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DIMACS Symposium on Teaching Logic and Reasoning in an Illogical World
                 Rutgers University, 25--26 July 1996

   The full version of this announcement is available at URL:
   http://www.cs.utwente.nl/data/amast/links/v03/i01/full/AC0301CC.txt
  Logic and logical thinking are central to all disciplines and are
critical in the mathematical and computer sciences.  This symposium
will explore the teaching of introductory logic and logical thinking,
with a primary focus on the college level and a secondary focus on
the high school level.  The symposium will be interdisciplinary,
emphasizing and contrasting approaches used in mathematics, computer
science, natural sciences, and engineering.
  The symposium seeks a sharing of ideas, rather than consensus, on how
to teach logic, so that all participants gain an appreciation for the
fundamental issues and ultimately are better able to motivate the
importance of logic and to convey the foundations of logical reasoning
to students.  Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
 o  Pedagogical Approaches    
 o  Empirical Studies                 
 o  Cognitive Models of Logical Reasoning
 o  Exemplary Course Material
 o  Innovative Approaches
 o  Courseware for Teaching Logic
  Submit an extended abstract (maximum of 4 pages) by 1 April 1996.
Submissions in postscript form are preferred; email them to
lmc@cs.cornell.edu. Mail paper submissions to: David Gries, Computer
Science, Upson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA.
Notification of acceptance: 1 May. Camera ready and electronic
paper versions due: 1 July. Accepted papers will be published in a
locally available proceedings and on the World Wide Web.
  For further information, contact Peter Henderson, Department of
Computer Science, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N.Y. 11794-4400 USA.
(516) 632-8463, pbh@cs.sunysb.edu.
  The symposium will be held prior to the Federated Logic Conference
(FLoC) -- for further information, see the FLoC home page at URL:
   http://www.research.att.com/lics/floc/ 
  Info about the _Special Year_ at URL: http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/