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PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Math Undergraduate Studies is a refereed journal devoted to exchange of ideas among teachers of undergrad math. https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/upri20/current
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My (first!) new paper published in PRIMUS is joint work with Jackie Dewar of Loyola Marymount and Megan Breit-Goodwin of Anoka-Ramsey CC. We provide results and analysis of a survey of SOTL practitioners in mathematics. #MetaMath
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Improving Collegiate Mathematics Teaching and Learning Through SoTL
Published in PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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December 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My (first!) new paper published in PRIMUS is joint work with Jackie Dewar of Loyola Marymount and Megan Breit-Goodwin of Anoka-Ramsey CC. We provide results and analysis of a survey of SOTL practitioners in mathematics. #MetaMath
doi.org/10.1080/1051...
doi.org/10.1080/1051...
Volume 35.8 was initially listed inaccurately as a special issue on Linear Algebra. That special issue is coming soon.
New Release: Volume 35.8!
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Teaching Linear Algebra: An International Perspective. Volume 35, Issue 8 of PRIMUS
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December 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Volume 35.8 was initially listed inaccurately as a special issue on Linear Algebra. That special issue is coming soon.
New Release: Volume 35.8!
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Teaching Linear Algebra: An International Perspective. Volume 35, Issue 8 of PRIMUS
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December 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
New Release: Volume 35.8!
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New Release: Volume 35.7!
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Volume 35, Issue 7 of PRIMUS
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December 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
New Release: Volume 35.7!
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New Release: "Painting the In-Betweenness and Squishing Circles: Learning Linear Algebra" by Soto & Armbruster about two activities: one focused on the ideas of linear independence, basis, and span; and a second focused on eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
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Painting the In-Betweenness and Squishing Circles: Learning Linear Algebra
In this paper, we share two activities: one focused on the ideas of linear independence, basis, and span; and a second focused on eigenvalues and eigenvectors. These activities engaged students wit...
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December 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New Release: "Painting the In-Betweenness and Squishing Circles: Learning Linear Algebra" by Soto & Armbruster about two activities: one focused on the ideas of linear independence, basis, and span; and a second focused on eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
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New Release: "Supporting Student Appreciation of Inquiry-Based Calculus" by Heacock, Bubp & Hallman-Thrasher about four assignments used in an undergraduate inquiry-based calculus course designed to foster student buy-in.
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Supporting Student Appreciation of Inquiry-Based Calculus
Active learning can contribute to greater student performance in undergraduate STEM. However, students sometimes resist active learning techniques when classroom norms do not align with their learn...
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December 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New Release: "Supporting Student Appreciation of Inquiry-Based Calculus" by Heacock, Bubp & Hallman-Thrasher about four assignments used in an undergraduate inquiry-based calculus course designed to foster student buy-in.
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New Release: "Investigating Grade Distributions in the Calculus Sequence" by Kmail & Rabideau about factors related to student performance in the calculus sequence.
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Investigating Grade Distributions in the Calculus Sequence
This study examines grade distributions and factors related to student performance in the calculus sequence at the University of Hartford, a private, liberal arts institution. Using data collected ...
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December 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
New Release: "Investigating Grade Distributions in the Calculus Sequence" by Kmail & Rabideau about factors related to student performance in the calculus sequence.
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New Release: "Uplifting Students’ Stories: Meaningful Implementation of Mathematics Autobiographies in College Mathematics Courses" by Raygoza & Cawley about an advanced implementation of the mathematics autobiography assignment.
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Uplifting Students’ Stories: Meaningful Implementation of Mathematics Autobiographies in College Mathematics Courses
Mathematics autobiographies have been implemented as assignments for students to write about their previous mathematical experiences. This paper explores a meaningful and more advanced implementati...
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December 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
New Release: "Uplifting Students’ Stories: Meaningful Implementation of Mathematics Autobiographies in College Mathematics Courses" by Raygoza & Cawley about an advanced implementation of the mathematics autobiography assignment.
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New Release: "Real Analysis 2nd Chance – Support Project to Overcome the Transition to Advanced Mathematics" by Bertram, Rolka & Geisler about Just-in-Time-Teaching (JiTT) principles and student experiences with them.
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Real Analysis 2nd Chance – Support Project to Overcome the Transition to Advanced Mathematics
The transition from school to university mathematics is challenging for students in many ways. The project Real Analysis 2nd Chance is based on Just-in-Time-Teaching (JiTT) principles and aims at s...
