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 | 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 | 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 | 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