COMAP, Inc.

COMAP, Inc.

The Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP) is an award-winning mathematics education non-profit organization that has worked with educators, students, businesses, and industry to support and create learning environments where mathematics is used to investigate and model real issues in our world. Since 1980, COMAP’s mission has been to improve mathematics education with an emphasis on increasing student proficiency in mathematical modeling via worldwide math modeling contests, textbooks, newsletters, and discrete modules. COMAP envisions a world in which each and every student, at all educational levels, has access to an excellent and innovative mathematics education. This education experience should develop proficiency and instill an appreciation for the value of mathematical modeling, both as a context for learning mathematics and as a tool for solving real world problems. COMAP believes that increased appreciation of mathematics, as a way of thinking, and mathematical proficiency enriches people’s personal and professional pursuits, and benefits society through having a more mathematically literate citizenry.

Higher Education, Online Resources, Teaching Resources, Textbooks