Professional+Societies+and+Organizations

The American Mathematical Society (AMS)
 * AMS Books Online Users can download individual chapters from each book. There are currently over thirty books available on the site. There are plans to add books to the site periodically.

Australian Mathematics Trust The Trust is a national non-profit organisation which administers mathematical enrichment activities for Australian and international students and publishes books on mathematical enrichment.

APEC Human Resources Development Working Group on Mathematics Education International comparison studies have found significantly different levels of achievement and practice in mathematics education in the East and West. The pressing issue is how to combine the best of both systems.
 * Asian educational systems generally produce students with a strong grasp of the content knowledge, with higher scores on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).
 * Western systems have strengths in applying knowledge to real life situations. Many Western economies are among the most scientifically innovative in terms of such indicators as new scientific patents.

[|The Association for Women in Mathematics]

[|Canadian Mathematical Society]

Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group is a group of mathematicians and math educators who discuss mathematics issues.
 * [|http://cmesg.math.ca]

The International Study Group on Ethnomathematics
 * North American Study Group on Ethnomathematics

[|Mathematical Association of America]
 * [|Mathematics Careers]

Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) The Mathematics Education Research Group of Australia Inc (MERGA) exists to support and further the interests of mathematics education. It does this through an annual conference, journal, newsletter and other publications.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [|http://www.nctm.org]

National Science Foundation
 * [|Mathematics Classroom Resources]

The Noyce Foundation
 * The Noyce Foundation aims to help young people become curious, thoughtful, and engaged learners. The Noyce Foundation focuses on a few key areas: improving the teaching of math, science and literacy in public schools, developing leadership to support student achievement, education policy and research, and finally, on expanding opportunities for students to experience hands-on science in out-of-school settings.
 * The Noyce Foundation Math resources.

__Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences__ has a mandate to promote research in and applications of the mathematical sciences, to facilitate the training of personnel, to enrich public awareness of and education in the mathematical sciences, and to create mathematical partnerships with similar organizations in other countries (with a particular focus on the Pacific Rim). PIMS funds Collaborative Research Groups, Post-Doctoral Fellowships and individual events on a competitive basis. @http://www.pims.math.ca/