The Legacy of R. L. Moore - Past Activity Reports

American Mathematical Society - Mathematical Association of America Joint Annual Meetings, San Diego, CA, 5-9 January 2008

The Legacy exhibit booth attracted both new and familiar friends. A special thanks goes to Bill and Jean Mahavier for their usual invaluable service in helping the Educational Advancement Foundation staff in maintaining the stock of handouts and in answering visitors' queries.

The Legacy Project sponsored another reception for Project NExT fellows which was perhaps the best attended to date. MAA president Joe Gallian dropped by to welcome the group.

Tenth Annual Legacy of R. L. Moore Conference, Austin, Texas, 12-14 April 2007

The 10th conference took place in Austin at the Marriott Courtyard Austin Downtown. Program.

As with previous conferences most of the program was video recorded. The producer, Banning K. Lary, also prepared sample clips which are available here.

Above are Tim Chartier (in clip #11), Dante Tawfeeq (#3), and Laurie Cavey (#3).

American Mathematical Society - Mathematical Association of America Joint Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA, 5-8 January 2007

The Legacy of R.L. Moore booths proved to be a popular attraction once again and visitors included people to whom the Moore Method and Inquiry-Based Learning were new. The Educational Advancement Foundation sponsored a luncheon for representatives from the Associated Colleges of the South. Twenty-six faculty from thirteen colleges attended; Barry Spieler and Bob Eslinger briefly described the programs of ACS and the Legacy of R.L. Moore Project. The Legacy Project also sponsored a reception for Project NExT fellows.

EAF founder, Harry Lucas, Jr., was inducted into the Mathematical Association of America's Icosahedron Society which honors significant contributors to MAA programs.

Ninth Annual Legacy of R. L. Moore Conference, Austin, Texas, 11-13 May 2006

The 9th conference took place in Austin at the Renaissance Austin Hotel. The program included talks by Ian Knowles ("Two Decades of Advanced Calculus at the University of Alabama - Birmingham: Robert Kauffman and the Moore Method"), Hugh Montgomery ("Discovering Number Theory"), and Alan Cline ("Paul Halmos and the Moore Method"). There was a session devoted to the mathematics and teaching career of Hubert S. Wall (1902-1971) a long-time colleague of R.L. Moore and author of the books Creative Mathematics and Analytic Theory of Continued Fractions.

American Mathematical Society - Mathematical Association of America Joint Annual Meetings, San Antonio, Texas, 12-15 January 2006
At its exhibit booths The Legacy of R. L. Moore Project provided gratis literature and videos relating to Professor Moore and the Moore Method.	There was also an exhibit of materials from the Archives of American Mathematics featuring items illustrating its wide range of collections.

	From 28 April to 1 May 2005, the Educational Advancement Foundation in conjunction with the University of Texas at Austin held the Eighth Annual Legacy of R. L. Moore Conference. The program is available here.
As in previous years, at the 2005 meeting each table had microphones that allowed any of the 200 attendees at interactive sessions to join an electronic queue and speak from the floor.	Visit the gallery of photographs of participants. (We thank the subjects for their permission.)

At the meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Anaheim, California, 6-9 April 2005, Ronald G. Douglas (Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas) gave a talk entitled "National Consortium on Inquiry-Based Learning." Abstract: In recent years, interest in inquiry-based learning (IBL), developed by R. L. Moore to teach college level mathematics, has grown. The Educational Advancement Foundation is sponsoring the creation of national centers at several major universities to develop and foster the "Moore Method" in mathematics teaching. The presenter will give an overview of the center project and stress opportunities at the centers for teachers to participate in conferences and in-service programs involving IBL.

On 18-20 November 2004 there was a special session at the History of Science Society annual meeting in Austin devoted to "Tracing the Development of Mathematics in Early Twentieth-Century America: Three Case Studies Drawn from the Archives of American Mathematics, Austin." It included talks by Albert C. Lewis (Halsted and Mathematics on the American Frontier); Della D. Fenster (Leonard Dickson: the Man Out of Texas But not the Texas Out of the Man); David E. Zitarelli (The Moore-Kline Correspondence: Portrait of Two Mathematicians). It was organized by Karen Parshall of the University of Virginia and chaired by Joseph Dauben, The Graduate Center, CUNY.

The Legacy of R. L. Moore project was the principal sponsor of the Society's reception at the Harry H. Ransom Humanities Research Center. The full program and abstracts of talks can be found under "previous conferences" at the Society web site.

On March 12-14, 2004, the Educational Advancement Foundation in conjunction with the University of Texas, held the Seventh Annual Legacy of R. L. Moore Conference. The program is available here.

On March 13-15, 2003, the Educational Advancement Foundation, in conjunction with The University of Texas at Austin, held the Sixth Annual Legacy of R.L. Moore Conference. The program is available here.

At the Ninth Midwest History of Mathematics Conference, 4-5 October 2002, David Zitarelli of Temple University presented a talk on the Genesis of the Moore Method. Abstract: R. L. Moore (1882-1974) was one of the towering figures in American mathematics. We examine the nine-year period that Moore spent at the University of Pennsylvania with a view toward singling out the essential ingredients in the method that he later perfected at the University of Texas. Moore’s enduring influence on a long list of distinguished mathematicians can be seen in the careers of his Penn colleague H. H. Mitchell and his first doctoral student, J. R. Kline. A video is available from the Educational Advancement Foundation. If you would like a copy, please contact us. Also, see Zitarelli’s publications listed on the Literature page.

On March 13-15, 2002, the Educational Advancement Foundation, in conjunction with The University of Texas at Austin, held the Fifth Annual Legacy of R.L. Moore Conference. The program is available here.

On May 3-5, 2001, the Educational Advancement Foundation, in conjunction with The University of Texas at Austin, held the Fourth Annual Legacy of R.L. Moore Conference. The program is available here.

At the Joint Mathematical Meetings of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America, New Orleans, 10-13 January 2001 the R. L. Moore Legacy Project hosted films, talks, and discussions. An activity report is available.

On April 5-7, 2000, the Educational Advancement Foundation, in conjunction with The University of Texas at Austin, held the Third Annual Legacy of R.L. Moore Conference. A report and video are available. If you would like a copy, please contact us.

On April 7-9, 1999, the Educational Advancement Foundation, in conjunction with The University of Texas at Austin, hosted the Second Annual Legacy of R.L. Moore Conference. A copy of the report is available.

The R.L. Moore Legacy Project hosted films, talks, and discussions at the Joint Mathematical Meetings of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America, San Antonio, 13-17 January 1999. An activity report is available on the Legacy Project's presence in San Antonio.

On April 16-18, 1998, the Educational Advancement Foundation, in conjunction with The University of Texas at Austin, hosted the First Legacy of R. L. Moore Conference. A report and video of the first annual conference are available.