MAA MATHFEST 2015Chronological ScheduleFriday, August 7 (continued)An Example for Green’s Theorem with DiscontinuousPartial Derivatives10:00 AM – 10:10 AMAdam Coffman, Indiana-Purdue Fort WayneYuan Zhang, Indiana-Purdue Fort WayneEquivalence of Some Picard-type Iterations fora General Class of Operators in Normed LinearSpaces10:15 AM – 10:25 AMHudson Akewe, University of LagosOperator Diagonalizations of Multiplier Sequences10:30 AM – 10:40 AMRobert Bates, University of Hawaii at ManoaNon-Linear Operators Satisfying OrthogonalityProperties10:45 AM – 10:55 AMWilliam Feldman, University of ArkansasA Survey of Best Monotone Theorems in GraphTheory11:00 AM – 11:10 AMDouglas Bauer, Stevens Institute of TechnologyHajo J. Broersma, University of TwenteNathan Kahl, Seton Hall UniversityAori Nevo, Stevens Institute of TechnologyEdward Schmeichel, San Jose State UniversityDouglas R. Woodall, University of NottinghamMichael Yatauro, Penn State BrandywineUNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITYMAA Student Paper Session #158:30 AM – 11:45 AM, Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia AMAA Student Paper Session #168:30 AM – 11:45 AM, Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia BMAA Student Paper Session #178:30 AM – 11:45 AM, Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia CMAA Student Paper Session #188:30 AM – 11:45 AM, Marriott Wardman Park, Wilson AUNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITYPME Student Paper Session #58:30 AM – 11:45 AM, Marriott Wardman Park, Wilson BPME Student Paper Session #68:30 AM – 11:45 AM, Marriott Wardman Park, Wilson CINVITED SESSIONMAA Invited Paper Session: Algebraic StructuresMotivated by Knot Theory9:00 AM – 11:20 AM, Marriott Wardman Park, Delaware AKnots and Knot Theory9:00 AM – 9:40 AMLou Kauffman, University of Illinois at ChicagoKnot Coloring: A Diagrammatic Approach toAlgebraic Invariants9:50 AM – 10:30 AMHeather Russell, Washington CollegeTopological Symmetries of Molecules10:40 AM – 11:20 AMErica Flapan, Pomona CollegeMAA MathFest 2015 Exhibit Hall9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit HallUNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITYStudent Hospitality Center9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibit HallGENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSIONProbability or Statistics9:15 AM – 11:25 AM, Marriott Wardman Park, Maryland BAn Exploration into Grouped Current Status Data9:15 AM – 9:25 AMLucia C. Petito, UC BerkeleyNicholas P. Jewell, UC BerkeleyUsing the Mathematical Sciences to Protect Data9:30 AM – 9:40 AMPaul Massell, U.S. Census BureauStability - A New Way to Compare StatisticalMeasures: Theory and Applications for AssessingLearner Achievement and Teaching Effectiveness9:45 AM – 9:55 AMDavid DiMarco, Neumann UniversityRyan Savitz, Neumann UniversityFred Savitz, Neumann UniversityLefty-Righty Experiment: A Group Project for AnIndividual Grade10:00 AM – 10:10 AMTuyetdong Phan-Yamada, Glendale Community CollegeWalter M. Yamada, III, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles78 Washington, DC | August 5–8, 2015 #MAAthFest
Chronological ScheduleMAA MATHFEST 2015Friday, August 7 (continued)Statistics and Japan: Bringing Themes intoElementary Statistics Courses10:15 AM – 10:25 AMPat Kiihne, Illinois CollegeAnalyzing Distributions by Visualization in aProbability and Statistics Class10:30 AM – 10:40 AMJason Molitierno, Sacred Heart UniversityInverting an Introductory Statistics Course10:45 AM – 10:55 AMGertrud L. Kraut, Southern Virginia UniversityProbability and Possibilities: A PromisingPedagogy11:00 AM – 11:10 AMDeborah J. Gougeon, University of ScrantonUsing Conway’s Napkin Problem in an IntroductoryProbability Class11:15 AM – 11:25 AMShenglan Yuan, LaGuardia Community College, CUNYGENERAL CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSIONTeaching or Learning Developmental Mathematicsand Assessment9:15 AM – 11:25 AM, Marriott Wardman Park, Salon 1, Balcony AConceptual Learning in Mathematics UpperSecondary Education: The InternationalBaccalaureate9:15 AM – 9:25 AMNeil Hendry, International BaccalaureateDevelopmental Mathematics Remediation throughan Online Summer Bridge Program9:30 AM – 9:40 AMJames Sobota, University of Wisconsin-La CrosseJennifer Kosiak, University of Wisconsin-La CrosseMaggie McHugh, La Crosse School DistrictRobert Hoar, University of Wisconsin-La CrosseRobert Allen, University of Wisconsin-La CrosseFor Developmental Students, a Different Way ofWorking with Fractions, Solving Linear Equations,Obtaining the Equation of a Straight Line andRigorously Defining Real Numbers9:45 AM – 9:55 AMMaria T. Alzugaray, Suffolk County Community CollegeDividing Process in Base-10 Number System:Reversed Dividing Process for 1/X10:00 AM – 10:10 AMNick H. Huang, Howard ConsultingWhat Should be the Content of a DevelopmentalAlgebra Class?10:15 AM – 10:25 AMCarlos Nicolas, Ferrum CollegeA Critical Reflection on the Development andPromotion of Constructivist-Learning Environmentin Mathematics at the Intermediate Phase in SouthAfrica10:30 AM – 10:40 AMLateef N. Najeem, University of South AfricaOne Student’s Journey on the Road to Sense-Making in Algebra10:45 AM – 10:55 AMJanet St. Clair, Alabama State UniversityThe University of Illinois Math Placement Program:A Retrospection on 8 Years and 75,000+ Students11:00 AM – 11:10 AMAlison Reddy, Univeristy of IllinoisAn Assessment of Student-Centered LearningAcross Multi-Sections of ‘Large’ College AlgebraClassrooms: An On-Going Study11:15 AM – 11:25 AMPerry Y.C. Lee, Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaPadraig McLoughlin, Kutztown University ofPennsylvaniaINVITED ADDRESSEarl Raymond Hedrick Lecture SeriesHedrick Lecture 29:30 AM – 10:20 AM, Marriott Wardman Park, Salon 2/3Karen Smith, University of MichiganGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITYGraduate Student Q&A9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Marriott Wardman Park, Park Tower 8224INVITED ADDRESSMAA Centennial Lecture 5CSHPM Kenneth O. May Lecture“We Are Evidently on the Verge of Important StepsForward”: The American Mathematical Community,1915-195010:30 AM – 11:20 AM, Marriott Wardman Park, Salon 2/3Karen Parshall, University of VirginiaINVITED ADDRESSNAM David Harold Blackwell LectureMathematics, Mathematicians, Mathematics Educationand Equity: Challenges and Opportunities1:00 PM – 1:50 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Salon 2/3Terrence Blackman, The University of Denver#MAAthFestWashington, DC | August 5–8, 2015 79