1994 Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner, MA

The Annual Meeting was held at Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner, Massachusetts, on Saturday, April 9, 1994. The President was Steve Krevisky, Middlesex CTC, and the Vice President and conference chair was Susan Blain. The theme was Math In Action. The meeting included a NEMATYC 20-year anniversary reception sponsored by Wadsworth, Inc.

NEMATYC Officers

President	Steve Krevisky, Middlesex CTC
Vice President	Susan Blain, Mount Wachusett CC
Treasurer	Eiki Satake Emerson College
Newsletter	Judy Carter North Shore CC

Keynote

• Teaching The Need To Know vs. The Nice To Know, Edward R. Terceiro, Jr., Executive Dean of Administrative Services, MWCC

Presentations

• Cooperative Problem Solving for Students of Mathematics, Yoav Elinevsky, Mt. Wachusett CC
• How a Graphing Calculator Helps Students Learn Precalculus, Roberta Kieronski, University of New Hampshire - Manchester
• Introduction to Minitab in the Elementary Statistics Course, Joan Bookbinder, Johnson & Wales University
• Math Anxiety Causes, Effects and Solutions: A Student Perspective, Aaron J. Ferguson, University of Delaware
• Reasonable Accommodations for Disabled Students, John Jacobs, Massachusetts Bay Community College
• Some Nematodes for the NEMATYC Gardener's Garden, Eugene Lehman, Dawson College, Montreal
  • Moebius Strip and Klein Bottle, Trevor Hanna, age 9
  • Fibonacci, Ian KcKelvey, age 9, David Pittaro, age 10
  • Sidewalk Cracks and Cannonballs, William Paul, age 10, Ian Warley, age 9
  • Non-Abelian Groups, Joshua Frankel, age 11
  • Abraham Zilkha, age 11, and David Weinfeld, age 11, also presented
• Some Simple Applications Taken from Epidemiology, Rob Rosenfeld, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
• Study Groups in a Math Class: Why and How, Yoav Elinevsky, Mt. Wachusett Community College
• Towards a New Precalculus Course, Raymond J. McGivney, Jr., Mako E. Haruta, University of Hartford
• Using a Venn Diagram to Determine the Validity of a Statement: An Alternative Teaching Strategy of Mathematical Logic, Eiki Satake, Emerson College
• Using Computer Laboratories in Math Courses, Judy Carter, North Shore Community College
• Using the TI-82 to Explore New Frontiers in Introductory and Intermediate Algebra, James M. Sullivan, Massachusetts Bay Community College, Gerald E. Bilodeau, Massachusetts Bay Community College and Boston College High School
• W(h)ither Mathematics?, Philip Mahler, Middlesex Community College
• Who Was Better, Joe DiMaggio or Willie Mays (or Jimmie Foxx or ...)?, Steve Krevisky, Middlesex CTC

NEMATYC Business Meeting
Saturday, April 9, 1994
Mount Wachusett Community College

The minutes of April 1993 were approved.

Treasurer Eiki Satake submitted a written treasurer's report which included the status of the organization through the end of May, 1994. It was accepted.

The group had informal discussion on membership, if the organization were incorporated, and how delegates to the National meeting were chosen. There will be a meeting of interested parties in May at Massasoit CC to discuss these issues further.

Joan Bookbinder announced the NEMATYC '95 meeting at Johnson & Wales University. It will be held at the Johnson & Wales Airport Hotel in Warwick, RI on April 7th and 8th 1995. The FIRST two-day conference. Joan can be reached at Johnson & Wales University, 8 Abbott Park Place, Providence, RI 02903 (401) 456-1480

Elaine Previte of Dean Junior College will be hosting the NEMATYC'96 meeting.

Door prizes were given away and we adjourned.

