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The Math Forum @ 20
http://mathforum.org/timeline.html
"It was twenty years ago today ..." that the Forum came online
to stay!
In the course of milestone achievements such as the launch of
Virtual Math Teams and the publication of Ask Dr. Math books,
the Forum has racked up many awards:
http://mathforum.org/forum.awards.html
Take a trip down memory lane, and then help us celebrate what
makes the Forum special for you:
http://mathforum.org/blogs/happy-birthday-math-forum/
Thanks to our many mentors, workshop participants, teacher
associates, collaborators, conference co-presenters,
volunteers, institutional partners, summer interns and co-ops,
and students — both puzzled and puzzling — who have come
together through the decades to advance the math education
community with us.
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PoW taking place: math problem-solving moment of the week
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"A lot of students showed that they know how to read a diagram
when it looks like you aren't given very much information. Nice
work, everyone! But there was one thing in particular that most
students didn't explain very well, if they explained it
at all...."
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- Annie, commenting on the FunPoW's Latest Solution
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http://mathforum.org/pows/solution.htm?publication=4078
Elementary Math Enrichment
http://math.schaubroeck.net/school.html
Earlier this week, a math professor wrote in to share the
enrichment materials she developed last semester in conjunction
with Colorado Springs School District 11. Suitable for
accelerated 4th and 5th graders, Dr. Schaubroeck's 70 lessons,
grouped into units, include solutions and teacher guides:
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Ancient Mathematics (Mayan math, in base 20; and Egyptian
math, which lacks zero)
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Baseball Statistics
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Fibonacci Numbers
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Games of Skill
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Graphs and Networks
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Iteration
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Mobius Bands
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Pick's Theorem
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Polygonal Numbers
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Statistics in the Library
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Tangram Puzzles
Schaubroeck, who teaches at the United States Air Force
Academy, asks that "users voluntarily send a quick email to let
me know that they are using my materials." Just click the
word "email" at the end of the first paragraph of the link
above, or refer to the bottom of her PDF downloads.
Schaubroeck let us know about her lessons by suggesting them to
the Internet Math Library, which today boasts over 10,000
math and math education websites. Share your own by visiting
http://mathforum.org/library/add.html
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Now taking place: math education conversation of the hour
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"We understand what is technically mathematically correct, but
the issue is, is it worth taking 33% of the credit off on this
question because of that concept on an Algebra 1 exam?"
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- Katherine, posted to the secondary (grades 9-12) discussion group of the Association of Math Teachers of New York State
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http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=7837547
NBA Math Hoops' Classroom Kit National Giveaway
http://nbamathhoops.org/news/
NBA Math Hoops is giving away their math curriculum classroom
kits to middle school teachers and after school
program coordinators.
NBA Math Hoops' card game leverages the influence that National
Basketball Association (NBA) and Women's National Basketball
Association (WNBA) stars have on American youth. Gameplay
simulates a regulation basketball game, with pairs of students
racing against a shot clock to do math correctly for a chance
to take a shot with a member of their personally drafted team
of NBA and WNBA players, complete with those players' real
shooting percentages. Math explorations allow students to
investigate and make meaning of the intricacies of the game, and
provide multiple opportunities for students to apply many of the
Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Mathematical Practices.
The classroom kit giveaway, jumpstarted by the Hasbro
Foundation, anticipates NBA Math Hoops' national launch this
autumn. Apply for your kit, valued at $300, here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NBAMHGiveaway
Learn more about NBA Math Hoops, results of their pilot tests,
CEO and recently named Black Male Achievement Fellow Khalil
Fuller, and more at
http://nbamathhoops.org/
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