BOLIVAR, MO – Dr. Bob Glasgow, SBU mathematics professor, recently was invited to attend "Doctoral Programs in Mathematics Education: A Decade of Progress - A National Conference" in Kansas City, Missouri. The conference was an "invitation only" conference that was funded by the National Science Foundation. Dr. Glasgow was invited to serve as the evaluator of the conference.
According to Dr. Glasgow, the conference focused on looking at the progress of the last decade as well as planning for the future improvement of doctoral programs in mathematics education. Participants from about 70 U.S. universities and 5 international universities were invited to participate. Dr. Glasgow also was involved in writing two papers that were sent out to participants prior to the conference. One of these papers has already been accepted for publication in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, “Doctoral Programs in Mathematical Education in the United States: 2007 Status Report,” and will be published in November. The other authors of the paper were: Robert Reys, Dawn Teuscher, and Nevels Nevels, all of the University of Missouri.
Dr. Glasgow said the other paper will be published in the next year in some form that will include all the papers created during and after the conference. Dr. Glasgow’s invitation to participate in this conference is a result of his dissertation and continued research regarding graduates of doctoral programs in Mathematics Education.
SBU Mathematics Department Chair Dr. Kevin Hopkins said, "We commend Dr. Glasgow for publishing in this prestigious journal. Many authors report that their Notices articles are the most widely read pieces they have written."
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Additional information from the website for the Notices, http://www.ams.org/notices/about.html and http://www.ams.org/notices/authors.html :
"The Notices is the world's most widely read magazine aimed at professional mathematicians. As the membership journal of the American Mathematical Society, the Notices is sent to the approximately 30,000 AMS members worldwide, one-third of whom reside outside the United States. "
"Feature articles may address mathematics, mathematical news and developments, mathematics history, issues affecting the profession, mathematics education at any level, the AMS and its activities, and other such topics of interest to Notices readers. Each article is expected to have a large target audience of readers, perhaps 5,000 of the 30,000 subscribers."
"Most feature articles, including those on mathematics, are expected to be of long-term value and should be written as such"
"By publishing high-level exposition, the Notices provides opportunities for mathematicians and students of mathematics to find out what is going on in the field. Each issue contains one or two such expository articles that describe current developments in mathematical research, written by professional mathematicians."