Category Archives: Student Experiences

Student Evaluations Ratings of Teaching: What Every Instructor Should Know

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Diana White

By Jacqueline Dewar, Loyola Marymount University What happens to the data from your teaching evaluations? Who sees the data? Are your numbers compared with other data? What interpretations or conclusions result? How well informed is everyone, including you, about the … Continue reading →

Six Ways Mathematics Instructors Can Support Diversity and Inclusion

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Ben Braun

By Natalie LF Hobson, Graduate Student, University of Georgia What teaching practices support a diverse student body in your mathematics classroom? In this post, I suggest six concrete teaching practices you can implement today to help make your classroom a … Continue reading →

Posted in Classroom Practices, K-12 Education, Student Experiences | Tagged assessment, diversity, inclusion, mindset | 2 Comments

Students’ Views of REUs: a “Magical Place of Thinking”

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Ben Braun

By the Editorial Board, based on an interview at the 2017 Joint Mathematics Meeting with REU students David Burton, Kelly Emmrich, Micah Henson, Andres Mejia, and Nina Pande. Editor’s note: The editors thank David, Kelly, Micah, Andres, and Nina for … Continue reading →

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Aspirations and Ideals, Struggles and Reality

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Ben Braun

By Benjamin Braun, Editor-in-Chief Two of my favorite pieces of mathematical writing are recent essays: Francis Su’s January 2017 MAA Retiring Presidential Address “Mathematics for Human Flourishing”, and Federico Ardila-Mantilla’s November 2016 AMS Notices article “Todos Cuentan: Cultivating Diversity in … Continue reading →

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If You Don’t Talk To Your Students About Math, Who Will?

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Steven Klee

By Steven Klee, Contributing Editor, Seattle University During my freshman year of high school, my geometry teacher came into class one day and challenged us to trisect an angle with a compass and a straight edge. Anyone who was successful … Continue reading →

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Creating Momentum Through Communicating Mathematics

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Ben Braun

By Matthias Beck, San Francisco State University, and Brandy Wiegers, Central Washington University Given five minutes, can you turn to the person next to you and describe your research? How about over 15 minutes in front of a class of … Continue reading →

Posted in Classroom Practices, Graduate Education, K-12 Education, Outreach, Research, Student Experiences | Tagged GK-12, graduate students, math circle, NSF, outreach | 1 Comment

The Inefficiency of Teaching

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Diana White

By Gavin LaRose, University of Michigan It could be the punchline of a joke that at any given college or university, at some point, the administration will lean on departments to be more “efficient” by teaching classes in larger sections, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Assessment Practices, Student Experiences | Tagged calculus | 1 Comment

An Inclusive Maths Conference: ECCO 2016

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Ben Braun

By Viviane Pons, maitre de conferences (Assistant Professor), Université Paris-Sud Editor’s Note: An expanded version of this article previously appeared at http://openpyviv.com/2016/07/12/ECCO/. Being one of the few women in the men’s world of mathematics and computer science has led me … Continue reading →

Posted in Communication, Outreach, Student Experiences, Summer Programs | Tagged diversity, ECCO, inclusive, summer school | Comments Off

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, Year in Review | Tagged Active Learning Series 2015, Conceptual Understanding, Curriculum, K-12 mathematics, outreach, service learning, standards based grading | 1 Comment

Learning Mathematics in Context with Modeling and Technology

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Ben Braun

Dr. Brian Winkel, Professor Emeritus, Mathematical Sciences, United States Military Academy, West Point NY USA and Director of SIMIODE. I cannot accept that mathematics be taught in a vacuum. Yes, mathematics is beautiful, be it pure or applied. However, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Assessment Practices, Classroom Practices, Multidisciplinary Education, Student Experiences | Tagged Differential equations, modeling | 2 Comments