Report On The BMC Splinter Sessions In Mathematical Education

The programme of The British Mathematical Colloquium included for the first time this year two afternoon Splinter Sessions on Mathematical Education chaired by Peter Saunders [Kings College London]. These took place on 18 and 19 April 2000 and the following talks were presented:

• Developments in school mathematics of concern to universities
  • Tony Gardiner [Birmingham]
• Research into how our students learn mathematics: what it can tell us
  • David Tall [Warwick]
• The new Learning and Teaching Support Network for mathematics
  • Pam Bishop & Joe Kyle [LTSN/Birmingham]
• The Funmaths Roadshow of the Liverpool Mathematical Society
  • Ian Porteous [Liverpool]