Category Archives: Communication

Creating the 2015 CUPM Curriculum Guide

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Diana White

by Martha J. Siegel, Professor, Towson University I serve as chair of the Mathematical Association of America’s (MAA’s) Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics (CUPM). Approximately every ten years, CUPM publishes a new curriculum guide, with the primary goal of … Continue reading →

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The Place of Mathematics and the Mathematics of Place

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Ben Braun

By Carl Lee, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Kentucky and Chellgren Endowed Professor at the Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence. Editor’s Note: Carl Lee is a recipient of the 2014 Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award from the … Continue reading →

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Do Mathematicians Need New Journals About Education?

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Priscilla Bremser

By Priscilla Bremser, Contributing Editor, Middlebury College. In the past nine months, I’ve heard colleagues at three different meetings—an AMS sectional meeting in Louisville, the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Baltimore, and the Contemporary Issues in Mathematics Education workshop at the … Continue reading →

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Welcome to “On Teaching and Learning Mathematics”

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Priscilla Bremser

By The Editorial Board. There are major changes afoot in both K-12 and postsecondary mathematics education.  For example, the widespread adoption of the Common Core State Mathematics Standards [5] has been a focal point for everyone involved in K-12 education … Continue reading →

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