Math Institute

The St. Mark’s Institute of Mathematics is a newly established center of mathematical excellence.

Founded by James Tanton and supported by St. Mark’s School, the Institute offers workshops, courses, and activities for students of all ages (both from St. Mark’s School and from the wider community), for teachers and home-school educators, and for all those interested in practicing and promoting the joy of mathematical thinking and creative pursuit. The mission of the Institute is to:

• Provide community outreach of mathematical excellence; and
• Enhance and promote creative mathematical thinking, awareness, and enjoyment of the subject.

The Institute of Mathematics provides research experiences for young scholars, promotes innovative mathematics thinking through its quasi-weekly e-mail puzzles and through its monthly hard-copy newsletter. This letter is full of intriguing mathematical tidbits, curious mathematical challenges and accessible research problems for students (and others!) to ponder upon. The Institute is also developing a series of “Math without Words” puzzlers for its international correspondents who know no English.

To subscribe to the newsletter (it’s free!) and/or to the e-mail puzzlers send an email of enquiry to .

The Institute is also linked with the Northeastern University’s School of Education and provides professional development courses for mathematics teachers and teachers in training (all linked with graduate credit towards a master’s degree, if desired). High-school curriculum materials are also available through these courses. See www.spsc.neu.edu/pdp/programs/math for details - or send an e-mail our way.

Also, see an article about us in the Boston Globe, Sunday April 24, 2005.To garner a more detailed sense of the approach and style of the Math Institute, perhaps also have a look at www.ams.org/notices/200602/fea-tanton.pdf.