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My Top Ten Issues in Mathematics Education

Posted on February 25, 2014 by bfinegold

What are your “top ten”? Sue VanHattum, a full time faculty member at Contra Costa College inspired me with her wonderful top ten list . Below are my top ten Issues in Mathematics Education. While this is my opinion, I do … Continue reading →

Posted in Issues in Higher Education, K-12 Mathematics, Math Education, people in math, women in math | 9 Comments

Playful Invitations: A Tour

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Vanessa Rivera-Quinones

Playful Invitations: Inspiring Ways to Teach Early Mathematics, is a blog written by Dorie Ranheim. Its goal is “to inspire parents, caregivers, and educators of preschool children to intentionally teach math using natural materials.” By using “loose parts”, backyards, playgrounds, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Math Education, planet math, Recreational Mathematics, Sustainability, Uncategorized | Tagged Blog, Dorie Ranheim, early childhood, math, nature, Playful Invitations | Comments Off

Fractal Kitty Blog: A Tour

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Vanessa Rivera-Quinones

Fractal Kitty: Making Sense of the Abstract, is a blog created by Sophia Wood and edited by her daughter, where she shares an assortment of fantastic math content. What caught my attention was the great number of math illustrations … Continue reading →

Posted in Applied Math, Blogs, Math Communication, Math Education, Mathematics and the Arts, people in math, Publishing in Math, women in math | Tagged animations, art, Blog on Math Blogs, Cats, Comics, Fractal Kitty, interview, math, math education, Sophia Wood, Women In Math | Comments Off

Aleph Zero Categorical Blog: A Tour

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Vanessa Rivera-Quinones

The Aleph Zero Categorical: There can only be one blog is written by Canadian mathematician Dr. Jason Polak. The blog started back in 2011, when Polak began his Ph.D. as a way to “showcase abstraction and its beauty in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Applied Math, Biomath, Blogs, Theoretical Mathematics | Tagged Aleph Zero Categorical Blog, applied math, Blog on Math Blogs, Jason Polak, math and ecosystems | Comments Off

Junk Charts: A Tour

Posted on April 24, 2020 by racheljcrowell

Kaiser Fung’s “Junk Charts” blog is full of treasures, including ones related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Evelyn wrote a post about the blog back in 2017. Please join me on a tour of a few of the posts Fung has … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Data Science, Math Communication, Visualizations | Tagged charts, COVID-19, data visualization, Junk Charts, Kaiser Fung, pandemic, Venn diagrams | 2 Comments

Logic ForAll: A Tour

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Vanessa Rivera-Quinones

While touring the math blogosphere I was very excited to find ‘Logic ForAll’, a blog dedicated to making math accessible by mathematician and computer scientist Dr. Valeria de Paiva. She also writes in another great blog Women in Logic, which is … Continue reading →

Posted in Applied Math, Artificial Intelligence, Blogs, Category Theory, Math Communication, Mathematics and Computing, Theoretical Mathematics, women in math | Tagged applied math, blogs, Computing, interview, Valeria de Paiva, Women in Logic, Women In Math | 2 Comments

Joyful Learning in the Early Years: A Tour

Posted on March 26, 2020 by racheljcrowell

With schools shutting down for weeks or the rest of the semester in response to COVID-19, many guardians are concerned about how to support or even direct their children’s education from home. This seems particularly true when the children are … Continue reading →

Posted in Book/App, Current Events, Interactive, K-12 Mathematics, Math Communication, Math Education, Mathematics and the Arts | Tagged BedtimeMath, coronavirus, COVID-19, Deanna Pecaski McLennan, early childhood, Joyful Learning in the Early Years, manipulatives, middle school, outdoor, pentominoes | Comments Off

Introducing Vanessa!

Posted on August 14, 2019 by racheljcrowell

Starting this month, Vanessa Rivera Quiñones (@MissVRiveraQ) will be co-editing the blog with me! She received her Ph.D. in mathematics this year from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and she’s currently looking for a job in Belgium. Last year, … Continue reading →

Posted in Applied Math, Biomath, Data Science, Math Communication, Math Education, people in math, women in math | Tagged blogging, collaboration, Graduate Student Blog, Mathematical Modeling, SACNAS, social justice, Vanessa Rivera Quiñones | Comments Off

Summer Time is Puzzle Time

Posted on May 14, 2018 by annahaensch

It’s Mid-May, that means it time to put away your serious things and time to start thinking about (what else?) math puzzles! Alexander Bogomolny, of CutTheKnotMath, has curated an amazing collection of math puzzles, problems, and interactive lessons. I always … Continue reading →

Posted in Recreational Mathematics | Tagged Alexander Bogomolny, Mike Lawler, puzzles, The Riddler, xkcd | Comments Off

Diversify Your Blogfolio

Posted on March 14, 2017 by annahaensch

It’s March. As the sun sets on black history month and rises on women’s history month, I feel inclined, as I do every March, to draw attention to some of the great women who blog about math as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in Issues in Higher Education, women in math | Tagged Diversity, Evelyn Lamb, Frances Su, inclusion/exclusion, Piper Harron, Roots of Unity, Women In Math | Comments Off