Bing and discussion -
Suji Singh (Southwest Texas State University)
- Moore Method Demonstration Session -
- 4:45 - 5:15
- Shuttle Buses from Alumni Center to Hotels
- 4:45 - 5:30
- Optional - Tour RL Moore House - 2303 Rio Grande Shuttle Buses from Alumni Center to House to Hotels
Please sign-up for tour, if interested.
Evening
- Free Evening
Saturday, March 15, 2003
Morning
- 7:30 - 8:15 a.m.
- Shuttle Buses from Hotels to Alumni Center
- 8:00 - 8:30
- Continental Breakfast
- 8:30 - 10:00
- 5-Minute Reports (Please sign-up) -
Includes remarks by:- Tom Fogwell, (Program Director, Applied Mathematics) - "NSF"
- William Suhler - "S. S. Wilkes - Premiers Top Rank Statistician"
- Kristy Sorenson (Archivist, Center for American History) - "State of the Archives"
- Mike Rinehart, (EAF Interim President) - "Status of Sub-projects of the Legacy of RL Moore Project"
- 10:00 - 10:45
- Break for refreshments
- 10:30 - 11:30
- 5-Minute Reports or Future Plans
- 11:30 - 12:00
- Concluding Remarks - John W. Neuberger and Harry Lucas, Jr.
- 12:00 - 12:45
- Shuttle Buses from Alumni Center to Hotels
Notes:
Refreshments are available in the Schmidt Room.
Handouts and Tapes are displayed in the Schmidt Room with plenty of extras for you to take.