Welcome to the Department of Mathematics
Browse the web resources and professional societies from the lists in the columns below:
AERA is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.
The AMATYC is the only organization exclusively devoted to providing a national forum for the improvement of the instruction of the mathematics in the first two years of college.
The American Mathematical Society was founded in 1888 to further mathematical research and scholarship. It fulfills its mission through programs that promote mathematical research, increase the awareness of the value of mathematics to society, and foster excellence in mathematics education.
The American Statistical Association (ASA) is a scientific and educational society founded in 1839 with the following mission: To promote excellence in the application of statistical science across the wealth of human endeavor.
The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is a non-profit organization founded in 1971 whose continuing goal is to encourage women in the mathematical sciences.
The AMTE is a nonprofit organization created to promote the improvement of mathematics teacher education in all its aspects.
The purposes of ICTM, as stated in the By-laws, are to encourage an active interest in all areas of mathematics and mathematics education, to afford a medium of interchange of views regarding the teaching of mathematics and related disciplines, and to further the study of problems relating to the teaching of mathematics and computer science.
IMACC is an Illinois version of AMATYC.
The purpose of the Illinois Section of the Mathematical Association of America is to assist in the improvement of education in the mathematical sciences at the collegiate level by carrying out the purpose of the national organization (MAA)within the State of Illinois.
This is a National Science Foundation funded site reporting on applications of mathematics to other sciences. Listing of programs, workshops, lectures, other.
INFORMS represents professionals in the fields of Operations Research and the Management Sciences.
The chief aims of the PME are (a) to promote international contacts and the exchange of scientific information in the psychology of mathematics education; (b) to promote and stimulate interdisciplinary research in the aforesaid area, with the cooperation of psychologists, mathematicians and teachers; (c) to further a deeper insight into the psychological aspects of teaching and learning mathematics and the implications thereof.
The MAA is devoted to college-level teaching of mathematics.
The NCTM's purpose is to provide the vision and leadership necessary to ensure a mathematics education of the highest quality for all students.
SIAM is the organization of applied mathematicians and computational scientists.
The purpose of SIG/RME is to promote and to disseminate research, development, and evaluative efforts in mathematics education, and to promote and encourage scholarly and productive exchanges among members of all the constituencies that affect, or are affected by, research on the learning and teaching of mathematics.