Submitted by
John Jacobs

Exhibitors

• Prentice HallSara Ballestero, Sue Karney
• Wadsworth, Inc.Jim Johnson
• Research & Education Assoc.Paul Fumarola
• Pacific Crest SoftwareDan Apple
• D.C. HeathPamela Laskey Muhr
• Addison-WesleyDonna DeSimone
• Houghton MifflinSairey Leone
• MacmillanBrian McGuinness
• Harcourt BracePaul Burke
• McGraw-HillMichael Fried
• Harper CollinsBrett Sullivan

Registration List

Anspach, Gene, Mt. Wachusett CC
Apple, Dan, Pacific Crest Software
Avedikan, Dan, Mt. Wachusett CC
Ballestero, Sara, Prentice Hall
Bilodeau, Gerald, Boston College High
Blain, Susan, Mt. Wachusett CC
Bookbinder, Joan, Johnson & Wales University
Bruenjes, Linda, Bay State College
Buffington, Charlotte, New Hampshire Tech Col.
Burke, Paul, Harcourt Brace
Byrne, Anne, North Shore CC
Cabral, Mary, Middlesex CC
Carney, Jane, Mt Wachusett CC
Carter, Judy, North Shore CC
Caruso, Marie, Middlesex CC
Cron, Cathy, Housatonic CTC
Cullen, Mary, Mt Wachusett CC
Curley, Geraldine, Bunker Hill CC
Dapsis, Lois, Quinebaug Valley CTC
Desimone, Donna, Addison-Wesley
DiLeo, Nancy, Mt Wachusett CC
Dursht, Saul, Norwalk CTC
Elinevsky, Yoav, Mt Wachusett CC
Falcone, Elaine, Mt Wachusett CC
Ferguson, Aaron, University of Deleware
Filipi, Theresa, Mt Wachusett CC
Fitzgerald, Dan, Holyoke CC
Frankel, Joshua, Royal Vale Elem., Montreal
Fraser, Beth, Middlesex CC
Fried, Michael, McGraw Hill
Fumarola, Paul, Research & Education Assoc.
Goland, David, Quinsigamond CC
Goodwin, Regina, Middlesex CC
Hanna, Trevor, Willingdon School, Montreal
Haruta, Mako, University of Hartford
Hay, Carol, Middlesex CC
Heckman, Edward, Mt Wachusett CC
Horan, Dwight, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Ingrahm, Alec, New Hampshire College
Jacobs, John, Massachusetts Bay CC
Johnson, Jim, Wadsworth Inc
Julin, David, Holyoke CC
Karney, Sue, Prentice Hall
Keating, Jack, Massasoit CC
Kessler, Jim, Vermont Technical College
Kieronski, Roberta, UNH - Manchester
Kim, Lee-Jung, Mt Wachusett CC
Krevisky, Stephen, Middlesex CTC
Laskey Muhr, Pamela, D C Heath
Laverty, Paul, Mt Wachusett CC
LeBlanc, Marjorie, Mt Wachusett CC
Lehman, Eugene, Dawson College
Leone, Sairey, Houghton Mifflin
Letteney, Alice, Mt Wachusett CC
Loisseau, Roger, Naugatuck Valley CTC
Lyon, Richard, Mt Wachusett CC
MacKenzie, Shirley, Bunker Hill CC
Mahler, Philip, Middlesex CC
Martin, Lois, Massasoit CC
Martin, Clifford, Whitman-Hanson Regional HS
McGivney, Raymond, University of Hartford
McGuiness, Brian, Macmillan
McKelvey, Ian, Willingdon School, Montreal
Moran, Karen, Quinebaug Valley CTC
Murphy, Jane, Middlesex CC
Neeman, Sol, Johnson & Wales University
Pandolfini, Thomas, Johnson & Wales University
Paul, William, Willingdon School, Montreal
Pittaro, David, Willingdon School, Montreal
Ponticello, Rick, North Shore CC
Previte, Elaine, Dean College
Robinson, Suellen, North Shore CC
Rosa, Domenico, Teikyo Post University
Rosenfeld, Bob, Nassau CC
Satake, Eiki, Emerson College
Sauvageau, Richard, Staples H.S.
Savicki, Helene, Dean Junior College
Soderbom, Kath, Massasoit CC
Sullivan, Brett, Harper Collins
Sullivan, John, Northern Essex CC
Sullivan, Jim, Massachusetts Bay CC
Takvorian, Kenneth, Mt Wachusett CC
Terceiro, Edward, Mt Wachusett CC
Tourigny, Yvonne, Bay State College
Tully, Judith, Bunker Hill CC
Valente, John, Franklin Pierce College
Warley, Ian, Willingdon School, Montreal
Weinfeld, David, Royal Vale Elem., Montreal
Weitze, Charles, Mt Wachusett CC
Wicklund, Bonnie, Mt Wachusett CC
Woolhouse, Maureen, Middlesex CC
Wursthorn, Peter, Capital CTC
Zilkha, Abraham, Royal Vale Elem., Montreal