Mathematics Links
ACCLAIM: The Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics: http://www.acclaim-math.org/
A web-site specific to mathematics education in Appalachia. For their most current research articles dealing with mathematics education in the Appalachian region you can go directly to http://www.acclaim-math.org/newsletter.aspx?id=39
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: http://www.nctm.org
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Principles and Standards for School Mathematics: If you just can't wait for your copy of the new NCTM Standards, or you want to cut and paste portions into documents (e.g., curriculum) that you are preparing, then the electronic edition is just what you need. You can find it at the NCTM web site. http://standards-e.nctm.org/
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Summary of NCTM Mathematics Curriculum
The 1989 NCTM Standards have had a major influence on curriculum development, textbook development and assessment since they were published. The newly adopted "Principles and Standards for School Mathematics" should have a similar impact. This document summarizes the content that is suggested for each grade level strand. Teachers/curriculum developers can use this as a reference as they verify placement of content within local curricula.
ftp://www.uky.edu/pub/arsi/s2kcurrlist.pdf
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Summary of NCTM Principles and Standards: The Principles and Standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics should be an important resource for all teachers as they develop curricula and plan lessons. This is an overview of these principles and standards. ftp://www.uky.edu/pub/arsi/standards2ka.pdf
- i-Maths are online, interactive, multimedia math investigations. All i-Maths are built around interactive math applets, and some also include video clips. There are two lengths of i-Maths: single-day and multi-day, as identified below. Complete i-Maths include student investigations, teacher notes, and answers. Some of the multi-day i-Maths also include video clips of teachers and students using the investigation, sample student work, assessment tasks, and related professional development activities.
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Illuminations: http://illuminations.nctm.org
- The Two Runners applet is part of E-example 5.2, Understanding Distance, Speed, and Time Relationships Using Simulation Software.
Ohio Resource Center ORC: An Ohio website designed for Ohio mathematics and science educators. Here you will find a multitude of ‘best practice’ resources including lesson plans and instructional ideas link to each grade level learning outcome. www.ohiorc.org
Figure This!: Contains mathematics challenges http://www.figurethis.org
Eisenhower National Clearing House: Lesson plans and resources for both mathematics and science. www.enc.org
FREE, the website that makes teaching resources from federal agencies easier to find:
http://www.ed.gov/free
Marco Polo: Mathematics and science lesson plans by grade level: http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/basic_search.asp
Mathematics Forum: Contains lessons by grade level and subject as well as publications dealing with current issues and events affecting mathematics education. http://mathforum.org/
Real-world Applications: The Institute for Operations Research and the Management of Sciences (INFORMS) site provides high school teachers with real-world examples of the use of mathematics in business and government. These resource materials are free and each module include student activities, student alternative activities, teacher resources, black line masters.
http://www.hsor.org
A Plus Math: This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively. http://aplusmath.com
Math webquest: math projects which uses internet resources to obtain relevant data which is then analyzed and used in various mathematical exercises.
Introduction to WebQuests: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html
Explanation of WebQuests: http://www.ozline.com/webquests/intro.html
Creating a WebQuest: http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/parts.htm
Additional Math WebQuests: http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/examples.html
Sample Math WebQuests:
Best Weather City: http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/weather.html
National Park Vacation: http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/vacation.html
Most Thrilling Roller Coaster: http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/coasters.html
World Shopping Spree: http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/shopping.html
Baseball Prediction: http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/baseball.html
Baseball: http://talent.ed.uiuc.edu/baseballquest/index.htm
Purchasing Automobiles: http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/Roach/default.htm
Map Making: http://www.math.rice.edu/~lanius/pres/map/
Math problem solving website: a website just on problem solving strategies including an interactive powerpoint presentation. http://gouchercenter.edu/jcampf/searching_for_solutions.htm
