- Joint Policy Board for Mathematics - Math Forum
The Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) is a collaborative effort of the American Mathematical Society, Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. The Board represents nearly 55,000 mathematicians
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- Joseph Malkevitch's Home Page - Joseph Malkevitch, York College (CUNY-The City University of New York)
Malkevitch's interests include geometry (polytopes, graph theory, tilings, etc.), discrete mathematics, and mathematical modeling (especially models dealing with fairness and equity issues and codes of all kinds). Most of his research concerns using combinatorial
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- Kids Do Count! Seeking Excellence in Math Education
"We feel strongly that new new math is detrimental to our children's future...." Background, experiences of students and parents, impact, comments on NCTM, and "what to do" statements about the teaching of the "Connected Mathematics" and "Investigations
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- The Klein Project
Revisiting the intent of Felix Klein's Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Standpoint on the centenary of its publication, this IMU/ICMI-commissioned project aims to produce a book for upper secondary teachers that communicates the breadth and vitality
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- The Magic of Math - magicofmath.org
Communicate and share the delight of mathematics. Talk to a math whiz about how math makes the world go round, get pointers on how to figure out a math problem, or just chat about math by sharing cool ideas, original math jokes, poems, riddles, art, problems
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- Martinez Writings - Alberto A. Martinez
Sample the introduction from Negative Math, which shows that "unlike 2 + 2, some basic rules in mathematics were established essentially by convention.... We can make an algebra in which minus times minus is minus. And we can make another algebra in which
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- MathAlive! - Evergreen Exhibitions, LTD.
This 5,000 square foot interactive exhibition brings to life the real math behind video games, sports, fashion, music, robotics, and more. Dozens of MathAlive! experiences take math from its native form into the applied worlds of design, engineering,
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- Math Alive - Ingrid Daubechies, Princeton University
Materials from a course designed for those who have not had college mathematics but would like to understand some of the mathematical concepts behind important modern applications. Interactive "virtual labs" address cryptography; error correction and
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- Math and the Media: Deconstructing Graphs and Numbers - Jeff Goodman
Sample graphs and questions about them, focusing on the information the graph is purported to convey and the manner in which it does so. Topics include examples of raw data, misleading graphs, and graphs as advertising.
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- Math Archive for The Answer Sheet - Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post Company
Math education articles from The Washington Post blog of "everything you need to stay sane during the school years." Posts of this "school survival guide for parents (and everyone else)," which date back to 2009, have included "The trouble with algebra,"
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- Math-Art.net
A web gallery of mathematical art, including a blog. Math-Art.net features artworks, artists, and interviews. It covers many forms of mathematics, as long as there are artistic imagery involved (this means the usual Chaos Theory, geometry and the like).
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- Math Attack: How to Reduce Math Anxiety in the Classroom, at Work and in Everyday Personal Use - Marilyn Curtain-Phillips
A book with related card game and professional development. The book presents strategies for dealing with "math anxiety" and math phobias, in particular for those planning to teach mathematics at the introductory or high school level. Contents include
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- Math Camp for Parents - Group Jazz; Bolster Education
A virtual summer camp for parents and caregivers, intended to explain basic number concepts and provide useful teaching strategies for young children, centered around the discussion of number sense. Facilitated by experienced teachers; includes interactive
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- Math Drudge - David Bailey and Jonathan Borwein
This blog "on the nature of mathematics and of science more generally" dates back to June, 2009. Posts have included "Numeracy, relative risk and public policy,"
"The psychology of mathematics," "Fermi's Paradox and Stephen Hawking," "Yahoo! researcher
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- The Mathemagician - Andrew Jeffrey
"Magic of Maths" shows interweave magic and comedy with "clear positive and motivational messages about the learning of maths." A former teacher and professional magician based in the UK, Jeffrey also sells original products such as Maths at the Drop
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- Mathematical Connections - Brian R. Sears
A collection of more than 20 well-known problems (with solutions), and Sine Wave, a set of essays on "the aesthetic aspects of mathematics."
