Volume 5, Number 34A  -  July-August 2000 Discussions

23 August 2000 Vol. 5, No. 34A THE MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS - JULY-AUGUST 2000 DISCUSSIONS This special issue of the Math Forum's weekly newsletter highlights recent interesting conversations on Internet math discussion groups. For a full list of these groups with links to topics covered and information on how to subscribe, see: http://mathforum.org/discussions/ Replies to individual discussions should be addressed to the appropriate group rather than to the newsletter editor. If you are familiar with a site we don't yet catalog, please use our Web form to suggest the link. Your own brief annotation will be much appreciated. http://mathforum.org/library/add.html JULY & AUGUST SUGGESTIONS: GEOMETRY-PRE-C0LLEGE - an unmoderated list for discussing high school and middle school (and earlier) geometry curricula, how to teach geometry classes, new software and texts, problems for students, and supplementary materials such as videos and manipulatives, archived by the Math Forum at: http://mathforum.org/epigone/geometry-pre-college/ Discussions about inclusive definitions of geometric objects and transformations as the definition of congruence: - University of Chicago geometry textbook (17 July 2000) http://mathforum.org/epigone/geometry-pre-college/zangphumquand/ - Trapezoid definition (was University of Chicago geometry textbook) (22 July 2000) http://mathforum.org/epigone/geometry-pre-college/bleebringcror/ - Trapezoid definition (7 Aug 2000) http://mathforum.org/epigone/geometry-pre-college/freechermzhor/ ______________________________ + ______________________________ K12.ED.MATH - a moderated list on general math teaching questions, archived by the Math Forum at http://mathforum.org/epigone/k12.ed.math/ - reducing fractions (12 July 2000) http://mathforum.org/epigone/k12.ed.math/gikerdwhex/ "I teach 6th grade and every year my students seem to have a lot of difficulty with fractions, specifically, reducing or recognizing that a fraction isn't reduced... Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. - Janet Johnson - new teacher (19 July 2000) http://mathforum.org/epigone/k12.ed.math/fulnolprer/ "I was just wondering if any of you felt scared when you first started teaching. I don't think that I will have a big problem with it, but I feel that I won't be able to teach all of my future students everything that they need to know..." - Robin ______________________________ + ______________________________ NUMERACY, for those interested in the discussion of educational issues around adult mathematical literacy, archived at: http://mathforum.org/epigone/numeracy/ - Monty Hall (31 July 2000) http://mathforum.org/epigone/numeracy/jandgrendste/ "You are a contestant. You have the choice of three curtains. Behind one is the Grand Prize, the other 2 have goats..." - Jason Revisiting the problem, with a link to tree diagrams from the apstat-l thread Monty Hall Problem: Tree Diagram (14 May 1998) http://mathforum.org/epigone/apstat-l/walfimpdwun/ ______________________________ + ______________________________ SCI.MATH, a discussion group focused on general and advanced mathematics that can be read as a Usenet newsgroup or on the Web: http://mathforum.org/epigone/sci.math/ - This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics (Week 155) (16 Aug 2000) http://mathforum.org/epigone/sci.math/prerdhootwend/ "It's a hot summer day here in Riverside, so I just want to have fun. Break out the Klein bottles and Platonic solids!" - John Baez - Mental Limit? (17 Aug 2000) http://mathforum.org/epigone/sci.math/vanbinshou/ "I'm in need of some mathematical people to enlighten me with their point-of-view... Is there a mental limit of how far people can go in mathematics?" - Orion _________________________ + ______________________________ HISTORIA-MATEMATICA - a virtual forum for scholarly discussion of the history of mathematics in a broad sense, among professionals and non-professionals with a serious interest in the field, archived at http://mathforum.org/epigone/historia_matematica/ - Mayan numeration (2 Aug 2000) http://mathforum.org/epigone/historia_matematica/germzelkal/ "What reference(s) on Mayan mathematics are currently considered to be the most authoritative? In particular, is there a current resource which is both accurate and accessible to a non-specialist?" - Steven Johnson ______________________________ + ______________________________ We hope you will find these selections useful, and that you will browse and participate in the discussion group(s) of your choice. CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE: The Math Forum 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/ Teacher2Teacher http://mathforum.org/t2t/ Discussion Groups http://mathforum.org/discussions/ Join the Math Forum http://mathforum.org/join.forum.html Send comments to the Math Forum Internet Newsletter editors

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