Student Interest In Mathematics Research Articles

Editorial comments: As we read

What does it mean to be denied the pleasures of mathematical discovery? How often have we considered the satisfaction we derive from the study of mathematics and yet ignored other persons who are not similarly motivated? For most of the readers of this journal, it would be strange to exist in a world without the stimulation and flavor that mathematics gives. Yet there are many pupils for whom the delight and satisfaction of learning mathematics is strange or unknown. This issue of The Arithmetic Teacher features special education and should help us find ways to challenge student interest in mathematics.

Mathematics in Engineering

You have heard and read so much about the urgent need for more scientists, engineers, and mathematicians in our country that I do not need to add to the discussion of the present and future shortage. I am sure all of you want to help in educating more young people for these professions by increasing the interest of your students in mathematics. What you need most is not more statistics but material that you can use in explaining just how mathematics is used in industry and why it is becoming more important with every passing year. Such material I want to present to you here.