[cmath] Fwd: Post-ICME-11 Workshop

[Peter Taylor]

>Please find below the announcement of a one-day workshop to be held 
>just after ICME-11, next July.
>
>This information was sent to Bernard Hodgson by Ester Sztein, 
>Program Officer for the Board on International Scientific 
>Organizations of the National Academies (USA), on behalf of the 
>United States National Commission on Mathematics Instruction 
>(USNCMI), the US Sub-Commission for ICMI.
>
>Invitation to Attend One-day Workshop
>Classroom Assessment: The Impact on Teaching and Learning in
>Non-University Tertiary Institutions
>Sadie Bragg, a member of the United States National Commission on 
>Mathematics Instruction (USNCMI) and a co-chair with George Ekol 
>(Kyambogo University, Uganda) for DG 23- Current Problems and 
>Challenges in Non-University Tertiary Mathematics Education (NUTI) 
>at ICME -11, will lead a one-day workshop entitled, "Classroom 
>Assessment: The Impact on Teaching and Learning in NUTI," on Monday, 
>July 14, 2008, after the ICME Congress.   Marilyn Mays, a former 
>member of USNCMI, and Cheryl Cleaves, the Executive Director of the 
>American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC), 
>will be co-leaders.
>
>The workshop is funded by The United States' National Science 
>Foundation and co-sponsored by the USNCMI and AMATYC.  It is 
>designed to explore further the topic of classroom assessment and 
>will be an outgrowth of the DG-23 discussion related to this 
>issue.   Participation is by invitation only and will include 
>invitees from several of the countries represented at the 
>Congress.   DG-23 participants/attendees will be given preference 
>for selection for the workshop.  Note that the number of seats 
>available is limited.  Those invited to attend will be funded for 
>two additional nights of lodging (July 13 and 14, 2008) and some 
>meals.   No funding is available for travel expenses (e.g. airfare, taxi, etc.)
>
>For more information about participating in the workshop, contact 
>Sadie Bragg, Professor of Mathematics and Provost, Borough of 
>Manhattan Community College, The City University of New York at 
>sbragg at bmcc.cuny.edu.  (Please place ICME-11 after Congress Workshop 
>in the subject line.)
>
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Peter Taylor,
Professor
Dept. Math&Stats
Queen's University
Kingston ON
613-533-2434  
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