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Collaborative Learning Discussion Archive - Math Forum A special project hosted by the Math Forum, this discussion concerned collaborative learning, its definition, its effects on teachers and students, administration and assessment issues, and materials and resources. The discussion began as e-mail conversations, and was archived by the Math Forum to ensure an opportunity for all to participate without missing segments of dialogue. The bulk of the conversations were over by late spring 1997. more>> Cooperative Learning - Classroom Compass The fall 1994 issue of Classroom Compass looks at some aspects of cooperative learning and ways it can be implemented in the classroom. Two instructional activities, one providing suggestions for elementary students (Pumpkin Exploration) and one for higher grade classrooms (Choosing a Company Site), accompany excerpts on estimation and statistics from the NCTM Standards. With a reading list/bibliography. more>> What Is the Collaborative Classroom? (NCREL) - M.B. Tinzmann, B.F. Jones, T.F. Fennimore, J. Bakker, C. Fine, and J. Pierce New learning and thinking curricula require collaboration. An article that addresses shared knowledge and authority among teachers and students; teachers as mediators; heterogeneous groupings of students; teacher and student roles; interactions; challenges and conflicts; the research base; and examples of collaborative instruction. With references. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), Oak Brook, 1990. more>>

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Algebra Through Modeling with the TI-82 or TI-83 Calculators - Tony Peressini and John Luker; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign A course designed to familiarize high school and beginning college mathematics teachers with advanced algebra content and teaching strategies. The approach stresses modeling and solving real world problems and develops skills and concepts of algebra as ...more>> A Bibliography of Mathematics Education - Paul Ernest, University of Exeter, U.K. A 1994 electronic bibliography prepared for students at the University of Exeter, U.K. Contents: Society, Diversity And Mathematics Education; The Learning Of Mathematical Topics; The Psychology Of Learning Mathematics; Teaching Approaches And Resources ...more>> CC (Concord Consortium) Library: Papers - Robert F. Tinker From Robert F. Tinker, Director of the Educational Technology Lab of the Concord Consortium, a nonprofit, research and development organization dedicated to furthering the technology revolution worldwide through innovations in hardware, software, learning ...more>> Classroom Compass - Adams, Powell, Assoc. Editors; Southwest Educational Development Laboratory A magazine published in fall, winter, and spring, with ideas, activities, and resources for teachers interested in improving instruction in science and mathematics, and links to simple classroom activities with ideas about learning and instruction. Each ...more>> Conferences on the Teaching of Mathematics (CTM) (Mathematics Archives) - Husch, et al., Editors Currently includes presentations and contributed papers from the Fifth Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics held on June 21-22, 1996 in Baltimore, MD and the Sixth Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics held on June 20-21, 1997 in Milwaukee, WI. ...more>> Connected Mathematics Project (CMP) - Michigan State University A project funded by the NSF to develop a complete mathematics curriculum for the middle grades (6-8), one rich in connections among the various topic strands of the subject, between mathematics and its applications in other disciplines, between the planned ...more>> Cube-It - Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) A math group activity: you will need fifty cubes per group. Gather sugar cubes, wooden cubes, units from Dienes blocks or Cusinaire rods, or any manipulative that has a cubical shape. Students will: estimate the dimensions of the largest cube that can ...more>> DeLiberations: On Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - London Guildhall and Kingston Universities A site for academics, librarians, and educational developers. The mathematics area provides links to current debates and other resources (mailing lists, Web sites). The outcome of "The Interactive Electronic Magazine Project", part of the eLib (Electronic ...more>> Electronic Games for Education in Math and Science (E-GEMS) - British Columbia, Canada Archives of a collaborative effort by scientists, educators, and professional video game and educational software developers to do research on and develop teaching materials