MS4 Linear Algebra Education

Organizers: María Trigueros, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, and Asuman Oktaç, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados, IPN, México, and PUCV, Chile.

MS4 Monday Morning

10:45 Intellectual Need and Its Role in Mathematics Instruction: Focus on Linear Algebra
Harel, Guershon
University of California, San Diego, USA

11:10 Thinking Modes Revealed on Students' Responses from an Assignment on Linear Independence
Dogan-Dunlap, Hamide
University of Texas at El Paso, USA

11:35 Basic notions of Vector Space Theory: students' models and conceptions
Maracci, Mirko
Siena University, Italy

12:00 Construction of a vector space schema
Parraguez, Marcela
PUCV, Chile
(with Oktaç, Asuman)

12:25 Spanning sets and vector spaces they generate: an APOS analysis
Trigueros, María
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
(with Ku, Darly and Oktaç, Asuman)

MS4 Tuesday Afternoon

16:55 Few pedagogical scenarios in Linear Algebra with Cabri and Maple
Klasa-Bompoint, Jacqueline
Dawson College, Canada

17:20 When MATLAB Gives "Wrong" Answers
Leon, Steven
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA

17:45 A fundamental paradox in learning algebra
Tanguay, Denis
UQAM, Montreal, Canada
(with Corriveau, Claudia)

18:10 Integrating learning theories and application-based modules in teaching linear algebra
Martin, William
North Dakota State University
(with S. Loch, L. Cooley, S. Dexter and D. Vidakovic)

18:35 Group discussion

MS4 Wednesday Morning

10:35 Skills, Concepts and Models in a Linear Algebra Course
Moura, Ana
Instituto Superior Técnico, UTL, Lisbon, Portugal
(with Santos, P. A.)

11:00 Design of a unit to teach eigenvectors and eigenvalues based on the instructional design principles of Realistic Mathematics Education
Zandieh, Michelle
Arizona State University
(with Rasmussen, C. and Larson, C.)

11:25 Use of models in the teaching of linear algebra
Possani, Edgar
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
(with Preciado, G. and Lozano, D.)

11:50 A Java Applet and Introductory Tutorial for the Jacobi, Gauss-Seidel and SOR Methods
Strong, David
Pepperdine University, CA, USA

12:15 Group discussion