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December 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New Release: "Real Analysis 2nd Chance – Support Project to Overcome the Transition to Advanced Mathematics" by Bertram, Rolka & Geisler about Just-in-Time-Teaching (JiTT) principles and student experiences with them.
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New Release: "From Guided to Guiding: Optimizing Note-Taking Scaffolds with Universal Design for Learning" by Bertrand, Keazer & Phaiah about improving learner agency by transforming guided notes into an enhanced, UDL-aligned version called guiding notes.
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From Guided to Guiding: Optimizing Note-Taking Scaffolds with Universal Design for Learning
Improving learning in postsecondary mathematics courses is of significant importance to reduce barriers to undergraduate degree completion. This article shares development work identifying ways tha...
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December 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
New Release: "From Guided to Guiding: Optimizing Note-Taking Scaffolds with Universal Design for Learning" by Bertrand, Keazer & Phaiah about improving learner agency by transforming guided notes into an enhanced, UDL-aligned version called guiding notes.
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New Release: "Developing differentiation strategies by learning to parse symbolic expressions: A lesson analysis manuscript" by Noble, DeGeorge & Pinzon about a lesson focused on students choosing strategies.
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Developing differentiation strategies by learning to parse symbolic expressions: A lesson analysis manuscript
In this lesson analysis, the topic of the lesson is a module on choosing an appropriate differentiation strategy. The course context is a lesson used at two public, 4-year, open-admissions institut...
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December 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
New Release: "Developing differentiation strategies by learning to parse symbolic expressions: A lesson analysis manuscript" by Noble, DeGeorge & Pinzon about a lesson focused on students choosing strategies.
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New Release: "We All Benefit from Each Other's Experiences: Reflections on Participating in an Iterated-Improvement Learning Community" by Prasad, Gehrtz, Duffer, Lambert, Lunsford & Schurmann about college algebra instructors forming a continuous improvement PLC.
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We All Benefit from Each Other's Experiences: Reflections on Participating in an Iterated-Improvement Learning Community
Many college mathematics instructors encounter barriers to implementing student-centered instruction in their classrooms, despite ample evidence that such teaching practices benefit students. This ...
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December 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
New Release: "We All Benefit from Each Other's Experiences: Reflections on Participating in an Iterated-Improvement Learning Community" by Prasad, Gehrtz, Duffer, Lambert, Lunsford & Schurmann about college algebra instructors forming a continuous improvement PLC.
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This is our first ~Note~ in PRIMUS, a new article format that allows for shorter papers, including a variety of things such as research commentaries, smaller ideas for the classroom, and other pieces that haven't fit in our other formats.
New Article: "Improving Collegiate Mathematics Teaching and Learning Through SoTL" by Breit-Goodwin, Buckmire & Dewar about the state of the field.
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Improving Collegiate Mathematics Teaching and Learning Through SoTL
Published in PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is our first ~Note~ in PRIMUS, a new article format that allows for shorter papers, including a variety of things such as research commentaries, smaller ideas for the classroom, and other pieces that haven't fit in our other formats.
New Article: "Improving Collegiate Mathematics Teaching and Learning Through SoTL" by Breit-Goodwin, Buckmire & Dewar about the state of the field.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Improving Collegiate Mathematics Teaching and Learning Through SoTL
Published in PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
New Article: "Improving Collegiate Mathematics Teaching and Learning Through SoTL" by Breit-Goodwin, Buckmire & Dewar about the state of the field.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The PRIMUS Editorial team is pleased to announce this year's list of Editors' Picks!
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Editors’ Picks 2025
One of the exciting elements of being the Communications Editor is that I get to connect people with the exciting papers in PRIMUS that I think will impact their professional work for the better. I…
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December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The PRIMUS Editorial team is pleased to announce this year's list of Editors' Picks!
@joinmaa.bsky.social members can always access PRIMUS through the member library, but these papers are freely available to all through the end of Februaryr!
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@joinmaa.bsky.social members can always access PRIMUS through the member library, but these papers are freely available to all through the end of Februaryr!
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New Release: Volume 35.6!
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October 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
New Release: Volume 35.6!
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New Release: "Number Talks: Making Sense of Fractions" by Alexis Stevens & Jennifer Gibson about developing pre-service teachers' fraction number sense.
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Number Talks: Making Sense of Fractions
Many preservice PK-8 teachers (PTs) struggle with fraction concepts and tend to lack fraction number sense. In a mathematics content course for PTs, we introduced and implemented fraction number ta...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New Release: "Number Talks: Making Sense of Fractions" by Alexis Stevens & Jennifer Gibson about developing pre-service teachers' fraction number sense.
