Award Descriptions and Requirements

GEORGE G. MALLINSON DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

The award is given to those who have been an SSMA member for at least ten (10) years and who have shown substantial participation and leadership in SSMA activities such as paper presentations at meetings, committee work, membership work, reviewing for journal, and so forth. Nomination is limited to SSMA members who are nominated by a current member of SSMA.

AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN INTEGRATING SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
The award is given to a person or group who/which has fostered, promoted, and extended the integration of mathematics/science. The nominee should be a person or group who is active in science/mathematics education and in the development of curricula for the preparation of teachers, educational research, or other activities of significant educational value; thereby showing an impact on science/mathematics education. The competition is open to non-SSMA members but all applicants must be nominated by an SSMA member.

SSMA CONNECTIONS AWARD
The nominee should be a person working in K-12 who has been a leader of an exemplary teaching and learning project that is school-based and focused on connections between science and mathematics.

OUTSTANDING EARLY CAREER SCHOLAR AWARD
The nominee should be a person, within five years of receiving a doctoral degree, with an exemplary and productive program of research related to science and/or mathematics education. The nominee must be an SSMA member in good standing for at least 1 year prior to the submission of an application.

SSMA OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION AWARD
The Award is given for dissertations related to science education, mathematics education, or integrated science and mathematics education. Competition is open to non-members, but all applicants must be nominated by an SSMA member. The nominee’s dissertation must have been completed within the last three years.

Please note the following SSMA Award nominations are due on or before March 15, 2013.
Application materials are to be sent electronically to:

Zhonghe Wu (zwu@nu.edu) & the SSMA office (office@ssma.org).