The Centroid
The Council publishes two issues of The Centroid each year, Fall and Spring. Each issue contains peer-reviewed articles as well as news and announcements of interest to teachers and teacher educators.
Links to Peer-reviewed Articles (2004-present)
Downloadable Full Issues (2004-present)
You must be a Member of NCCTM to receive a paper copy of the Centroid.
Submission of News and Announcements
We invite the submission of news and announcements of interest to school mathematics teachers or mathematics teacher educators. For inclusion in the Fall issue, submit by August 1. For inclusion in the Spring issue, submit by January 1.
Submission of Manuscripts
We invite submission of articles useful to school mathematics teachers or mathematics teacher educators. K-12 and community college teachers are especially encouraged to submit articles describing teaching mathematical content in innovative ways. Articles that have not been published before and are not under review elsewhere may be submitted at any time; date of publication will depend on the length of time needed for peer review.
Please follow the author guidelines listed below.
Submit one electronic copy via email attachment in Microsoft Word or Google Docs format to the managing Editor:
Cacey Wells, wellscl1@appstate.edu.
Author Guidelines
To facilitate review and publication please follow these formatting requirements:
- To allow for blind review, the authors’ names should appear only on a separate title page. On the title page, please include the contact information for the primary author (who should receive correspondence) and a one-sentence summary of the article.
- Manuscripts should be single column, double-spaced with one-inch margins, and should not exceed 10 pages.
- Figures and tables should be included in the document in line with the text (not as floating objects). They should be numbered consecutively and have captions.
- All text, figures, and tables (including headers and titles) should be left justified.
- Photos are acceptable and should be minimum 300 dpi png or jpeg files emailed to the editor. Proof of the photographer's permission is required. For photos of students, parent or guardian permission is required.
- References should be listed at the end of the article, in alphabetical order by first author’s last name with bibliographic entries and in-text citations formatted in the current version APA style. Examples of common entries:
Type | Reference | Citation |
Books and reports: | Bruner, J. S. (1977). The process of education (2nd ed.). Harvard University Press. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM]. (2000). Principles and standards for school mathematics. | (Bruner, 1977) (NCTM, 2000) |
Journal articles: | Perry, B. K., & Fort, W. (2000). Patterns for giving change and using mental mathematics. Teaching Children Mathematics, 7, 196–199. | (Perry & Fort, 2000) |
Chapters or sections of books: | Ron, P., Smith, W., & Jones, K. (1998). My family taught me this way. In L. J. Morrow & M. J. Kenney (Eds.), The teaching and learning of algorithms in school mathematics: 1998 yearbook (pp. 115–119). National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. | (Ron et al., 1998) |
Websites: | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction [NCDPI]. (1999). North Carolina standard course of study: Mathematics, grade 3. http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/mathematics/grade_3.htm | (NCDPI, 1999) |
Submission Information
Address all correspondence and submissions to the Centroid Managing Editor: Cacey Wells, wellscl1@appstate.edu
The Centroid
c/o Dr. Cacey Wells, Managing Editor
Department of Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608