AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session
Current as of Saturday, April 18, 2020 03:30:05
Spring Western Sectional Meeting
- California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA
- May 2-3, 2020 (Saturday - Sunday)
- Meeting #1158
Michel L Lapidus, AMS lapidus@math.ucr.edu
Please note room assignments are subject to change right up until the meeting occurs. The program published here is continually updated and may be more current than the printed program.
Special Session on Math Circle Games and Puzzles that Teach Deep Mathematics
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Saturday May 2, 2020, 8:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m.
Special Session on Math Circle Games and Puzzles that Teach Deep Mathematics, I
Room 207, Science 2 Building
Organizers:
Maria Nogin, California State University, Fresno mnogin@csufresno.edu
Agnes Tuska, California State University, Fresno
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8:30 a.m.
Discussion -
9:00 a.m.
Expert Games of Chance.
Edward C Keppelmann*, University if Nevada Reno
(1158-60-288) -
10:00 a.m.
Mathematical thinking and problem solving through games and puzzles.
Emiliano Gomez*, UC Berkeley
(1158-97-154)
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8:30 a.m.
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Saturday May 2, 2020, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Math Circle Games and Puzzles that Teach Deep Mathematics, II
Room 207, Science 2 Building
Organizers:
Maria Nogin, California State University, Fresno mnogin@csufresno.edu
Agnes Tuska, California State University, Fresno
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3:00 p.m.
Fractals, Binary counting, and Towers of Hanoi.
Andrea Arauza Rivera*, California State University, East Bay
(1158-00-242) -
3:30 p.m.
Socks and Swish: card games with mathematical foundations.
David Patrick*, Art of Problem Solving
(1158-97-47) -
4:00 p.m.
The Josephus problem.
Oleg Gleizer*, UCLA Math Dept.
(1158-97-359) -
4:30 p.m.
From Gheorghe Tzitzeica's Contest of the 'Mathematical Gazette' to the 1980s Version of the Mini-Contest: Explorations of an Interesting Idea in Mathematical Education.
Bogdan D. Suceavă*, Cal State Fullerton
(1158-97-32)
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3:00 p.m.
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Sunday May 3, 2020, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Math Circle Games and Puzzles that Teach Deep Mathematics, III
Room 207, Science 2 Building
Organizers:
Maria Nogin, California State University, Fresno mnogin@csufresno.edu
Agnes Tuska, California State University, Fresno
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8:30 a.m.
Discussion -
9:00 a.m.
Playing with representations at the legs of Dienes.
Agnes Tuska*, Department of Mathematics, California State University, Fresno
(1158-97-245) -
9:30 a.m.
The Shortest Distance Between Three Points.
Peter Tannenbaum*, Santa Barbara, CA
(1158-97-22) -
10:00 a.m.
Step out of your comfort zone -- Wythoff's game is action.
Péter Juhász*, Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
(1158-97-139) -
10:30 a.m.
Discussion
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8:30 a.m.
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Sunday May 3, 2020, 2:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Math Circle Games and Puzzles that Teach Deep Mathematics, IV
Room 207, Science 2 Building
Organizers:
Maria Nogin, California State University, Fresno mnogin@csufresno.edu
Agnes Tuska, California State University, Fresno
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2:00 p.m.
Twists and Turns: Learning Permutations through Rubik's Cubes.
Cyane Gonzalez*, California State University, Fresno
Laura Marroquin, California State University, Fresno
Maria S. Nogin, California State University, Fresno
Taylor W. Yates, California State University, Fresno
(1158-20-285) -
2:30 p.m.
Chomp and Nim in K-12 Math Circles.
Jack Luong, California State University, Fresno
Maria Diaz*, California State University, Fresno
(1158-97-298) -
3:00 p.m.
Micro Robots in the Classroom.
Adam Glesser*, California State University, Fullerton
Matt Rathbun, California State University, Fullerton
(1158-97-218) -
3:30 p.m.
What P-12 Pre-service Teacher Coursework and Math Camps Tell Us about Low-floor, High-Ceiling Tasks.
Bridget Kinsella Druken*, California State University, Fullerton
(1158-97-376) -
4:00 p.m.
Discussion
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2:00 p.m.
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