''Mathematics Magazine'' is a
refereed bimonthly publication of the
Mathematical Association of America
The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is a professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level. Members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure a ...
. Its intended audience is teachers of collegiate mathematics, especially at the junior/senior level, and their students. It is explicitly a journal of mathematics rather than pedagogy. Rather than articles in the terse "theorem-proof" style of
research
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journals, it seeks articles which provide a context for the mathematics they deliver, with examples, applications, illustrations, and historical background.
Paid circulation in 2008 was 9,500 and total circulation was 10,000.
''Mathematics Magazine'' is a continuation of ''Mathematics News Letter'' (1926-1934) and ''National Mathematics Magazine'' (1934-1945.)
Doris Schattschneider
Doris J. Schattschneider (née Wood) is an American mathematician, a retired professor of mathematics at Moravian College. She is known for writing about tessellations and about the art of M. C. Escher,.. for helping Martin Gardner validate and ...
became the first female editor of ''Mathematics Magazine'' in 1981.
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The MAA gives the
Carl B. Allendoerfer Awards
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An award ...
annually "for articles of expository excellence" published in ''Mathematics Magazine''.
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See also
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American Mathematical Monthly
''The American Mathematical Monthly'' is a mathematical journal founded by Benjamin Finkel in 1894. It is published ten times each year by Taylor & Francis for the Mathematical Association of America.
The ''American Mathematical Monthly'' is an ...
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Carl B. Allendoerfer Award
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JSTOR
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''Mathematics Magazine''at
Taylor & Francis
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Mathematics education journals
Academic journals published by learned and professional societies of the United States
Mathematical Association of America
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