Category Archives: Curriculum

Three foundational theorems of elementary school math

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Ben Blum-Smith

By Ben Blum-Smith, Contributing Editor This post discusses three very familiar facts from grade-school mathematics. In spite of their familiarity, I believe they tend to go under-appreciated, at every level of math education. In the elementary grades, my experience is … Continue reading →

Posted in Curriculum, K-12 Education, Mathematics teacher preparation | 7 Comments

Access To Epidemic Modeling

Posted on October 4, 2021 by msaul

Kurt Kreith and Alvin Mendle, University of California, Davis Covid-19 has left teachers seeking topics that are both engaging and lend themselves to online instruction. As a guiding force for the measures that have reshaped our lives, epidemic modeling stands … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Learning in Mathematics Series 2015, Classroom Practices, Curriculum, K-12 Education, Mathematics Education Research | Tagged active learning, Curriculum, education, epidemiology, K-12 mathematics, mathematical modeling, Mathematics Education | Comments Off

Mathematics as Logic

Posted on July 31, 2021 by msaul

by Mark Saul Maybe it is obvious, but it is something I’ve come to appreciate only after years of experience: mathematics is logic driven, and teaching and learning mathematics is centered on teaching and learning logic. I find this to … Continue reading →

Posted in Classroom Practices, Communication, Curriculum, Faculty Experiences, K-12 Education, Mathematics Education Research | Tagged Conceptual Understanding, education, K-12 mathematics, logic, mathematical thinking, Mathematics Education, teacher training, teaching | 3 Comments

Writing Good Questions for the Internet Era

Posted on August 4, 2020 by msaul

Jeff Suzuki CUNY Brooklyn The forced conversion to distance learning in Spring 2020 caught most of us off-guard. One of the biggest problems we face is the existence of free or freemium online calculators that show all steps required to … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Learning in Mathematics Series 2015, Communication, Curriculum, K-12 Education, Mathematics Education Research, Online Education | Tagged Curriculum, education, K-12 mathematics, Mathematics Education, online learning | 3 Comments

The MAA Instructional Practices Guide

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Ben Braun

By Benjamin Braun, University of Kentucky In December 2017, the MAA released the Instructional Practices Guide (IP Guide), for which I served on the Steering Committee as a lead writer. The IP Guide is a substantial resource focused on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Curriculum, Education Policy, Mathematics Education Research | Tagged Curriculum, education, Mathematics Education, teaching | Comments Off

The Third Year of “On Teaching and Learning Mathematics”

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Ben Braun

By Benjamin Braun, Editor-in-Chief, University of Kentucky Summer 2017 brought the third anniversary of On Teaching and Learning Mathematics and with it our annual review of the articles we have published since our previous year in review article. Over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Assessment Practices, Classroom Practices, Communication, Curriculum, Education Policy, Faculty Experiences, Graduate Education, K-12 Education, Mathematics Education Research, Multidisciplinary Education, Outreach, Research, Student Experiences, Summer Programs, Year in Review | Tagged year in review | 1 Comment

What is an Experimental Math Course and Why Should We Care?

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Steven Klee

By: Lara Pudwell, Valparaiso University What is the first meaningful mathematics problem you remember solving? For me, it was the nine dots, four lines puzzle. When my fourth grade teacher assigned it as an extra credit problem, I spent several … Continue reading →

Posted in Assessment Practices, Classroom Practices, Curriculum | Tagged computational mathematics, Experimental Mathematics, inquiry, students | 2 Comments

Integrating Computer Science in Math: The Potential Is Great, But So Are The Risks

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Ben Braun

By Emmanuel Schanzer, Bootstrap Recent calls to bring Computer Science to K-12 schools have reached a fever pitch. Groups like Code.org and Girls Who Code have become household names, having raised tens of millions in funding from Silicon Valley luminaries … Continue reading →

Posted in Classroom Practices, Curriculum, K-12 Education | Tagged computer science, high school | 7 Comments

Conventional Courses are Not Enough for Future High School Teachers

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Art Duval

By Yvonne Lai, University of Nebraska – Lincoln and Heather Howell, Educational Testing Service Consider how you would respond to two different versions of a question. In the first, you are asked to solve a high school mathematics problem. In the second, some high … Continue reading →

Posted in Curriculum, K-12 Education | Tagged Curriculum, preservice teachers, teacher training | 1 Comment

More Linear Algebra, Please

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Ben Braun

By Drew Armstrong, Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Miami Anyone who teaches mathematics in the US knows that the quality of education could be better, but we also know that the problems are complicated and defy easy solutions. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Curriculum, K-12 Education, Multidisciplinary Education | Tagged complex numbers, CUPM, linear algebra, Ontario academic credit | 5 Comments