About The Math Projects Journal

About MPJ
The Math Projects Journal is an international publication offering innovative math lessons, discussions of relevant topics, and contributions from teachers from around the world. From 1997-2003, MPJ published its lessons and articles in a hardcopy, bimonthly newsletter. Those lessons have now been compiled in a spiral-bound book, MPJ’s Ultimate Math Lessons. Several of these lessons are available to everyone on this web site. Since the Fall of 2003, MPJ has been publishing its lessons online, which are available to all its subscribers who purchase the book. Many of the lessons that MPJ publishes are from the readers of the journal, so we strongly encourage teachers to submit their ideas.

About Our Philosophy
It’s not the methodology that counts. MPJ’s math lessons are simply vehicles to help you become a better instructor, by helping you embrace "The 4½ Principles of Quality Math Instruction.”

Standards:	Focus on the limited number of topics that your students need to know.
Concepts:	Teach students to understand what they are doing not just mimic what you are doing.
Substance:	Intellectually challenge your students by raising your level of questioning.
Accountability:	Hold students to knowledge and performance expectations that go beyond grades and unit credit
Rapport:	You must reach 'em before you teach 'em.

To learn more about these concepts, read the article " The 4½ Principles of Quality Math Instruction"

About the Editors
Chris Shore is a high school math teacher in Temecula, California who travels the country presenting teacher-training workshops such as "Cool Projects = Hot Results in Raising and Geometry Test Scores," and "Ultimate Cosmic Power in an Itty Bitty Thinking Space." He is a recipient of the 2001 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, and has led schools to significant improvements in standardized test scores. Chris is the author of many of the lessons and the articles in The Math Projects Journal.

Greg Rhodes is a former high school math teacher who is now a senior web programmer for an educational software company. Greg has created several of the more popular lessons that MPJ has published over the years and currently manages the web site.