Mathworks Associate Director Receives Teaching Award

April 14, 2010 - PRLog -- San Marcos, TX

The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) has recognized the exemplary teaching of Dr. Terry McCabe, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Associate Director of the Mathworks program at Texas State University – San Marcos. Dr. McCabe received the “The Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics in Texas Award” during the MAA’s annual Texas Section meeting held at Abilene Christian University.

Dr. McCabe has been involved with Mathworks for almost two decades, and is also one of the co-authors of the Mathworks curriculum that is being piloted by over 1,300 middle school students across Texas.

About Mathworks
Mathworks is a math education center at Texas State University – San Marcos with core programs of Summer Math Camps, Teacher Training and Curriculum Development. The Mathworks Junior Summer Math Camp and Honors Summer Math Camp are nationally recognized as one of the premier programs in the country.  For more information about the camps, and other Mathworks programs, see http://www.txstate.edu/mathworks.

About The MAA
The Mathematical Association of America is the largest professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level. Members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure and applied mathematicians; computer scientists; statisticians; and many others in academia, government, business, and industry. For more information, see www.maa.org.

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Mathworks' mission is to develop model programs and self-sustaining learning communities that engage K-12 students in doing mathematics at a high level. Our programs include Summer Math Camps, Teacher Training, and Curriculum Development.