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The PRIMUS Editorial Board, on behalf of Taylor & Francis, is pleased to announce the selection of Brian P Katz (BK) of CSU Long Beach as Editor-in-Chief, starting in 2026.
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October 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The PRIMUS Editorial Board, on behalf of Taylor & Francis, is pleased to announce the selection of Brian P Katz (BK) of CSU Long Beach as Editor-in-Chief, starting in 2026.
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New Release: Volume 35.4-5!
Special Issue on "Infusing active learning into precalculus and calculus courses: Mathematics department transformation in challenging times"
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Special Issue on "Infusing active learning into precalculus and calculus courses: Mathematics department transformation in challenging times"
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Infusing active learning into precalculus and calculus courses: Mathematics department transformation in challenging times. Volume 35, Issue 4-5 of PRIMUS
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August 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
New Release: Volume 35.4-5!
Special Issue on "Infusing active learning into precalculus and calculus courses: Mathematics department transformation in challenging times"
@joinmaa.bsky.social members always have access to PRIMUS through the member library.
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Special Issue on "Infusing active learning into precalculus and calculus courses: Mathematics department transformation in challenging times"
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New Release: "Leveraging GeoGebra to Introduce Trigonometric Functions" by Kimani & Infante about a robust understanding of the radian as a unit of measure and the sine, cosine, and tangent functions as functions.
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Leveraging GeoGebra to Introduce Trigonometric Functions
We present a series of activities to help students develop an understanding of the trigonometric functions that goes beyond SOH-CAH-TOA. By engaging in a series of scaffolded investigations, studen...
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August 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
New Release: "Leveraging GeoGebra to Introduce Trigonometric Functions" by Kimani & Infante about a robust understanding of the radian as a unit of measure and the sine, cosine, and tangent functions as functions.
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New Release: "Manual for a Stand-Alone CURE (Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience)" by Guillermo Alvaro Pardo about a road map for developing and running a successful stand-alone CURE in Mathematics.
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Manual for a Stand-Alone CURE (Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience)
Undergraduate research experiences (UREs) have become more demanded and more common. In recent years, various methodologies in different subjects have been developed and tested. Recent papers, book...
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August 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
New Release: "Manual for a Stand-Alone CURE (Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience)" by Guillermo Alvaro Pardo about a road map for developing and running a successful stand-alone CURE in Mathematics.
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New Release: "Extending Quasi-Induction to Reinvent the Principle of Mathematical Induction: A Lesson Analysis Manuscript" by Arnold, Mitchell, Antonides & Norton about how students attend to quantification and the inductive assumption used to prove it.
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Extending Quasi-Induction to Reinvent the Principle of Mathematical Induction: A Lesson Analysis Manuscript
Proof by mathematical induction.University-level transition-to-proof course, adopting inquiry-oriented instruction, with about 25 students (mathematics and other STEM majors).This instructional app...
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July 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
New Release: "Extending Quasi-Induction to Reinvent the Principle of Mathematical Induction: A Lesson Analysis Manuscript" by Arnold, Mitchell, Antonides & Norton about how students attend to quantification and the inductive assumption used to prove it.
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New Release: "Adding Depth to P vs. NP Clique Analysis in a Math Capstone Course" by Isihara & Zhu about three approaches to clique analysis depending on course objectives and constraints on time and background knowledge.
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Adding Depth to P vs. NP Clique Analysis in a Math Capstone Course
Within a math capstone course, oral presentations can be used to cover a wide breadth of mathematical topics commensurate with wide-ranging backgrounds and interests. Student presentations may, how...
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July 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
New Release: "Adding Depth to P vs. NP Clique Analysis in a Math Capstone Course" by Isihara & Zhu about three approaches to clique analysis depending on course objectives and constraints on time and background knowledge.
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New Release: "Automated Conjecturing for Mathematics Teaching and Research Projects" by Bushaw, Larson & Cleemput about the Sage-based open-source Conjecturing program.
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Automated Conjecturing for Mathematics Teaching and Research Projects
Automated mathematical conjecture-making programs are an established tool for mathematical research. Here we demonstrate how they can be leveraged for group research and the creation of environment...
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July 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
New Release: "Automated Conjecturing for Mathematics Teaching and Research Projects" by Bushaw, Larson & Cleemput about the Sage-based open-source Conjecturing program.
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