that integrate video games and computer-based explorations with existing classroom ...more>> E-Mail Math - Elizabeth Murphy Using the Internet for a global exchange of student-written math story problems. Grade 4 students participated in an enrichment project entitled Cross Cultural Story Problems in Math from December '94 to May '95. Students received story problems from ...more>> Essays on Constructivism and Education - Tom O'Haver; Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation An extensive collection of articles on constructivist teaching strategies, change in education, technology in the classroom, hypertext and cognitive flexibility, constructivist pedagogy readings, and more. ...more>> Everyday Learning - Everyday Learning Corporation Mathematics curricula for elementary, middle, and high school that emphasize problem-solving skills. Includes newsletters for elementary and secondary teachers with articles about specific curricula and general classroom approaches. Curricula include: ...more>> Fermi Questions - Sheila Talamo Fermi questions emphasize estimation, numerical reasoning, communicating in mathematics, and questioning skills. Students often believe that "word problems" have one exact answer and that the answer is derived in a unique manner. Fermi questions encourage ...more>> First Day of School - Math Forum, Teacher2Teacher FAQ Answers to a frequently asked question: What do you do on the first day of school? ...more>> Free-standing Structure (CEC) - Leslie Gonzales, WCI, White City, Oregon An activity for grades 4-8 designed to show students that cost, time, planning, modeling, designs, teamwork, and application are important in learning about "real world" construction projects. Build the tallest structure while spending the least amount ...more>> Future of Math - Jamie Tubbs This site supports the use of blogs, digital cameras, digital portfolios, discussion forums, spreadsheets, and other digital media to enhance student understanding of mathematics. Find suggestions on how to teach with journals, problem-solving, learning ...more>> Games for Math and Social Skills - Suzanne Alejandre A collection of links to games for building math and social skills such as cooperation, collaboration, listening, teamwork, and give-and-take. ...more>> Grouping Practices (NCREL) - Pathways to School Improvement "Grouping practices - especially tracking - often have the effect of reducing equity." This article explores the negative effects of tracking and touches on cooperative learning. From the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL). ...more>> Interactive Learning (Learning and Mathematics) - Brown, et al.; Math Forum In a chapter entitled "Interactive learning and individual understanding: The case of reading and mathematics" in the 1991 book, Culture, schooling, and psychological development, - Brown, Campione, Reeve, Ferrara & Palincsar discuss learning in which ...more>> International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM) (Mathematics Archives) - Przemyslaw Bogacki, Managing Editor Home site of the Electronic Proceedings of the International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (EPICTCM), an annual conference sponsored by Addison-Wesley (on this site are conferences from 1994-1998). Papers are presented through an ...more>> Kagan Publishing and Professional Development Publications and teacher training to provide children with the situations in which they behave most cooperatively. In addition to greater cooperation, Kagan's "structures" aim for greater academic achievement, improved ethnic relations, enhanced self-esteem, ...more>> Listening Practice/Team Review (CEC) - Karen Riggins, Churchill County Junior High; Fallon, NV This activity for grades 4 and up builds listening skills, encourages teamwork, and reviews important math concepts. From the Columbia Education Center collection of math mini-lessons. ...more>> Math Ed Reprints - John T. Baldwin Papers in several formats: postscript, Latex, zipped, and some html. "Russell's Paradox" (with Olivier Lessmann); "An American Example of High School-University Cooperation" (with Roberta Dees); "Encouraging cooperative solution of mathematics problems ...more>> Math Education Page - Henri Picciotto Math education articles by the author, with an emphasis on algebra. A New Algebra: Tools, Themes, Concepts, an article that summarizes the pedagogical and curricular thinking behind ATTC; Early Mathematics: A Proposal for New Directions, a chapter in ...more>> Mathematics (Evergreen Curriculum) - Saskatchewan Education The curriculum guide to elementary and secondary mathematics for the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Includes