Category Archives: K-12 Education

Imagining Equity

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Priscilla Bremser

By Priscilla Bremser, Contributing Editor, Middlebury College In my Mathematics for Teachers course, students take a fresh look at foundational concepts, such as fractions and place value, from an advanced perspective.  For some of them, our work together exposes weaknesses … Continue reading →

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Wanted, Mathematicians for an Important but Difficult Task

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Art Duval

By Art Duval, Contributing Editor, University of Texas at El Paso; Kristin Umland, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico (on leave), and Vice President for Content Development, Illustrative Mathematics; James J. Madden, The Patricia Hewlett … Continue reading →

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Connections between Abstract Algebra and High School Algebra: A Few Connections Worth Exploring

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Diana White

by Erin Baldinger, University of Minnesota; Shawn Broderick, Keene State College; Eileen Murray, Montclair State University; Nick Wasserman, Columbia University; and Diana White, Contributing Editor, University of Colorado Denver. Mathematicians often consider knowledge of how algebraic structure informs the nature … Continue reading →

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