Holl MSM Mini-Workshop for Teachers 2015
Leslie Hogben, Dio Lewis Holl Chair in Applied Mathematics
Alejandro Andreotti, MSM Director of Graduate Education
This workshop brought
Masters of School Mathematics students (many of whom study remotely) to
the Iowa State campus for Friday June 19 and Saturday June 20.
Mathematics department faculty shared some of the mathematics they
do in order to provide students with ideas for their creative
component. Students met their instructors and classmates and
mingled informally. The conference provided some interesting
ideas to integrate into teaching. This workshop will also provide much of the content for Math 540B Seminar.
On June Friday 19, students attended Discrete Math (547) at 7:30,
Geometry (549) at 9:40, had lunch, and then Friday afternoon and
Saturday morning attended the mini-conference, with a short final meeting during lunch.
For those that are not in the area, lodging and mileage were provided. Meals were provided for all participants.
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About Dio Lewis Holl (from LAS News Release):
"Dio Lewis Holl received his AB in 1917 from Manchester College, his AM
in 1920 from Ohio State University, and his PhD in 1925 from the
University of Chicago with a thesis entitled “Viscous Fluid Motion in
Eccentric Cylinders”. He joined the faculty at Iowa State in 1925, and
he served as Head of the Department of Mathematics from 1945 until his
death in 1954.
"Dio Holl was well known for his excellent teaching skills and his
interest in high quality education. He supervised 12 PhD students in
areas such as elasticity, fluid flows, and stress analysis of
materials. He envisioned the Department of Mathematics at Iowa State
College as one of applied mathematics, i.e. focusing on areas such as
dynamics, elasticity and plasticity. He did, however, hire more ‘core’
mathematicians later in his term as Head, including some algebraists,
topologists, and analysts.
"The Department of Mathematics expresses its gratitude to the donors of
the Dio Lewis Holl Chair in Applied Mathematics for their generous
gift. The donors have expressed ‘their desire for the professor
selected to be passionate about teaching and educating students who are
going to be math teachers, to better reflect the qualities of their
father.” One of the donors, Elizabeth Holl Bierbaum, a daughter of Dio
Holl, serves on the Advisory Board of the Department of Mathematics
where her insight and passion for mathematics are much appreciated."
About Leslie Hogben
Leslie Hogben is the Dio Lewis Holl Chair in Applied Mathematics, and
this workshop is supported by Holl Chair funds. Dr. Hogben has
focused on a variety of different aspects of mathematical education and
research. She has worked with middle and high school teachers in the
Masters of School Mathematics (MSM) program. She is the author of more
than eighty research papers, and particularly enjoys introducing people
to mathematical research and discovery. She has been a leader in the
use of research groups in mathematics, bringing together
undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral associates, and faculty
at undergraduate colleges to successfully solve problems. She says,
“Teachers can convey the excitement of discovery to their students.
This was certainly true for me -- I was fortunate to be taught by a
truly inspiring math teacher when I was in middle and high school, who
had us exploring open questions in graph theory.”