UOG Math Day Features Nationally Renowned Math Educator

The University of Guam Division of Mathematical and Computer Sciences hosts its annual Math Day on April 14. This year, Math Day features renowned math educator Prof. Deborah Hughes-Hallett from the University of Arizona and Harvard University. Hughes-Hallett will be the featured speaker during Math Day and will give two other presentations in April:

·         Presentation to High School Math Teachers - April 12

Getting Students Engaged in Mathematics

4:30 p.m. in Warehouse B, Room #1

·         College of Natural and Applied Sciences Open House - April 13

April 13 - Climate Change: Where Do We Stand?

11:00 a.m. CLASS Lecture Hall (students and the general public)

·         Math Day - April 14
April 14 - Calculus: Affecting the Lives of Millions

11:00 a.m. at the Outrigger Hotel (high math students and teachers)

Deborah Hughes-Hallett is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Arizona and Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. With Andrew Gleason at Harvard, she organized the Calculus Consortium, and started a foundation to promote innovative curriculum and pedagogy.  She is the author or coauthor of seven college level mathematics texts, which have been translated into several languages.  She has established mathematics programs for master's students of International Development at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, as well as courses in precalculus, quantitative reasoning, and courses for those majoring in Economics.

She has had a significant impact on undergraduate and high school mathematics education both nationally and internationally.  In the classroom, she is a dedicated teacher who knows how to involve students and get them to realize their potential.  She has a unique ability to get into students' minds, to work out what they are missing and to devise a new way to explain something that overcomes the obstacle.  Her influence has spread far beyond her own classroom to many other teachers: undergraduates whom she trained to teach a precalculus course at Harvard; graduate teaching assistants; and university and high school teachers across the country who have attended her workshops on teaching calculus.

She has served on committees of the National Academy of Science, the MAA Committee on Mutual Concerns, and is currently chair of the College Board's Committee to review the new Math-SAT.  She organized three international conferences on the teaching of mathematics.  She received awards from Harvard, Arizona, the Louise Hay Prize from the Association for Women in Mathematics, and is a national winner of the Haimo Award for Distinguished Teaching from the Mathematical Association of America.