Section NExT Schedule

Missouri Section NExT Meeting Spring 2023

Missouri State University, Springfield, MO

 

Thursday, March 30, 2023

MO NExT Reception

7:00pm - 8:00pm CT

Plaster Student Union 317B

MO NExT Members and invited guests, join us for an hour of mathematical camaraderie!

 

Friday, March 31, 2023

8:30am - 9:30am CT

Pummill Hall 206

Finding the Gems in MAA Periodicals: A Convergence Scavenger Hunt

Dr. Amy Ackerberg-Hastings

Co-editor, MAA Convergence

Abstract

The MAA publishes seven periodicals that serve a variety of purposes and address a variety of audiences: The American Mathematical Monthly, The College Mathematics Journal, Mathematics Magazine, Convergence, Math Horizons, FOCUS, and Math Values. This session will feature an online scavenger hunt that unearths some of the classroom resources available from Convergence, the MAA’s web-based, open-access journal for using the history of mathematics to teach the mathematical subjects typically studied at the secondary and undergraduate levels, such as algebra, combinatorics, synthetic and analytic geometry, trigonometry, probability and statistics, elementary functions, calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra. In the time remaining after the game, we’ll highlight some of the ways the MAA’s other journals, magazines, and blogs can also support your professional development and engage your students.

 

10:00am - 11:00am CT

Pummill Hall 206

Using Data to Support Equity-Minded Institutional Change

Dr. Lisa Marano

West Chester University

Chair, MAA Committee on Sections

Abstract

In this workshop, participants will explore ways to use data to support equity-minded institutional change. Examples of programmatic, departmental, and institutional change efforts and action plans will be provided.  Participants will be given tools, resources, and time to develop action plans of their own.