Volume 10, Number 17

May 2 2005 Vol. 10, No. 18 THE MATH FORUM @ DREXEL INTERNET NEWS DigiQUAL 2005 Survey | From Best Research to What Works KidsPsych | Teaching Geometry with The Geometer's Sketchpad MATH FORUM LINK TO DIGIQUAL 2005 SURVEY Please take a quick survey about the quality of the Math Forum site: http://survey.libqual.org/digiqual/index.cfm?ID=729109&code=news This survey, run by the Association of Research Libraries and supported by the National Science Foundation, consists of ten multiple-choice questions. The top of many of the Forum's web pages will also link to it through the end of May. -|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|- FROM BEST RESEARCH TO WHAT WORKS: IMPROVING THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS The Albert Shanker Institute is presenting a forum moderated by Antonia Cortese, featuring speakers James Hiebert and Deborah Loewenberg Ball on May 5, 2005, from noon to 2:00 pm in Washington, DC. For more information, download the MS Word document from their listing in the Math Forum's Math Education Conferences page: http://mathforum.org/mathed/mathed.confs.html -|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|- KIDSPSYCH - MAGINATION PRESS http://www.kidspsych.org/ Designed just for young children, KidPsych develops cognitive thinking and deductive reasoning -- and also lets kids have some fun! Each game has information about its objectives, which helps adults understand more about children's development as they play together. Games are separated into two levels: Ages 1 to 5 - Oochy's Cube Adventure - Eudora's Maze - Oochy at the Circus - Junior I Spy - Fun with Shapes - Oochy Goes to the Fair - I See You! Ages 6 to 9 - Oochina on the Farm - Rotating Faces - Oochina in Space - I Spy - Oochina the Archeologist - Oochina's Doughnut Dilemma - Oochina the Treasure Hunter -|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|- TEACHING GEOMETRY WITH THE GEOMETER'S SKETCHPAD http://www.keypress.thinkingdistance.org Key Curriculum Press is now offering online courses for learning how to use The Geometer's Sketchpad to investigate and demonstrate mathematics concepts. The course is divided into these topics: - Week 1: Geometric Constructions - Week 2: Geometric Tools - Week 3: Transformational Geometry - Week 4: Geometric Proof - Week 5: Coordinate Geometry - Week 6: Dynamic Geometry Register for one of the summer sessions that will start on June 13: http://www.keypress.com/pdc/gsponline/ -|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|- CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE: The Math Forum @ Drexel http://mathforum.org/ Ask Dr. Math http://mathforum.org/dr.math/ Problems of the Week http://mathforum.org/pow/ Mathematics Library http://mathforum.org/library/ Math Tools http://mathforum.org/mathtools/ Teacher2Teacher http://mathforum.org/t2t/ Discussion Groups http://mathforum.org/kb/ Join the Math Forum http://mathforum.org/join.forum.html Send comments to the Math Forum Internet Newsletter editors Donations http://www.drexel.edu/ia/mathforum/ Ask Dr. Math Books http://mathforum.org/pubs/dr.mathbooks.html _o \o_ __| \ / |__ o _ o/ \o/ __|- __/ \__/o \o | o/ o/__/ /\ /| | \ \ / \ / \ /o\ / \ / \ / | / \ / \

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