Volume 3, Number 37
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14 September 1998 Vol. 3, No. 37
THE MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS
SMARD | Apple Learning Interchange | MathPro Problem Database
SECONDARY MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENT AND RESOURCE DATABASE (SMARD)
http://smard.cqu.edu.au/
This Queensland, Australia site offers an opportunity for
secondary maths teachers to share assessment tools and other
resources, including classroom activities.
The searchable database is divided into six main sections,
which may also be browsed:
- Junior mathematics strands (years 8-10): number, space,
measurement, algebra, chance and data
- Senior Mathematics (years 11-12): resources for
Australia's senior subjects, including: financial
math, applied geometry, statistics and probability,
functions, sequences and series, calculus, groups,
matrices, vectors, dynamics, number theory
- Puzzles
- Competitions
- Teaching mathematics
- Mathematics for pleasure
http://smard.cqu.edu.au/Database/
In addition there are more than 220 annotated links,
organized by topic, to software and Web pages that support
secondary mathematics.
http://smard.cqu.edu.au/Links/
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THE APPLE LEARNING INTERCHANGE
http://ali.apple.com/
An online resource for teaching, learning, research, and
collaboration for educators interested in professional
development, creating and sharing curriculum resources, and
building a worldwide community committed to finding better
ways to teach using technology.
The site includes:
- examples and ideas for lessons and activities,
- forums and chats,
- a database of members,
- news items of interest to educators,
- collaborative investigations and explorations by students,
and thousands of documents, images, sounds, and video in
every subject area.
Resources are searchable by subject, level, content type,
and language, and Units by subject and level. Teacher
contributions are invited, and search tips are provided:
http://ali.apple.com/ali/searchhelp.html
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ONLINE REFERENCE TO MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS - MathPro
http://problems.math.umr.edu/
A searchable database of journal and contest math problems
compiled by MathPro Press and hosted by the Department of
Mathematics and Statistics at the Univ. of Missouri - Rolla.
The database references upwards of 20,000 math problems from
dozens of journals and contests, including the American
Mathematical Monthly, the Journal of Recreational Mathematics,
Mathematical Questions and Solutions from the Educational
Times, and national and international mathematical olympiads.
Search for problems by subject, keyword, source, problem
number (this requires a publication source), year, proposer,
solver, or author; or request a randomly served problem.
Search or view comments, search commenters, and post your
own comments on problems. You may also contribute problems,
referring to the list of problems to determine which ones
are needed.
The site also outlines technical details of database
publishing with TeX.
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