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6th Annual Legacy of RL Moore Conference,
MARCH 13 - 15, 2003 -- Program

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
Welcoming Remarks - Jim Lemke
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)
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.


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