These changes to the program have been accepted following the publication of the printed MAA Program. As such, please keep checking here throughout MAA MathFest 2018 to catch any recent changes that will not be noted in the printed program!
Invited Paper Session
Bridging Network Science and Graph Theory
Thursday, August 2, 1:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m., Grand Ballroom II, Tower Building
(NEW!) Using Machine Learning to Classify and Characterize Networks
1:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
Karl Schmitt, Valparaiso University
(NEW!) Seeing Red: Locating People of Interest in Dark Networks
2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Pivithuru Wijegunawardana
Contributed Paper Session
Master Grading, Part B
Friday, August 3, 1:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m., Governor's Square 11, Plaza Building
Raising the Bar with Standards Based Grading
4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Megan E. Selbach-Allen, Stanford University
Sarah J. Greenwald, Appalachian State University
Amy Ksir, United States Naval Academy
Jill Thomley, Appalachian State University
Contributed Paper Session
Priming the Calculus Pump: Fresh Approaches to Teaching First-Year Calculus, Part C
Saturday, August 4, 9:00 a.m. - 11:55 a.m., Governor's Square 16, Plaza Building
Calculus - Twice Flipped
10:20 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.
Ann Marie Harmon, Brigham Young University - Idaho
Connected With Calculus: Building Community Online
10:40 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.
Jennifer Elyse Clinkenbeard, CSU Channel Islands, CSU Monterey Bay
Cynthia Wyels, CSU Channel Islands
The Effect of Flipping Calculus on Attitudes, Behaviors, and Performance
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Trefor Bazett, University of Cincinnati
A Flipped Classroom Approach to a Summer Calculus Course
11:20 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.
Daniel Watson, Mississippi College
Flipping the Semester: A New Radical Problem-Solving Approach for Teaching Calculus
11:40 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.
Sukanya Basu, Independent
Workshop
Meeting the Challenge of Introducing Senior High School Students to Contemporary Mathematics
1:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m., Tower Court D, Tower Building
Consider the challenge mentioned in the title, why meet it and how? Our suggestion consists of periodically interweaving Mathematics-News-Snapshots (MNSs). We’ll examine a sample MNS against the rationale and the guidelines for MNS authors. Results from interweaving 21 different MNSs in Israel will be followed by a call for collaboration in (i) Developing new MNSs; (ii) Implementing existing MNSs empirically. Participants are requested to bring their laptops or mobile phones to be able to connect to the internet during the workshop.
Organizers: Nitsa B. Movshovitz-Hadar and Boaz Silberman, Technion
Sponsor: The SIGMAA on Teaching Advanced High School Mathematics (SIGMAA TAHSM)
Poster Session
MAA General Contributed Poster Session
Friday, August 3, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Plaza Exhibit Hall, Plaza Building
18. Establishing a Connection Between Julia Sets and Julia Quadratics
Sukanya Basu, Independent
22. Surviving the Apocalypse with a Compass and a Straightedge
Grace E. Cook, Bloomfield College
SIGMAA Activity
SIGMAA MCST Business Meeting
Thursday, August 2, 5:05 p.m. – 5:55 p.m., Governor's Square 15, Plaza Building
Invited Paper Session
Bridging Network Science and Graph Theory
Thursday, August 2, 1:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m., Grand Ballroom II, Tower Building
Teaching Graph Theory and Network Science (CANCELED)
1:30 p.m. -1:50 p.m.
