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Background of SIGMAA on RUME (a.k.a. ARUME)
This organization was initially founded as ARUME
(Association for Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education) on January 14,
1999 at the Annual Joint Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, AMS, and Mathematical
Association of America, MAA, in San Antonio, Texas. Its formation was in response to the
growing interest in research on undergraduate mathematics education (RUME). At the
January 2000 Annual Joint Meeting of AMS/MAA in Washington, DC, ARUME became the first SIGMAA
(Special Interest Group of the MAA). As a consequence, the MAA
subsequently requested a name change. The vote on the name change, to SIGMAA
on RUME, along with other charter and bylaws changes, is to take place at the
business meeting on Friday, January 12, 2001 at the Annual Joint Meeting of AMS/MAA in New
Orleans, Louisiana.
As outlined in its Charter
and By-Laws, the purpose of the
group is to foster research on learning and teaching undergraduate mathematics
and to provide a support network for those who
participate in this area of research. This SIGMAA also welcomes members who
teach post secondary mathematics or are interested in the findings of RUME; such members often
provide critical assistance in the grounding of research efforts in the
realities of the classroom. The organization is currently partially supported by a
grant from the ExxonMobil Foundation.
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