Undergraduate Activities – Mathematical Association of America

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Why do we become mathematicians?

By Keith Devlin @KeithDevlin@fediscience.org, @profkeithdevlin.bsky.social There are, of course, a wide range of circumstances, character traits, and opportunities that lead us to choose the career path we do. The question is particularly intriguing for mathematicians, since the subject requires considerable effort to master, much of it necessarily involving long periods of unaided, solo effort, struggling to proceed...

Full ESTEEM Ahead: Forging a Path Toward Statistics and Data Science Literacy

By Jana Talley ESTEEM II (Enhancing Data Science and Statistics Teacher Education--Transforming and Building Community) is a three-campus collaboration project funded through both NSF’s Noyce and IUSE programs. In the initial ESTEEM I project, the team integrated statistics content and pedagogy into undergraduate mathematics teacher preparation. The current project, ESTEEM II, is positioned to cultivate...

Navigating the Math Major: Charting Your Course

This is a thoughtful guide for students who are math majors (or thinking about it) and for instructors or advisors. The authors consider many different aspects of questions that students might have with particular emphasis on making good choices that incorporate individual interests and special passions, and lead to successful outcomes. The discussion includes variations...

Squigonometry: The Study of Imperfect Circles

Certain books, due to the originality of the subject covered or the approach adopted, are unclassifiable. Squigonometry: The Study of Imperfect Circles certainly falls into this category. This singular work was born from the meeting of two mathematicians – Robert D. Poodiack, a professor at Norwich University, Vermont and William E. Wood, a professor at the University of Northern Iowa – both...