The platform used to email the UNL newsletters has changed, as of July 1. Be sure to check with your colleagues that they are still receiving our newsletters. The subject lines may now start with [NMNEWS] or [NEBSCINEWS]. Continue reading…
The Nebraska Math and Science Summer Institutes closed out Summer 2023 with 20 courses, four of which were grant-funded, and welcomed 149 distinct graduate students to our programming. Continue reading…
For the Fall 2023 semester, the department is offering two online courses: Math 810T: Algebra for Algebra Teachers and Math 811T: Functions for High School Teachers. Continue reading…
Ten University of Nebraska-Lincoln students who participate in the National Science Foundation-funded STEM CONNECT program will graduate in May 2023 and another will graduate in August 2023. Continue reading…
An innovative Nebraska program to assist more low-income students into STEM careers was featured as a student success story by Inside Higher Ed, the national higher education online news source. Continue reading…
At the 2023 annual spring meeting on April 21, Dr. Jim Lewis was a recipient of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Friend of Science Award. The Nebraska Academy of Sciences annually recognizes one or two people with high achievements in attaining the historical and current objectives of NAS. Continue reading…
Beginning July 30, bring your copy of Building "Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics" by Peter Liljedahl and join the conversation with teachers across Nebraska in a free online book club with the Nebraska Association of Teachers of Mathematics. Continue reading…
A highlight of the 2023 Week of Inspirational Maths is a set of new tasks based on the powerful concept of “groupitizing.” Research shows that the way students group dots and see numbers predicts their achievement in state tests, for years ahead, and even ameliorates the effect of parental income. Continue reading…
Spend the summer pouring through works of biography, history, popular exposition, and the relationship between math and the arts and sciences. Titles from the Spectrum Series are on sale at 40% off, now through July 31! Continue reading…
AMTE is proud to collaborate with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in promoting and supporting the MTLT Journal Club. The next MTLT Journal Club meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 1, at 6 p.m. Central. Attendees will discuss the article “Rough-Draft Talk in Mathematics Classrooms" Continue reading…