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Mathematics Education Professors at BYU are collaborating with researchers from two other universities to improve how math teachers facilitate student thinking in the classroom. Please click here for more information.

Through papers and practice exercises, mathematics education professor Dawn Teuscher works to ease the transition for grade-school math teachers into the new government-issued curriculum

Department of Mathematics Education professor Amy Tanner works to push her students out of their comfort zone to become independent problem-solvers.

Many science majors see math classes as a hoop they have to jump through. However, BYU Professor Steven Jones of the Department of Mathematics Education hopes to change that perception with his current research. Please click the following link for more information. http://cpms.byu.edu/deepening-the-connection-between-science-and-math/

Blake Peterson invited George Hart to visit BYU and work with his graduate class and give a colloquium to anyone interested. Please visit this link for a more information. Also you can go to georgehart.com for many more of his ideas.

Blake Peterson has received The AMTE Excellence in Teaching in Mathematics Teacher Education Award. He will be recognized at the 2015 AMTE Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida in February 2015. Please click here for more information.

Bethany Maxfield, an August 2014 graduate, was awarded the Teacher for Tomorrow award from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). This award is given each year by the Utah Chapter to an outstanding recent graduate in education. Bethany graduated summa cum laude and has been involved in curriculum design and professional development of teachers with Dr. Sterling Hilton and Scott Hendrickson. She is currently teaching mathematics at Timpanogos High School. Congratulations Bethany!!

Blake Peterson is Continuing a Legacy of Teaching and Learning, click to read more.

Go to this website and click on the Fall 2014 Issue of Frontiers to find out how Kate Johnson is solving social injustice one math problem at a time http://cpms.byu.edu/alumni-friends/college-publications/frontiers/

On September 11, Blake Peterson was invited to share his thoughts on The Morning Show (BYU Radio) about teaching math in the United States and Japan. You can here the radio conversation by clicking here