Information for Authors

The Journal of Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics (JIBLM) publishes classroom-tested course notes designed for inquiry-based courses in university-level mathematics. By "inquiry-based" we mean any form of constructivist, discovery-based, Moore-method, problem-based, or Socratic pedagogy that replaces traditional lectures and textbooks with some form of student-centered activities. Because the success of this enterprise ultimately rests on the contributions of authors, both as writers and as mentors, we make five requests.

Content
We ask that you submit only notes that consist primarily of a sequence of problems to solve and/or theorems to prove. Course notes should provide material for a full course within a span of at most eighty, and typically ten to forty, pages.

Testing
We ask that you submit only notes that have been thoroughly class-tested and which, in your judgment, provide a successful course in their present formulation.

Guidance
We ask that you allow JIBLM to include your contact information with your notes, and that you agree to provide guidance to any instructor who uses a set of your notes.

Introduction
Because notes are intentionally brief, it is essential that they be written in a manner that will be usable by other instructors. For this reason, we ask that you include an introduction that will provide instructors with a clear understanding of how you have used these notes. This should be a description of the course you taught, which includes:

• its level and role within the broader curriculum,
• your expectations and grading of the students,
• any unusual characteristics of the class or classroom,
• the approximate class size(s), and

other information that will be useful to a less-experienced instructor. A well-written introduction will minimize the instructor's need for further guidance from you.

Submissions
Submissions should be sent by email to the Submissions Editor as a .tex file in LaTeX. Submissions should be accompanied by the Submission Form. The Journal will treat your .tex file as confidential, and will refer any requests for this file to you, the author.

Copyrights
Copyrights for published notes are retained by the authors.