[RUME] Call for participants -- Working Group for Research About Novice Teachers of College Mathematics

[Natasha Speer]

If you are interested in participating in this working group (meeting  
just prior to the start of the 2009 RUME conference), please let me  
know in the next couple of days. You do NOT need to have data or a  
project to participate-- you can just be there to take part in the  
discussions.

Natasha

=== Working Group for Research About Novice Teachers of College  
Mathematics ===

The primary purpose of this working group is to provide a community  
for educational researchers who are interested in the practices and  
development of novice teachers of college mathematics. The training or  
professional development of graduate students and beginning faculty as  
teachers has become an increasingly visible topic in the mathematics  
community over the past two decades. This group provides opportunities  
for people who conduct research in this area to discuss their work,  
receive constructive feedback on their ideas, and network with other  
researchers.

We would like to extend an invitation to anyone interested in these  
issues to join us when the group convenes on Thursday, February 26th,  
prior to the start of the 2009 RUME conference in Raleigh, North  
Carolina. See http://mathed.asu.edu/crume2009/ for information about  
the conference.

We will use our meeting time as an opportunity for participants in    
the group to present their research and discuss it with other    
participants. You do not need to present anything in order to    
participate – anyone who wishes to take part in the discussions is    
welcome to attend. If you do have a research project you would like    
to discuss, directions for how to request a time slot are below.

The research can be at any stage of development. Below are some  
examples of types of discussions:

a. You have some preliminary ideas for a project and would like an  
opportunity to talk about your thoughts and receive suggestions about  
relevant research literature.

b. You have a research question and you would like to brainstorm ideas  
for data collection methods.

c. You have written some interview questions (or have other data  
collection instruments) and would like to talk about them to help  
ensure that they are well-connected with your research questions.

d. You have gathered your data and you would like some feedback on the  
preliminary analysis you have conducted.

e. You have completed a project and would like to discuss possible  
audiences and venues for publication.



If you have questions about the group, contact Natasha Speer (speer at math.umaine.edu 
). If you are interested in participating in the discussions or would  
like to have a slot of time during the meeting to share your work,  
please let Natasha know by January 15th.  For people who are  
requesting time during the meeting, please include the following in  
your message:

1. Topic (or title) of your research project.

2. A short description of the project, including information about    
what “stage” the project is in (planning, data collection, data    
analysis, reporting).

3. A short description of how you would like to spend your slot of  
time during the meeting.

4. A short discussion of what you would like to get out of the  
meeting. The amount of time each person will have for the discussion  
of their work will be determined once we have received all the  
requests but we expect it to be at least 30 minutes.

Natasha Speer and Teri Jo Murphy



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Natasha M. Speer
234 Neville Hall
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469
(207)581-3937

speer at math.umaine.edu

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