Journal of Math Circles
Journal of Math Circles is an Open Access Journal, indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
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Aims and Scope
Journal of Math Circles (JMC) offers high-quality, practitioner-focused resources for outreach leaders through the dissemination of local knowledge to the broader mathematical community. Articles are authored by and for mathematics professionals, including K-12 teachers, who organize a wide range of community-responsive outreach programs across the globe.JMC seeks articles capturing best practices for outreach and professional development activities that align with Math Circle core values: exploring worthwhile mathematical tasks, fostering problem-solving habits of mind, and building communities of mathematical thinkers and problem solvers. Papers offering thorough, evidence-based reflective commentary of implementation are welcome. Manuscripts may be submitted in one of three areas:
- Lesson Plans. These papers are intended to support leaders of a session or progression of sessions.
- Outreach Programs. These papers are intended to support individuals or organizations in starting or sustaining outreach programs.
- Professional Development. These papers are intended to support leaders of K-12 teacher professional development.
JMC publishes articles on a rolling basis with special issues on themed topics. All papers are rigorously reviewed using a double-blind peer-review process.
Open Access Policy
This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition.
The author retains copyright of their work with a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY), so all articles are made freely available to the widest audience possible.
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Journal of Math Circles is an Open Access Journal and never charges authors article processing fees for publication.
Copyright
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The Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Current Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1 (2025) Volume 4, Issue 1 (2025-2026) Journal Of Math Circles
Article not for special issue
A (Mini) Mathematics Research Experience in a Math Teachers’ Circle Session
Michelle Manes, Linda Venenciano, and Seanyelle Yagi
We describe a single Math Teachers’ Circle session during which a group of teachers collectively engaged in a “mini mathematics research experience.” This provides a model for providing research experiences for mathematics teachers through content-based professional development programs. We conjecture that these experiences will have many of the same benefits as research experiences for teachers in lab sciences.
Editor-in-Chief
Brandy Wiegers, College of Idaho
Department of MAPS
Kittitas Valley Math Circle
Boise, Idaho, USA
email: bwiegers@collegeofidaho.edu
Associate Editors
David Auckly, Kansas State University
Department of Mathematics
Indigenous Math Circles Communities
Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Tien Chih, Oxford College, Emory University
Department of Mathematics
MSUB Math Circle
Oxford, Georgia
Tom Clark, SIGMAA-MCST representative. Dordt University
Department of Mathematics
Dordt Math Teachers' Circle
Sioux Center, Iowa
Emilie Hancock, Central Washington University
Department of Mathematics, Department of Science Education
Kittitas Valley Math Circle
Ellensburg, Washington, USA
email: emilie.hancock@cwu.edu
Gülden Karakök, University of Northern Colorado
Department of Mathematics
Northern Colorado Math Circles
Greeley, Colorado, USA
Katherine Morrison, University of Northern Colorado
Department of Mathematics
Northern Colorado Math Circles
Greeley, Colorado, USA
Mark Saul, Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival
San Jose, California, USA
David R Scott , University of Puget Sound
Department of Mathematics
South Sound Circles
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Amanda Serenevy, Riverbend Community Math Center
Alliance of Indigenous Math Circles
Riverbend Community Math Center
South Bend, Indiana, USA
James Tanton, Mathematical Association of America
Global Math Project
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Dan Zaharopol, Art of Problem Solving Initiative, Inc.
Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM)
New York City, New York, USA
Copy Editor
Brent Hancock, Central Washington University
Department of Mathematics
Kittitas Valley Math Circle
Ellensburg, Washington, USA