- 2009 Annual Meeting Webcasts - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Presentations from this year's annual meeting in Washington, DC, for Windows Media Player: Opening Session - Hank Kepner, Pedro Noguera; Equity: the Most Important and Challenging Issue Facing Our Schools - Julian Weissglass; With an Eye on the Mathematical
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- achievethecore.org - Student Achievement Partners
Professional development modules, voices of teachers, articles, tools, research, and other free resources for educators implementing the Common Core State Standards, as assembled by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the National Education Association
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- Assessing True Academic Success: The Next Frontier of Reform - Dan Kennedy, Baylor School
Article from Mathematics Teacher 92, 462-66, September 1999. "Suppose that your doctor's idea of a successful medical practice is to teach his patients how to pass every diagnostic test that he gives to them. How will you ever know if you are healthy?
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- Avoiding Weapons of Math Destruction
"Reflections from a student teacher." Blog posts, which date back to September, 2012, have included "First Week Excitement," "The Flipped Classroom," and "The Challenge of Open-Ended Questions."
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- Beyond TERC - Linda Moran
Share constructive ideas with other parents and seek advice from Linda Moran, a licensed math teacher and author of the Beyond TERC lens and the Beyond TERC blog.
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- Carl Offner's Home Page - University of Massachusetts, Boston
Expository papers by Offner on mathematics and computer science (levels: advanced undergraduate to 1st-year graduate student): Repetitions of Words and the Thue-Morse Sequence; Finite Fields and Pseudo-Random Number Generation; Some Early Analytic Number
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- Center for the Development of Teaching (CDT) - Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
A research and development center whose goal is to learn how teachers' practice can be transformed to support students' construction of knowledge. Currently focusing on mathematics and science teaching, the Center carries out research and action projects
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- Challenge by Choice - David Suarez and others
A classroom mathematics program that lets students choose their own level of challenge within the structure of the curriculum. His blog offers details of the program, the theoretical and practical basis of differentiated instruction, and the results he's
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- Critical Issues in Mathematics (NCREL) - Pathways to School Improvement
Articles from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL). The Significance of the NCTM Standards; Ensuring Equity and Excellence in Mathematics; Locating, Using, and Integrating Internet-Based Mathematics Materials; Providing Hands-On,
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- Curriculum Issues - Beauregard Parish (Louisiana) Public Library
Links to sites with information about the new New Math, whole math, whole language, and traditional curriculum resources
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- Educational Aspirations
"Ramblings from a 21st century educator" who specializes in differentiating math and seeks to make the subject "more engaging and relevant to students' lives." Blog posts, which date back to July, 2011, have included "Measuring Student Growth," "Twitter
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- Educational Programs That Work (EPTW): Mathematics - U.S. Dept. of Education
The Catalogue of the National Diffusion Network's descriptions of exemplary educational programs in mathematics. A tabular summary of program services provides an overview of the programs. Individual program descriptions summarize audience, program goals,
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- Education News Parents Can Use - U.S. Department of Education
A TV series focusing on schools, learning and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. On the third Tuesday of each month during the school year, Education News airs live via satellite, offering parents and anyone else with an interest in education vital
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- The Electronic School - National Schools Boards Association (NSBA)
A supplement to The Executive Educator and The American School Board Journal magazines, published in cooperation with the Institute for the Transfer of Technology to Education (ITTE), a program of the NSBA. It seeks to be an editorially independent source
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- Empowering Teachers as Leaders [PDF file] - Paul M. Terry, University of Memphis
This article presents the need for what some view as a rather radical change in educational leadership. An argument for this change is proffered by reviewing the current leadership methodology and, for comparison, empowerment is explored as it relates
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- The EMPower Project - TERC
Extending Mathematical Power: A Math Curriculum for Adults, extends school mathematics reform to currently under-served populations so that they more effectively engage mathematical demands at work, at home as parents and caregivers, in the community,
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- ERIC Digests - Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Digests are short reports on topics of prime current interest in education, targeted specifically for teachers, administrators, policymakers, and other practitioners, but generally useful to the broad educational community. Each offers an overview of
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- 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.
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- FamilyEducation Network
Articles, discussion groups, professional advice, suggestions, and other resources for children of preschool and younger, elementary school, middle school, and high school and beyond. Resources topics include activities, health and safety, homework help,
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- Finding Common Ground in K-12 Mathematics Education - Mathematical Association of America
"Starting point" documents, designed to advance the discourse about how to improve K-12 mathematics teaching and learning, that emerged from MAA-convened pilot meetings between mathematicians and mathematics educators thought to be strongly aligned with
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- Focus on Mathematics - Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University
Focus on Mathematics (FoM) seeks to "improve student achievement by providing mathematics teachers with the content knowledge and skills valuable in their profession." FoM programs have included math expos and math fairs of student research projects;
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- Getsmarter.org - Council on Competitiveness
A free web site designed to help improve math and science education. Interactive quizzes, games, and tutorials allow students to learn more about specific topics and improve their skills. MSTV, a series of interactive modules, shows how math and science
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- GFBrandenburg's Blog - Guy Brandenburg
In his opening post, Brandenburg wrote, "I have been doing some research on educational progress (or lack thereof) in the Washington, DC school system before and after the reign of our media-darling school Chancellor, Michelle Rhee...." The retired high
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- The Greater Philadelphia Secondary Mathematics Project - The Greater Philadelphia Secondary Mathematics Project
A support site for the systemic implementation of professional development using nationally validated, exemplary, standards-based secondary mathematics curricula in the Greater Philadelphia region. News and resources include edited dialogues about the
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- Harold Reiter's Home Page - Harold Reiter, Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Freely downloadable puzzles and problems from the founder of teachers circles and math clubs in Charlotte and Mecklenburg, longtime writer of MathCOUNTS questions, and member of the ETS/College Board CLEP (College-Level Examination Program) Pre-calculus
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- Home Page of Andrei Toom, André Toom - Andrei Toom, Department of Statistics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
The home page of one of the developers of the Toom-Cook, or Toom-3 algorithm, a method of multiplying two large integers. Toom's English-language mathematics articles, published in journals such as the Journal of Statistical Physics, include "Non-Ergodic
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- Horizon Research, Inc.
