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Programme

This a draft of the ISUME3 programme. Some small changes to the times may be made before the symposium begins. All talk time include 10 minutes for discussions.

Please note that the Friday programme has changed.

Friday, 15 December
13.00 - 14.00 Registration
14.00 - 14.10 Opening Address by Dr Iognáid Ó Muircheartaigh, President of NUI Galway.
14.10 - 14.40 Sharon Flynn Supporting Mathematics for Computing Students
14.40 - 15.10 Tom Carroll and Kieran Mulchrone Mathematics e-learning initiative at UCC: progress report
15.10 - 15.40 Ray Ryan and Sean Dineen To Infinity and Beyond: Supervising PhD Students
15.40 - 16.10 Coffee
16.10 - 17.40 Lara Alcock Watching students construct proofs
17.40 Reception

20.00 Conference Dinner


Saturday, 16 December
09.45 - 10.15 Thérèse Dooley Children's reasoning about the infinite divisibility of fractions in the context of the 'racetrack problem'
10.15 - 11.45 Elena Nardi Proof by Mathematical Induction: conveying a sense of the domino effect
11.45 - 12.15 Coffee
12.15 - 12.45 Kevin Jennings One to One Tutorials in a Virtual Interactive Classroom - some comments
12.45 - 13.15 Patricia Eaton Bridging the Gap - Transition from School to University Mathematics
13.15 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 - 14.45 Brien Nolan Using Case Studies in a Maths Tutor Training Programme
14.45 - 15.25 Maria Meehan Define, State and Prove: assessing student learning in an introductory advanced mathematics course


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