Category Archives: Online Education

The Second Year of “On Teaching and Learning Mathematics”

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Art Duval

By Art Duval, Contributing Editor, University of Texas at El Paso Another year has flown by, and so it is once again a good time to collect and reflect on all the articles we have been able to share with … Continue reading →

Posted in Classroom Practices, Curriculum, Early Childhood, Education Policy, K-12 Education, Online Education, Outreach, Student Experiences | Tagged Active Learning Series 2015, Conceptual Understanding, Curriculum, K-12 mathematics, outreach, service learning, standards based grading | 1 Comment

Active Learning in Mathematics, Part I: The Challenge of Defining Active Learning

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Ben Braun

By Benjamin Braun, Editor-in-Chief, University of Kentucky; Priscilla Bremser, Contributing Editor, Middlebury College; Art Duval, Contributing Editor, University of Texas at El Paso; Elise Lockwood, Contributing Editor, Oregon State University; and Diana White, Contributing Editor, University of Colorado Denver. Editor’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Learning in Mathematics Series 2015, Classroom Practices, Education Policy, Online Education | Tagged active learning, Active Learning Series 2015, IBL, PNAS | 5 Comments

Number Theory and Cryptography: A Distance Learning Course for High School Students

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Ben Braun

By Matt Baker, Professor of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology Last year, I began offering an online Number Theory and Cryptography course for gifted high school students through Georgia Tech. Fourteen high school seniors from metro Atlanta took the course in Fall … Continue reading →