Project Announcements and Reports, 1951, 1956, 1962

In December 1951, the Colleges of Education, Engineering and Liberal Arts and Sciences established the University of Illinois Committee on School Mathematics (UICSM) to investigate a new pedagogy for high school mathematics.¹ Since then, UICSM has developed instructional materials for use in grades 7-12, for experimental use throughout the country.²

In 1971, the Mathematics Curriculum Development Project (UICSM) was first listed.³

1. Max Beberman, "UICSM: Fifteen Years of Experimentation" in Beberman Folder, RS 10/12/1, Box 21, University of Illinois Archives.

2. UICSM Mathematics Project, June 1970, p. 1, including bibliography of publications on secondary school mathematics curricula, and UICSM textbooks.

3. Staff Directory, 1970-71, p. 47.