curriculum outline, sample units and lesson plans, list of resources, notes for administrators, and an online discussion forum. Some information ...more>> Mathematics Learning Forums - Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) The Mathematics Learning Forums offer teachers the opportunity to do mathematics with their students and talk about mathematics with their colleagues through on-line seminars. The forums are designed to help teachers introduce new mathematics teaching ...more>> Mathematics - WestEd Descriptions of WestEd's Science and Mathematics Projects, with supporting print and online resources: 24® Game Demonstration Project, California Mathematics Implementation Study, Evaluation of Interactive Multi-Media Exercises (IMMEX), Evaluation: ...more>> Math Horizon (Learning and Mathematics) - Deborah Ball; Math Forum Deborah Ball of Michigan State University teaches math education in the College of Education and as part of her research offers a math class in a local elementary school. In this 1987 article she examines the challenge of creating classroom practices ...more>> Math Motivation - Michael Sakowski Answers to the question "Where will I ever use algebra?" Examples of how "the process of learning higher mathematics provides valuable skills in deductive reasoning and symbolic reasoning, in addition to math skills used directly in science and engineering ...more>> Math Parent Handbook: Quick and Easy Math Games - Houghton Mifflin Company Playing simple games that involve numbers or other math ideas will help your child develop enthusiasm toward math as well as improve your child's skills. Guess My Number; Pattern Time; What's Your Operation?; Pairs of 10; Product Spree; Subtract From ...more>> Math Parent Handbook: Resources and Ideas for Working with Your Child - Houghton Mifflin Company Your child can have mathematical experiences all day long: here are some everyday activities to promote your child's interest in mathematical thinking. Grades K-2: Numbers and Estimating; Measurement; Shapes and Patterns; Computation; Data and Graphs; ...more>> Modellversuch SelMa: Selbstlernen im Mathematikunterricht der SII - Landesinstitut für Schule und Weiterbildung, Soest SelMa ist ein Modellversuch des Landes NRW, "Selbstlernen in der gymnasialen Oberstufe - Mathematik" (1999-2003), in dem gezeigt werden soll, wie Mathematikunterricht in der gymnasialen Oberstufe zu gestalten ist, wenn Eigentätigkeit und selbstständiges ...more>> Panitz cooperative learning and WAC web page and much more - Ted Panitz, Cape Cod Community College Workshops, articles, and other resources on cooperative learning and pedagogy. ...more>> sarah-marie belcastro's home page - Sarah-Marie Belcastro From one of the authors of Making Mathematics with Needlework: "I seem to have become a topological graph theorist while I wasn't looking. I am also interested in convex and combinatorial geometry, algebraic geometry, topology, algebra, the geometry of ...more>> Small Group Interactions (Learning and Mathematics) - Susan Bobbitt Nolen; Math Forum In this 1991 article, "Small-group interactions as a source of learning opportunities in second-grade mathematics," Yackel, Cobb, and Wood, of Purdue University Calumet, Vanderbilt University, and Purdue University, respectively, describe an experiment ...more>> SPIRAL - Indiana University of Pennsylvania Science, Mathematics, Technology Preparation Involving Real-world Active Learning (SPIRAL) was a professional development program for K-12 pre-service and in-service teachers, administrators, and special needs instructors. The program provided training ...more>> Teaching Effectiveness Program (TEP) - University of Oregon Every term, TEP conducts seminars, workshops and presentations on diverse teaching effectiveness issues. From hands-on, skill-building tutorials to nationally acclaimed, outside presenters, TEP regularly provides the campus with new perspectives on teaching. ...more>> Using Technology to Enhance Engaged Learning for At-Risk Students (NCREL) - Barbara Means; Pathways to School Improvement A "critical issue": An increasing number of educators are calling for high standards and challenging learning activities for at-risk students. New technologies can provide meaningful learning experiences for all children, especially those at risk of educational ...more>> Workplace Preparedness Resources - H&H Publishing Texts, workbooks, and assessment instruments devoted to helping educators and trainers increase the competence of those in the workforce. Materials are lively, economical, and focused directly on practical workforce skills and behaviors. Assessment instruments, ...more>>

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