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Use the MAA Instructional Practices Guide to Maximize Student Engagement with Math

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By guest bloggers Martha Abell, Georgia Southern University , and Linda Braddy, Tarrant County College If you enjoy Teaching Tidbits , be sure to get an electronic copy of the Mathematical Association of America Instructional Practices Guide, which is chock full of great ideas to help you and your students. The guide is available as a free download on the MAA website . The MAA IP Guide is intended for all instructors of mathematics: New graduate teaching assistants  Experienced senior instructors  Contingent faculty member at a two-year institution  New faculty member at a doctoral-granting institution  Instructors who want to transform their own teaching  Mathematicians delivering professional development to colleagues The guide boldly responds to challenges articulated in the 2014 INGenIOuS report and the 2016 Common Vision report, which both call for transformation within the mathematical sciences community toward deeper, more meaningful learning experience...