A private research firm located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, that specializes in work related to science and mathematics education. Recent project include Looking Inside the Classroom, A Study of K-12 Mathematics and Science Education in the United
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- IAE-Pedia - Information Age Education (IAE); The Science Factory
IAE, founded by Dave Moursund, is a non-profit organization that provides free materials for preservice and inservice teachers. It focuses on improving education at all levels and throughout the world. The IAE-Pedia is a wiki page about its educational
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- Institut Pengembangan Pendidikan Matematika Realistik Indonesia
Indonesian implementation and dissemination of Pendidikan Matematika Realistik Indonesia (PMRI), the Dutch-inspired Realistic Mathematics Education (RME). Blog posts -- a few in English, most in Indonesian -- date back to August, 2009.
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- The Interactive Mathematics Program (IMP) - Chicago, Univ. of Illinois
A Model for Mathematics Education Reform. A four-year, problem based mathematics curriculum for high schools, to meet the needs of both college-bound and non-college-bound students. IMP is designed to replace the four-course sequence typical of most high
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- The International Netcourse Teacher Enhancement Coalition (INTEC) - The Concord Consortium
An online professional development course that introduces inquiry-based teaching and learning to mathematics and science classrooms: network-based netcourses are designed to engage teachers in their own investigations, supplying skills, a knowledge of
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- James P. Dildine - James P. Dildine
Interactive math lessons for exploring parabolas, triangle areas, Pythagorean triples, triangle angle sums (powered by a Cabri Java applet), cancer and mathematics (image analysis, and determining the area and perimeter of non-regular figures), systems
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- The Late Professor Morris Kline - Mark Alder
Read Kline's books Why Johnny Can't Add and Why the Professor Can't Teach; his lecture "Pea Soup, Tripe, and Mathematics"; and a bibliography of his publications.
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- Learning & Mathematics Discussion Sessions - Math Forum
Newsgroup discussions inspired by recent work on how students learn mathematics among mathematicians, teachers of mathematics, and students of educational psychology that occurred on the Math Forum's newsgroup geometry.pre-college. Much of the work around
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- LSC-Net - TERC, Inc.
Best practices, issues, and resources for the National Science Foundation's 72 Local Systemic Change (LSC) Projects across the country. Each of these projects provides teacher professional development and curriculum innovation in the areas of math and/or
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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 Does Not Equal Calculating - Wolfram Research
This project aims to "build a completely new math curriculum with computer-based computation at its heart, alongside a campaign to refocus math education away from historical hand-calculating techniques and toward relevant and conceptually interesting
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- Mathe 2000 - Müller, Gerhard N.; Steinbring, Heinz; & Wittmann, Erich Ch., University of Dortmund
A brief history and overview of the primary mathematics curriculum adopted by the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) in 1985. Rooted in the ideas of Dewey, Kühnel, Piaget, and Freudenthal, Mathe 2000 approached early math education epistemologically,
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- MathEd.net - Raymond C. Johnson
Blog begun in October, 2009, by a math education graduate student. Dedicated to "building bridges between research, policy, and practice," Johnson's posts have included "Patterns of Patterns," "RYSK: Erlwanger's Benny's Conception of Rules and Answers
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- mathed-news - Jerry Becker
Postings from Jerry Becker that cover a wide range of content relating to the landscape of mathematics education. The list is intended for mathematics teachers at all levels and others interested in mathematics education, as well. Newspaper articles,
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- 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
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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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- Mathematics by Mr. P - Mike Poliquin
Middle school math teacher Poliquin began this blog, subtitled "making sure everyone gets it," in December, 2011. Posts have included various original problems of the week; "Eudoxus of Cnidus: the First Mathematical Superstar"; "A Quick Dip in the Deep
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- The Mathematics Common Core Coalition
The Mathematics Common Core Coalition (CCC) works to provide expertise and advice on issues related to the effective implementation of the Common Core State Standards for School Mathematics (CCSSM). The coalition provides a means to review, research,
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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 Education in China Discussions - Math Forum
A discussion group dedicated to questions raised by Dianzhou Zhang, Professor of Mathematics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, who co-chairs a commmittee charged with redesigning high school mathematics education in all of China. Read and browse
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- Mathematics TEKS Toolkit - The Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin
A resource center for implementing the mathematics Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), and for improving mathematics programs in Texas. Organized into eight sections: Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills, which outlines TEKS by grade level and
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- Math for Love - Daniel Finkel
Finkel brings us this blog "... about math, creativity, culture, education, and beauty. It's for everyone." Posts have focused on self-referential humor and mathematics; older posts have included the joys of pattern blocks, an aspect of probability applied
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- Math is Not Linear - Alison Blank
Math teacher Blank offers this thought-provoking, non-linear Prezi (online presentation) on the subject of math and its teaching.
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- math-learn - Rex Boggs, moderator
The math-learn mailing list is for those interested in improving the teaching and learning of mathematics. Read and search archived messages. To subscribe, visit the math-learn Yahoo! Group page.
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