Sept 20-21, 2008, saw three Southwest Baptist University students
and Dr. Bob Glasgow, professor of mathematics, attend a preservice math
teacher conference at Branson. About 25 preservice math
teachers from various colleges around the state of Missouri attended the
conference. There were also numerous teachers at the conference.
Students attending are shown in the photos below.
There was a banquet.
The speakers at the conference were all NATIONAL
leaders in the field of math education.
Here are the email addresses below for some of the leaders of the conference in case you want to contact them with a question or just want to thank them for their work.
Dr. Rick Billstein (University of Montana -- he led the middle school session):
rickb@mso.umt.edu , http://www.math.umt.edu/rickb/Dr. Jenny Bay-Williams (University of Louisville -- she led the secondary session): jmbayw01@louisville.edu http://louisville.edu/education/departments/t-l/faculty/bay-williams/
Dr. Barbara Reys (University of Missouri -- she was the closing speaker): ReysB@missouri.edu
Dr. Sid Rachlin (East Carolina University -- he led the sponsor's meeting):
rachlins@ecu.eduDr. Susan Friel (University of North Carolina -- she led the elementary meeting):
sfriel@email.unc.edu http://soe.unc.edu/fac_research/profile/friel.phpI know that this national panel represents some of the most influential people in the field of mathematics education, but I also know that they are very nice people who have always been willing to help me and others who are interested in teaching mathematics, so don't be afraid to make contact with them if you have any questions.
Conference Organizers:
Dr. Larry Campbell (Missouri State University):
LarryCampbell@MissouriState.eduDr. Terry Goodman (University of Central Missouri): goodman@ucmo.edu http://www.ucmo.edu/x62199.xml