Fwd: 2012 Joseph D. Moore Lecture: teaching math through deep game design
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Date: Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:38 AM
Subject: 2012 Joseph D. Moore Lecture
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2012 JOSEPH D. MOORE LECTURE
You Are Invited to a Conversation with Keith Devlin
on
THE SYMBOL BARRIER
Using video games to overcome the greatest obstacle to good mathematics learning
Synopsis
Most current mathematics education video games are essentially new delivery mechanisms for traditional instruction. In the coming decade we should see classroom pedagogy start to change in significant ways, as we learn how to take full advantage of what the medium offers. Based in part on Devlin’s book Mathematics Education for a New Era: Video Games as a Medium for Learning, published in March 2011.
Date & Time: Thursday, April 26, 2012 from 5:00-6:00p.m.
Location: NC State University, Friday Institute, Wachovia Conference Room
Dr. Keith Devlin is co-founder and Executive Director of Stanford University's H-STAR institute, a co-founder of the Stanford Media X research network and a Senior Researcher at CSLI, the Stanford Center for the Study of Language and Information. He is a World Economic Forum Fellow and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His current research is focused on the use of different media to teach and communicate mathematics to diverse audiences. (And he regularly brings mathematics to life for audiences of NPR’s Weekend Edition.) He also works on the design of information/reasoning systems for intelligence analysis. Other research interests include: theory of information, models of reasoning, applications of mathematical techniques in the study of communication and mathematical cognition. He has authored 31 books and published more than 80 research articles. He is the recipient of the Pythagoras Prize, the Peano Prize, the Carl Sagan Award and the Communications Award of the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics. In 2003, he was recognized by the California State Assembly for his "innovative work and longtime service in the field of mathematics and its relation to logic and linguistics."
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