This page contains information about collections of PRIMUS papers that have been collected around themes. One way these collections have been formed is through the long-standing tradition of Special Issues, in which guest editors invite, help develop, and editorialize a set of papers that are published together consecutively in the journal. For the first time, this page and the one linked as a sub-page above allow readers to search for these special issues.
However, not all of the big themes in the journal are represented by special issues, and some themes have continued to develop since the publication of a special issue, so we are introducing a new structure called Curated Collections, in which guest editors search through the PRIMUS archives and write a novel synthesis and editorial about this collection of papers. These editorials will appear as blog posts on this website and will be archived as sub-pages in the menu above. We welcome nominations for future curated collection themes.
Special Issues: This is a list of the published Special Issues of PRIMUS. Each entry contained a short name for the issue, links to the volumes of papers, names of the Guest Editors, and URLs for the issue editorial(s). This list is in reverse chronological order.
- Implementing Mastery Grading in the Undergraduate Mathematics Classroom: v30.8-10
Guest Editors: Robert Campbell, David Clark & Jessica OShaughnessy
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2020.1778824
- Leading a Department in the Mathematical Sciences: v30.6
Guest Editors: Robert E. Buck, David Carothers & Kevin Charlwood
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2020.1760975
- Interdisciplinary Conversations: v29.8 and v29.9
Guest Editors: Susan Ganter, Stella Hofrenning, Carrie Diaz Eaton & Victor Piercey
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2019.1619004
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2019.1626959
- Modeling Approach to Teaching Differential Equations: v29.6 and v29.7
Guest Editors: Chris McCarthy, Ellen Swanson & Brian Winkel
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2019.1565789
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2018.1559902
- Math for Social Justice: v29.3-4
Guest Editors: Catherine A. Buell & Bonnie Shulman
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2018.1530707
- Creating and Implementing Effective Homework Assignments: v29.1 and v29.2
Guest Editors: Sarah J. Greenwald & Judy A. Holdener
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2018.1555564
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2018.1553809
- Improving the Teaching and Learning of Calculus: v28.6
Guest Editors: David Bressoud & Paul Zorn
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2017.1391359
- Project-Based Curriculum: v28.4
Guest Editors: Emek Köse & Casey Douglas
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2017.1384772
- Bringing Inquiry to the First Two Years of College Mathematics: v27.7
Guest Editors: Dana C. Ernst, Theron Hitchman & Angie Hodge
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2017.1393846
- Mentoring Undergraduate Students in Research: v27.3 and v27.4-5
Guest Editors: Thomas Hagedorn and Aihua Li and Jan Rychtář and Dewey T. Taylor
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2017.1289575
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2017.1289576
- Teaching Inquiry: 27.1 and v27.2
Guest Editors: Brian P. Katz & Elizabeth Thoren
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2016.1252451
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2016.1252452
- Teaching with Technology: v26.6
Guest Editors: P. Gavin LaRose & Robert Talbert
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2016.1165777
- Mathematics and the Arts: v26.4
Guest Editors: Douglas E. Norton & Carolyn A. Yackel
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2016.1155682
- Flipped Classrooms: v25.8 and v25.9-10
Guest Editors: Krista Maxson & Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2015.1058307
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511970.2015.1057786
- Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics for the Liberal Arts: v25.3
Guest Editors: Philip K. Hotchkiss, Volker Ecke, Julian F. Fleron & Christine von Renesse
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511970.2014.971476
- Actuarial Education: v24.9-10
Guest Editors: Robert E. Buck & Michael R. Huber
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511970.2014.904028
- Using the History of Math to Enhance Undergraduate Instruction: v24.8
Guest Editors: Kathleen M. Clark & J. B. Thoo
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511970.2014.905511
- Writing and Editing in the Mathematics Curriculum: v24.6 and v24.7
Guest Editors: Martin Montgomery & Ryan Stuffelbeam
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511970.2014.900159
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511970.2014.900160
- Undergraduate Research in the Mathematical Sciences: v23.9
Guest Editor: A. David Trubatch
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511970.2013.827139
- Tactile Learning Activities: v23.7
Guest Editors: Julie Barnes & Jessica Libertini
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511970.2013.813879
- Service Learning: v23.6
Guest Editors: Kelly Black, Karl-Dieter Crisman & Dick Jardine
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511970.2013.775979
- The Capstone Course: v23.4
Guest Editors: Agnes Rash & Kathryn Weld
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511970.2013.775203
- Mathematics-Biology Application Activities: v20.2
Guest Editors: Gerald Kobylski & Brian Winkel
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511970903484280
- To Boldly Go: Mathematics and Popular Culture: v17.1
Guest Editors: Christopher D. Goff & Sarah J. Greenwald
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511970601126852
- Using Popular Culture in the Classroom: v14.1
Guest Editors: Sarah J. Greenwald & Andrew Nestler
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511970408984071