The TRIUMPHS Society

(TRansforming Instruction: Understanding Mathematics via Primary Historical Sources)

The purpose of the TRIUMPHS Society is to bring together practitioners and others interested in the use of primary historical sources in the teaching and learning of mathematics to encourage and support the development and use of classroom resources based on primary historical sources, to share teaching experiences and publicize research based on the implementation of such resources, and to promote the proliferation of primary source-based pedagogy in mathematics through conversation and professional development.

We build on a long tradition of classroom projects that use primary historical sources, including the TRIUMPHS grant (2015–2022) and its predecessors: Learning Discrete Mathematics and Computer Science via Primary Historical Sources (2008–2011) and Teaching Discrete Mathematics via Primary Historical Source (2003–2006).