greenfields Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Are some of these math programs created by the same organization? I read somewhere that eimacs and megsss may have been an "outgrowth" of csmp math. McRel appears to be the owner of csmp math: http://stern.buffalostate.edu/CSMPProgram/ I'm interested in who owns and/or designed eimacs, megsss, and emf: https://www.eimacs.com/blog/ https://megsss.org/ https://www.elementsofmathematics.com/home.htm?about I'm most interested in emf (elements of mathematics). Are there emf books? Does eimacs use emf books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I'm interested in who owns and/or designed eimacs, megsss, and emf: https://www.eimacs.com/blog/ https://megsss.org/ https://www.elementsofmathematics.com/home.htm?about If you go to your elements of mathematics link and click on authors, the authors are listed there. "The following are the principle authors of the Elements of Mathematics series. Robert Exner, Syracuse University EM Senior Author Peter Braunfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lowell Carmony, Lake Forest (IL) College W.E. Deskins, University of Pittsburgh Arthur Engel, University of Frankfurt, Germany Vincent Haag, Franklin and Marshall College Burt Kaufman, Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science EM Director Edward C. Martin, Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science EM Senior Editor Lennart Råde, Chalmers Institute of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden Hans-Georg Steiner, Institut für Didaktik der Mathematik, Universität Bielefeld, Germany Nicholas Sterling, Binghamton (NY) University Robert Troyer, Lake Forest (IL) College Wilson Zaring, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign" One of the authors, Burt Kaufman started EIMACS and his son Terry Kaufman now runs it. His contact information is: Terry Kaufman IMACS 7435 NW 4th Street Plantation, FL 33317 tkaufman@imacs.org 954.791.2333 voice 954.791.0260 fax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenfields Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 Thanks, Arcadia, information was helpful. For any folks out there - Do public schools use csmp, eimacs, megsss, and emf? Granted, all math practice is helpful, but which program or programs prepare for Math Olympiad? Is it only aops? Could emf also prepare kids for Math Olympiad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I didn't think IMACS and CSMP were related but you're right, the founder of IMACS was part of the team that developed CSMP. My child who loves EMF is the one that I'd felt bad about not understanding CSMP well enough to teach it to him. The good thing about EMF is that I don't have to understand the math at all since it's self-teaching. :thumbup: There are no EMF workbooks, only the online courses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Granted, all math practice is helpful, but which program or programs prepare for Math Olympiad? Is it only aops? Could emf also prepare kids for Math Olympiad? If you're looking for math contest prep, EMF isn't geared towards that. Aside from AoPS, the Borac books are supposed to be good for contest prep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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