[RUME] Final reminder for RUME sessions at the Joint Meetings

[Keith Weber]

This is a final reminder that the deadline for abstracts to speak at
the RUME meetings is tomorrow (Tuesday) night at midnight. Please
especially consider an abstract for Chris Rasmussen and Jerry
Epstein's guided inquiry session; last year's session was very
successful and they are in need of good papers for this year's
session.

The details for both sessions are, once again, given below.



SIGMAA on RUME is sponsoring two Contributed Paper Session at the Joint
  Meetings - Please consider submitting a proposal to one or both of the
  following sessions.

  Proposals due September 16 - for proposal submission see
  http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2110_maacall.html

  MAA CP U1 - MAA Session on Research on the Teaching and Learning of
  Undergraduate Mathematics, Tuesday afternoon, organized by Keith Weber,
  Rutgers University; Michelle J. Zandieh, Arizona State University; and Karen
  Marrongelle,Portland State University. Research papers that address issues
  concerning the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics are
  invited. Appropriate for this session are theoretical or empirical
  investigations conducted within clearly defined theoretical frameworks
  using either qualitative or quantitative methodologies. Of highest
  priority are proposals that report on completed studies that further
  existing work in the field.



  MAA CP H1 - MAA Session on Guided Discovery in Mathematics Education,
  Thursday afternoon, organized by Jerome S. Epstein, Polytechnic University,
  and Chris Rasmussen, San Diego State University. Following on a good session
  on the topic for JMM-2008, we are again soliciting contributions for 2009
  on a topic which we believe to be of central importance for the
  further development of quality programs in mathematics education at all
  levels. We seek papers on: (1) programs with
  more than anecdotal evidence of efficacy, or the lack thereof; (2)
  means of assessment used to determine efficacy of discovery-based
  programs; (3) well thought out papers on the operational meaning of
  terms such as Guided Discovery, and thus on what specific aspects of
  programs actually are responsible for any observed differences in
  outcomes; and/or (4) differences in outcomes in later mathematics
  courses for those in discovery-based programs vs. traditional
  lecture-based. The session is sponsored  by SIGMAA on Research in
  Undergraduate Mathematics Education (SIGMAA on RUME).