John A. Beachy
Distinguished Teaching Professor and
Professor of Mathematical Sciences,
Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb, IL 60115
email:
beachy@math.niu.edu
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My
schedule.
About teaching
I received a teaching award at NIU in 1997.
Here is the
essay
I wrote when nominated for the NIU
Presidential Teaching Professorship
award.
Presidential Teaching Seminar, March 29, 2001
- My talk (what I thought I was going to say)
- Handout:
Collaborative Learning on the Blackboard
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in .pdf format
- Some background:
- Richard Felder's articles on
Cooperative Learning
- Richard Felder's
Homepage
- Reform Now, Before It's Too Late,
from the American Math Monthly, 2001
- A Fable of Reform,
from the American Math Monthly, 1996
Course related information (for students)
OnLine Study Guide
for Abstract Algebra
MATH 420 / 421,
Algebra I, II
MATH 520 / 521,
Algebraic Structures I, II
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Algebra
at NIU
Abstract Algebra OnLine
About my books
Introductory Lectures on Rings and Modules, Cambridge University Press
Abstract Algebra,
2nd Ed, Waveland Press, co-authored with Bill Blair
Abstract Algebra II,
freeware, available here
Abstract Algebra with a Concrete Introduction,
Pentice Hall, co-authored with Bill Blair