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Fall Western Sectional Meeting of the AMS
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 24-25, 2020

Special Session on "How to Solve It? Heuristics and Inquiry Based Learning" 

PROGRAM and information

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Cancellations and Updates

 

The György Pólya Heuristic Subcommittee of the Standing Committee of the History of Science and Technology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences informs all affected participants that due to precautions around COVID-19, the Special Session of the Spring Meeting of the AMS below that was jointly organized by the Research Centre for the Humanities and the California State University, Fresno has been CANCELLED.

Special Session of the Spring Western Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society on "How to Solve It? Heuristics and Inquiry Based Learning

The Spring Western Sectional Meeting was CANCELLED by the AMS because of COVID-19.

Since at least half of our session presenters enthusiastically supported our idea of proposing the same special session for the upcoming

Fall Western Sectional Meeting of AMS
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 24-25, 2020,

we reorganized the session for the Fall Western Sectional Meeting.

See the details and the deadlines HERE.

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AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Spring Western Sectional Meeting

• California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA

Special Session on How to Solve It? Heuristics and Inquiry Based Learning

 Saturday May 2, 2020, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.

• Special Session on How to Solve It? Heuristics and Inquiry Based Learning, I
  Room 308, Science 2 Building
  Organizers:
  Mario Banuelos, California State University, Fresno
  Andrew G. Benedek, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungary
  Agnes Tuska, California State University, Fresno
  
  • 8:00 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Investigating Resampling Methods in Upper Division Math Courses.
    Mario Banuelos*, California State University, Fresno
    (1158-97-292)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Linking IBL and Research through Dialectical Heuristics.
    Zoe C Ashton*, The Ohio State University
    (1158-97-258)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    The What and Why Behind IBL Communities: Beginning to Build in CA & NV.
    Megan E Selbach-Allen*, Stanford University
    (1158-97-306)

 Saturday May 2, 2020, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.

• • Special Session on How to Solve It? Heuristics and Inquiry Based Learning, II
    Room 308, Science 2 Building
    Organizers:
    Mario Banuelos, California State University, Fresno
    Andrew G. Benedek, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungary
    Agnes Tuska, California State University, Fresno
  • 3:00 p.m.
  • Learning through Problem-Solving.
    Ravi Damodar Vakil*, Stanford University
    (1158-97-195)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Polya's "Let us Teach Guessing" Revisited: Shortest Distance Problems.
    Peter Tannenbaum*, Santa Barbara, CA
    (1158-97-37)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    Let's Take Polya Back to School.
    Robert G Stein*, California State University, San Bernardino
    (1158-97-134)
  • 5:00 p.m.
    Discussion

 Sunday May 3, 2020, 8:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.

• Special Session on How to Solve It? Heuristics and Inquiry Based Learning, III
  Room 308, Science 2 Building
  Organizers:
  Mario Banuelos, California State University, Fresno
  Andrew G. Benedek, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungary
  Agnes Tuska, California State University, Fresno
  
  • 8:00 a.m.
    Discussion
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Towards a Lacanian Critique in Mathematics Education: The University Discourse and Current Work.
    Lance D Burger*, California State University, Fresno
    (1158-97-137)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Learning from and Working with Contradictions in Heuristics.
    Can Başkent*, Department of Computer Science, Middlesex University, London
    (1158-03-118)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Models and Logics in the Practice of Mathematical Heuristics: Tools for concept development and discovery or just for retroactive reconstruction?
    Andrew G. Benedek*, Institute of Philosophy Research Centre for the Humanities
    (1158-94-248)

 

• Sunday May 3, 2020, 2:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on How to Solve It? Heuristics and Inquiry Based Learning, IV
  Room 308, Science 2 Building
  Organizers:
  Mario Banuelos, California State University, Fresno
  Andrew G. Benedek, Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungary
  Agnes Tuska, California State University, Fresno This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  
  • • 2:00 p.m.
      Unusual chessboard tasks for gifted learners.
      Péter Juhász*, Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
      (1158-97-132)
    • 3:00 p.m.
      Food For Thought: Exploring Euclidean and non-Euclidean Geometries.
      Jennifer E Clinkenbeard*, California State University Monterey Bay
      (1158-97-106)
    • 3:30 p.m.
      George Polya's influence on mathematics competitions in the USA.
      Agnes Tuska*, Department of Mathematics, California State University, Fresno
      (1158-01-364)
    • 4:00 p.m.
      Discussion