- Seedbed - Tom O'Brien, ed.
Throughout the 1980s, Seedbed published articles on "the intellectual growth of children, and teachers' participation therein." Editor Tom O'Brien described the publication as a practical one, "where teachers are the principal authors and where teachers'
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- SERVE
An education organization promoting and supporting the continuous improvement of educational opportunities for all learners in the Southeast United States. SERVE provides resources, services, and products in the program areas of assessment, accountability,
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- Sessions on Research in Undergraduate Math Education - 1997 AMS/MAA Joint Meetings
Presentations on research in mathematics education from the Joint Mathematics Meetings, 8-11 January 1997, San Diego, CA.
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- SINUS transfer - University of Bayreuth
Spurred by the outcome of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), Germany launched a nation-wide "model programme for increasing efficiency in mathematics and science education." Between 1998 and 2007, more than 1800 of the
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- 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
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- Special Interest Groups: American Educational Research Association (AERA) - College of Education, Arizona State University
Index and complete list of AERA SIGs, which provide a forum within AERA for the involvement of individuals drawn together by a common interest in a field of study, teaching, or research when the existing divisional structure may not directly facilitate
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- Statistics Education Research Journal (SERJ)
SERJ is published jointly by the International Association for Statistical Education and the International Statistical Institute to encourage research activity, and to advance knowledge about student's attitudes, conceptions, and difficulties as regards
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- Supermarket Math - Keith Devlin (Devlin's Angle)
Is it really possible to acquire skills - mathematical or otherwise - in a de-contextualized fashion in a classroom setting, then make use of those skills in any real-life situation that may require them? The assumption that this is indeed possible is
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- Teacher Preparation and Professional Development, 2000 - Basmat Parsad, Laurie Lewis, and Elizabeth Farris
Executive summary of the NCES report. The full report is also available as a PDF file.
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- Teachers Teaching With Technology (T3)
Professional development training in handheld technology for educators at each level. Sites worldwide in a host of different languages. The United States site includes: professional development institutes, courses, and seminars; resources for educators
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- Teaching and Learning About Decimals - Steinle, Stacey and Chambers; Univ. of Melbourne, Australia
A resource for teachers that explains the mathematical, psychological and pedagogical ideas needed to teach students to work confidently with decimal numbers. Contents include: Background (main ideas, what learners find hard); Case Studies (video interviews
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- Teaching and Learning Algebra pre-19 - The Royal Society and The Joint Mathematical Council (United Kingdom)
A policy document that addresses curriculum and teaching methods in algebra. The influences on pupils' experience of algebra within all aspects of the pre-university education system were examined.
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- Teaching and Learning Geometry 11-19 - The Royal Society and The Joint Mathematical Council (United Kingdom)
A policy document that addresses the rationale for teaching geometry; its possible content; issues concerned with its effective teaching; and why this important subject, with such wide applications and a long history, remains one of the most difficult
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- Teaching and Learning (MAA) - Mathematical Association of America
Teaching and learning mathematics is what most MAA members do for most of their lives. This Teaching and Learning section provides useful and thoughtful articles about teaching mathematics. The Research Sampler is dedicated to spreading awareness of current
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- Teaching and Learning Undergraduate Mathematics - The Mathematical Association (UK)
Read Talum newsletters, 1993 - 2000. Articles include "Learning to Teach"; "The Case for Geometry"; "Intuiting Mathematical Objects Using Diagrams and Kinetigrams"; "Teaching Mathematical Analysis"; and "Using a Theory of Learning in a College Mathematics
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- Teaching Contemporary Mathematics Conference - North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM)
Papers and talks presented at the conference. Download PDF files of Geometry and Programming: The Forgotten and the Avoided; Student Investigations in Algebra 2 and Precalculus; The Mantid: An Extended Data Problem; Errors and Power in Significance Tests;
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- The Teaching Gap - Stigler, Hiebert
A site supporting a book by James W. Stigler and James Hiebert in which they point out that teaching is a cultural activity. "Although there are teachers using extraordinary methods in all cultures, the extraordinary is not what defines most students'
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- Teaching, Learning, and Computing: 1998 Survey - CRITO: Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations
Research information from the national survey, Teaching, Learning, and Computing--1998, a study of teachers' use of computer technology, their pedagogies, and their school context.
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- Teaching Logic and Reasoning in an Illogical World - DIMACS Symposium
A July 1996 symposium: Participants, schedule, list of papers, and the papers themselves in html, ascii, or postscript. Sample papers: S. Maurer: Teaching reasoning, broadly and narrowly; C. Nelan: Student's attitude toward the relationship between language
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- Teaching Research Division - Western Oregon University
Western Oregon University sponsors various childhood education programs, providing local and national services for young children and deaf-blind people in particular. They also research pedagogical issues, including teacher training and effectiveness.
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- TeAch-nology - Teachnology, Inc.
A portal for information about current and past practice in the field of education. Read math teaching "Ideas That Worked"; and tutorials ranging from teacher retirement planning and "What to Consider When Writing a Lesson Plan" to "How to Deal With Disruptive
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- Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) - Initial Findings - National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Highlights from TIMSS; videotape classroom study report and classroom study; responses; the Commissioner's speech; results at the fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth-grade levels; test items, an annotated TIMSS publication list, and more. See also the 1999
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- TIMSS Brochure - Math Forum
Basic information about the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).
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- TIMSS Math and Science Challenge: Sample Test - EdInformatics.com
Several sample TIMSS Math Tests using original questions from the three released sets (Pop1,2,3). Tests are graded online and can be compared both to the international scores and to scores of other students who have taken the test online.
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- Title III MSS Final Performance Report - Dana Lee Ling
Dana Lee Ling is a mathematics and science software specialist at the College of Micronesia-FSM. Articles document the College's attempts to increase the success of pre-algebra and algebra students through "conceptual" and technology-based approaches.
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- Understanding (Learning and Mathematics) - Greeno, Riley; Math Forum
In their 1987 article, "Processes and Development of Understanding," James G. Greeno of Stanford University and Mary S. Riley of San Diego State University examine why younger children seem to lack the ability of older children to solve mathematical word
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- What, How, and the Web - Cut the Knot!, Alexander Bogomolny
More on place value. "There is an obvious confusion there between two questions, what to teach and how to teach it. Does the failure of the New Math to present a specific topic necessarily imply that teaching this topic has no merit? The New Math has
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