The Mathematics Enthusiast (TME) is an eclectic internationally circulated peer reviewed journal which focuses on mathematics content, mathematics education research, innovation, interdisciplinary issues and pedagogy. Authors do not need to be affiliated with the University of Montana in order to publish in this journal. Please send all submissions and correspondence to the editor, Professor Bharath Sriraman.
Current Issue: Volume 21, Numbers 1 & 2 (February 2024)
"A culture is not a self-enclosed world. It is not an identity, but a system of differences held together by history. Not being self-complete, it opens out to other possibilities. Then one finds the other within oneself." - J.N. Mohanty
Editorial
Horocycles, Horoscopes, Horizons…: A Review of Petra Mikulan & Nathalie Sinclair’s (2023) Time and Education
Bharath Sriraman
Articles
The Field Q and the Equality 0.999. . . = 1 from Combinatorics of Circular Words and History of Practical Arithmetics
Benoit Rittaud and Laurent Vivier
Seeing Pascal’s Mystic Hexagon from a Different Angle
Anderson Norton
Stepping Stone Problem on Graphs
Rory O'Dwyer
The Tradition of Large Integers in Historical Arithmetical Textbooks
Franka Miriam Bruckler and Vladimir Stilinovic
An Active Learning Activity for the Construction of a Finite-Field Slide Rule for Undergraduate Students
Marco Abrate
Productive Struggle in Mathematical Modelling
Piera Biccard
An Examination of the Factors and Characteristics that Contribute to the Success of Putnam Fellows
Robert A. J. Stroud and Thomas C. DeFranco
Displaying gifted students’ mathematical reasoning during problem solving: Challenges and possibilities
Attila Szabo, Ann-Sophie Tillnert, and John Mattsson
The construction of figured numbers in GeoGebra software using algebraic properties
Francisco Evamar Barros, Francisco Regis Vieira Alves, Paula Maria Machado Cruz Catarino, and Renata Teofilo de Sousa
Tagging Opportunities to Learn: A Coding Scheme for Student Tasks
Janet Heine Barnett, Cihan Can, and Daniel E. Otero
The spirit of mathematical modeling – a philosophical study on the occasion of 50 years of mathematical modeling education
Peter Frejd and Pauline Vos
The Chain Rule Does Not Have to be a Pain Rule
Elizabeth Beeman, Jennifer Runge, Lauren Holden, Devon Maxwell, and Yi-Yin (Winnie) Ko
On the Even Distribution of Odd Primes: An On-Ramp to Mathematical Research
James Quinlan and Michael Todd Edwards
An Analysis of Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Noticing Skills During Calculus and Physics Tutoring Scenarios
Lindsay Borger, M. J. Camarato, and Molly H. Fisher
Today’s mathematics student: Take two
Carmen M. Latterell
Investigating Problems Posed by Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers for the Four Operations in Fractions
Yasemin Kiymaz
On Convincing Power of Counterexamples
Orly Buchbinder and Rina Zazkis
Going off on a Tangent: An Inclusion-Exclusion Identity
Aloysius Bathi Kasturiarachi