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- Mathematical Cultures - Dr. Brendan Larvor, Principal Investigator
This "interdisciplinary initiative brings together mathematicians, philosophers of mathematical practice, historians, sociologists, cognitive scientists, mathematics educationalists, popularisers and science journalists to research mathematical cultures,
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- Mathematical Fiction - Alex Kasman
Want a book or story for the students in your math class? Interested in what our society thinks about mathematicians? This site is dedicated to compiling and reviewing works of fiction that involve mathematics or mathematicians. Search the list of math
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- Mathematical Literacy - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
PISA is a survey of the skills and knowledge of students around the world as they approach the end of compulsory education. Beginning in 1999, the survey looks at how well prepared these students are for life beyond school, and aims to create a basic
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- Mathematically Sane
Advocates of rational reform of school mathematics. The site includes a mission statement; articles and reports about mathematics reform; evidence and accounts of successful math reform (both anecdotal and data-based); handouts and resources for talking
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- Mathematical Palette - Guillermo Bautista
A blog that "highlights the lighter side of mathematics.... photos, paintings, songs, poems, jokes, animations, graphics, games, and puzzles and the mathematics within and about them." Posts, which date back to February, 2012, have celebrated "mathematical
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- The Mathematician's Shirt - Collins, Julia; and Shepherd, Madeleine
A collaboration between mathematician Julia Collins and artist Madeleine Shepherd to "design and create a series of sculptures made out of shirts and representing different concepts in mathematics." With funding by the Art Science Collaborative (ASCUS),
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- Mathematics Education Collaborative
The Mathematics Education Collaborative provides educational communities with support to accomplish the goal of improved mathematics instruction for all. It provides professional development courses, hosts conferences, and offers four libraries of web
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- Mathematics for Parents Newsletters - Rich Lehrer, Lee Shumow, Jeff Horvath; Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER)
The Mathematics for Parents Newsletter program aims at informing parents about how their children think about mathematics. Seventeen newsletters describe the program, the way children think in general about mathematics, and homework and activity suggestions
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- Mathematics for Physicists and Electrical Engineers - Ronald B. Standler
Why is mathematics important to engineers? And what in mathematics is most important? Three Key Reasons; Specific Comments on Mathematics Courses; Fundamental Topics and Goals. An editorial from The Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics and Its Applications,
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- Mathematics in Tens - Steve Mayer
Ten ... problems to make you think, facts about maths you may not know, good maths books, mathematicians, maths jokes, reasons to study maths, mathematical links, mathematics software programs, mathematical constants, mathematical formulae. Ten little-known
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- Mathematics - The Illinois Loop
A district-by-district guide to the state of math education in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. Also, "How To Respond When Your School Announces a New-New Math Program," by Kevin Killion; "If Math Were A Color ...," by Mary Damer; and essays by other
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- Mathematics: The Most Misunderstood Subject - Robert H. Lewis
Why do so many people have misconceptions about mathematics? A series of parables that try to get to the root of the misconceptions, illuminate what mathematics is all about, and address, "So what good is math?"
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- Mathematics - The New York Times
New York Times articles on mathematics, organized chronologically. Regular contributors include Edward Rothstein and Dennis Overbye. Track mathematics stories by subscribing to an e-mail alert.
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- The Math Factor - Chaim Goodman-Strauss and Kyle Kellams
Brief, weekly math conversations and puzzles, airing on KUAF 91.3 FM, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Listen to podcasts of this Ozarks at Large radio show; subscribe to the RSS feed.
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- Mathgrad Podcast - Christopher Frederick
One of the goals of Mathgrad Podcast is to provide a place "...to discuss the mathematics behind many real life topics in a way that even the worst mathphobe will gain some insight." Topics range from the math underlying voting schemes to the mathematics
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- Math Headlines - Barbara Ling
Newspaper headlines of developments in mathematics education and public education. With links to the sites of commercial vendors and eBay auctions of "vintage" math lithographs and other "antiques." See also http://www.mathnewsfacts.com/.