Ralucca Gera, Naval Postgraduate School
Teaching Network Science at Different Academic Levels (CANCELED)
2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Jon Roginski, United States Military Academy
Contributed Paper Session
Great Circles, Great Problems
Thursday, August 2, 1:30 p.m. - 5:05 p.m., Governor's Square 15, Plaza Building
Using Paper Folding to Create Islamic Geometric Pattern (CANCELED)
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Rebin A. Muhammad, Ohio University
Contributed Paper Session
Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education
Thursday, August 2, 1:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m., Plaza Ballroom D, Plaza Building
Specialised Knowledge of University Lecturers of Linear Algebra in Relation to Connections (CANCELED)
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Diana L. Vasco Mora, Universidad Tecnica Estatal De Quevedo
Nuria Climent Rodríguez, Universidad de Huelva
Contributed Paper Session
Recreational Mathematics: Puzzles, Card Tricks, Games, Gambling and Sports, Part A
Friday, August 3, 10:30 a.m. - 12:25 p.m., Grand Ballroom II, Tower Building
Using Advanced Accuracy Data and Machine Learning to Model Quality of Play at the Quarterback Position (CANCELED)
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Eric Eager, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
George Chahrouri, Pro Football Focus
Contributed Paper Session
Priming the Calculus Pump: Fresh Approaches to Teaching First-Year Calculus, Part B
Friday, August 3, 1:30 p.m. - 5:25 p.m., Governor's Square 16, Plaza Building
Logs in Calculus and Maybe More..... (CANCELED)
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Marshall Ransom, Georgia Southern University
Contributed Paper Session
Inquiry-Based Learning and Teaching, Part B
Friday, August 3, 1:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m., Governor's Square 14, Plaza Building
Knowing One’s Goals for an IBL Proofs Course (CANCELED)
4:10 p.m. - 4:25 p.m.
Annie Selden, New Mexico State University
John Selden, New Mexico State University
Contributed Paper Session
Master Grading, Part B
Friday, August 3, 1:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m., Governor's Square 11, Plaza Building
Mastery-Based Grading in a Senior Level Probability and Statistics Course CANCELED
4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Jacob Price, University of Puget Sound
Contributed Paper Session
Modeling-Based Teaching and Learning in Differential Equations Courses
Saturday, August 4, 1:00 p.m. - 4:55 p.m., Governor's Square 15, Plaza Building
The Past, Present, and Future of Endangered Whale Populations (CANCELED)
2:20 p.m. - 2:35 p.m.
Glenn Ledder, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Poster Session
MAA General Contributed Poster Session
Thursday, August 2, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Plaza Exhibit Hall, Plaza Building
4. Some Relations on Prefix Reversal Generators of the Symmetric and Hyperoctahedral Group (CANCELED)
Charles Buehrle, Notre Dame of Maryland University
Saul Blanco, Indiana University
9. From Simplicity of Monotonicity to Generality by Inequality (CANCELED)
Anae Myers, Florida Atlantic University
28. Generalized Zeckendorf Expansions (CANCELED)
David Terr, UC Berkeley
Poster Session
MAA General Contributed Poster Session
Thursday, August 2, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Plaza Exhibit Hall, Plaza Building
1. Alternative Grading Schemes in Linear Algebra (CANCELED)
Timothy Goldberg, Lenoir-Rhyne University
6. A College Geometry Course Involving Civilization, Logic and Beauty (CANCELED)
Wen-Haw Chen, Tunghai University
11. Developing Tightly Coordinated Calculus Courses for STEM Majors> (CANCELED)
James M. Talamo, The Ohio State University
14. Whose Math and For What Purpose? A Community Seminar on Identity, Culture, and Mathematics (CANCELED)
Gizem Karaali, Pomona College
Poster Session
MAA General Contributed Poster Session
Friday, August 3, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Plaza Exhibit Hall, Plaza Building
3. Partnerships Within and Without: Expanding the Reach of the Mathematical Sciences at the University of the Virgin Islands (CANCELED)
Camille McKayle, University of the Virgin Islands
Robert Stolz, University of the Virgin Islands
Nadia Monrose, University of the Virgin Islands
33. An Invitation to Study Mathematics: The First-year Seminar Course at Colorado Mesa University (CANCELED)
Tracii Friedman, Colorado Mesa University
SIGMAA Activity
WEB SIGMAA Business Meeting (CANCELED)
Friday, August 3, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Governor's Square 10, Plaza Building