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- Math in Danger in the USA - David R. Garcia
Garcia writes in this article that unlike some of the ancients who revered mathematics for its beauty and mental exercise, Americans tend as a culture to have a very pragmatic attitude toward math. Many might appreciate its value for what material results
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- Math in the Movies - Arnold G. Reinhold
A guide to those motion pictures which include scenes of real mathematics. Each movie is linked to further information and rated, and the mathematical scene(s) involved are described. See also Letters to Math in the Movies.
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- MATHmaniaCS - Lenny Pitt, Cinda Heeren, and Tom Magliery
MATHmaniaCS harnesses the excitement of the mathematical experiences that have captured the imaginations and interest of mathematicians and computer scientists, and develops new materials for other topics in discrete mathematics and computer science.
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- Math - Mashable, Inc.
Topical news stories on math by an "independent online news site dedicated to covering digital culture, social media and technology." See also Mashable's category for the word "mathematics."
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- Math Medley - Pat Kenschaft; WebCT
A weekly call-in talk radio show, hosted by Pat Kenschaft from the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Montclair State University. Each show features an interview with an exciting guest discussing a topic with an underlying theme of mathematics such
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- Math Mistakes in the News - Paul Cox
Recent news stories of mathematical interest, where people did not check their facts or were outright trying to deceive the public. Where available, you can click on the headline to read the whole story.
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- The Math Mom - Maria Lando
A blog presenting math as cool, fun, non-intimidating and hip. Entertaining math of cooking, parenting, dating, travel and home ownership.
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- 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
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- Maths Illustrated (review of A Beautiful Mind) - Lynne Butler, Haverford College
Download or read online Butler's review of the movie A Beautiful Mind, originally published in the April, 2002 Notices of the AMS. Learn about the movie's internal references to game theory, and other details and discrepancies involved in its filming,
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- Maths in the City - Marcus du Sautoy, University of Oxford
Mathematical walking tours of Oxford and London led by "mathemagicians" who reveal examples of maths hidden in the Beehive, the Bridge of Sighs, the Gherkin, the Sheldonian Theatre, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and satellite dishes and death rays. Click on the
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- Maths Masters - Burkard Polster and Marty Ross
From the authors of a regular education column published in Melbourne's The Age newspaper: mathsnacks ("haiku-size packages of beautiful mathematics, with accompanying illustration"); a list of movie clips featuring mathematics; and other fun mathematical
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- Math Solutions Newsletter - Marilyn Burns Education Associates
A free quarterly newsletter that provides up-to-date classroom activities and opportunities for year-round professional development, including five-day summer courses, as well as resources for K-8 teachers that model effective teaching and extend the
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- Maths Posters in the London Underground - Andrew D. Burbanks, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
During World Mathematical Year 2000 (WMY2000), a sequence of posters will be displayed month by month in the trains of the London Underground. The aim of this outreach is to bring maths to life, illustrating the wide applications of modern mathematics
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- Math TV: Life by the Numbers - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
Can you believe it: mathematics in the same company as the U.S. primetime television shows Beverly Hills 90210, Spin City, The Nanny, and Star Trek: Voyager? That unusual juxtaposition will happen in coming weeks when the Public Broadcasting System airs
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- MatthewMaddux Education - Egan J. Chernoff
"Information associated with mathematics (education)," as digitally curated by Chernoff, a Professor of Secondary Mathematics in the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan. Posts, which date back to June, 2011, have included "New math
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- Microsoft Math Partnership
Through partnerships with eight area school districts and the Puget Sound Educational Service District, the Microsoft Math Partnership (MMP) provides support to schools to help students become critical thinkers and proficient in mathematical skills and
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- Mind Your Decisions: Game Theory Tuesdays - Presh Talwalkar
An archive of weekly blog posts of articles about game theory. The articles cover probability, politics, personal finance, and economics. The focus is on building strategic thinking and improving outcomes, particularly for personal finance.
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- Moody's Mega Math Challenge - Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
A partnership of The Moody's Foundation and SIAM, the M3 Challenge spotlights applied mathematics as a powerful problem-solving tool, as a viable and exciting profession, and as a vital contributor to advances in an increasingly technical society. Open
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