- Ralph A. Raimi Homepage - Ralph A. Raimi
The University of Rochester Professor Emeritus' notes on math education and non-technical
writings with a mathematics theme include Whatever became of the New Math?; Have we forgotten the value of memory?, a comment on the New York Regents' B-examination
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- Rebecca Newburn
Links to this California teacher's Math 7 blog, and to her professional blog, a "fusion of best teaching practices, integrating technology and increasing compassion in and outside of the classroom." See also Newburn's select compilation of explanations,
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- A Recursive Process - Dan Anderson
Anderson's blog, which dates back to June of 2010, has included posts such as "Robocode & Math," "Standards Based Grading," "Cake:Frosting (A look into a proper ratio of real math:cool tech)," "Paper Towels WCYDWT (What Can You Do With This?)," "Two
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- Reflections of a Techie - Marsha Ratzel
Reflections "on using 21st century technologies to amplify learning," as blogged by a self-described nerd who teachers middle grades math. Posts, which date back to July, 2003, have included "Finding the Little Truths of Math"; "Rational numbers need
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- The Republic of Mathematics - Gary E. Davis
The Republic of Mathematics™ was founded "to promote happy and productive mathematical experiences for all learners, democratize the learning and teaching of mathematics, and help empower students and teachers in their engagement with mathematics."
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- Science Daily: Research Shows Homework Does Boost Academic Achievement; but Overemphasizing Grades and Performance May Lead to Cheating - American Psychological Association
This article, from the ScienceDaily Magazine site, describes an investigation into the effect of homework and grade emphasis on academic achievement of students and self-reported rates of cheating.
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- 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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- 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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- The Socratic Method: Teaching by Asking Instead of by Telling - Rick Garlikov
An example and explanation of how to use students' (including young children's) inherent reasoning abiltiy to guide them gently and easily into an understanding of difficult ideas.
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- sonata mathematique - Rachel Kernodle
Blog by a high school math and learning specialist. Posts, which date back to June, 2011, have included "twitter math camp," "mathematical art," "i also want you to learn…," and "rational functions take two."
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- STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics - Center on Instruction at RMC Research Corporation
Webinars and other resources for mathematics instruction and assessment: research meta-analyses and summaries, practitioner guides, tools, examples from the field, standards and assessments, and professional development modules, training materials, and
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- Studying Dimensionality through a Stair-Step Fractal - Burrill, Frost, Anderson, Burkett, Gribble, Ryerson, & Williams
A background paper and a related classroom activity about a lesson study-produced activity on using a stair-step fractal to study other dimensions.
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- Teachers TryScience
Free lessons, teaching strategies, and resources to spark students' interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The Teachers TryScience site features collaboration tools for discussing and sharing effective instructional practices. Teachers
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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 Like It's 2999! - Jennie Cho Magiera
After her "world was completely changed thanks to a grant approval for 32 iPads," this 5th grade math teacher in the Chicago Public Schools has used the technology to improve assessment practices and increase differentiation. Posts in her blog, which
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- Teaching Math to Young Children - Rick Garlikov
One of a series of webpages to help students understand math, and to help parents teach their children math - especially to help children have a good foundation. (These are not pages to teach the mere recipes or algorithms for solving problems.)
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- TeachingWorks
Establishing a "professional system for the training of teachers" through "a common curriculum for professional training that focuses on high-leverage practices and on the subject-matter knowledge needed for teaching; performance assessments of teachers'
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- Teach Kids Math With Model Method - Zach
Tutorials for parents or teachers, of the Model Method, widely used in Singapore Math by Singaporean teachers, tutors, and parents. Covers the method for basic operations, fractions, decimals, percents, averages, and ratio.
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- ThinkWave.com
A free web community that provides secure internet-based communication for parents, students, and teachers: real-time information about attendance, assignments, grades, and school curriculum.
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- UCSB Department of Mathematics Center for Mathematical Inquiry - Regents of the University of California
Developing "inquiry-based learning approaches in the teaching of mathematics and a research base that examines teaching and learning through inquiry-based practices." See past workshops, course materials for University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB)
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- Understanding 'Rate' Word Problems - Rick Garlikov
A conceptual explanation of doing various kinds of math "rate" problems (e.g., "distance/speed/time" problems, problems involving combining work done by different agents working at different rates of speed, quantity/proportion problems, etc.).
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- Unsilence Students' Voices - Suzanne Alejandre
Article discussing how to provide an opportunity for all students to contribute to math classroom discussions. Originally published in the September, 2012, issue of the CMC ComMuniCator, journal of the California Mathematics Council, this article intersperses
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- Vancouver Math Tutor - Vlad
Tutoring services for the Vancouver, B.C. (Canada) area; articles on tutoring; and algebra and probability materials used in tutoring.
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- Why Teach Mathematics? - Harold Brochmann
A series of articles addressing the questions Why do we have to learn this stuff? Why do we teach mathematics? Is the mathematics we teach relevant? Why is teaching mathematics so difficult?
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- Without Geometry, Life Is Pointless - Avery Pickford
"Musings on math, education, teaching, and research" by a teacher. Blog posts, which date back to May, 2010, have included "What Makes a Problem Great," "Habits of Mind," "My 6th Grade Version of Algebra," "Technology in School: Where's My Hovercraft?
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- Writing to Develop Understanding: The Math Forum @ Drexel's PoWs - Suzanne
What can we ask students about their problem solving that will help them the most? This article, originally published in the December, 2006, issue of the CMC ComMuniCator, journal of the California Mathematics Council, addresses that question by examining
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- Yo: A Math Teacher's Blog - Nico Rowinsky
Blog by the Toronto math teacher who wrote Sally Strange: And How She Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Grade 7 Math. Posts, which date back to September, 2012, have included "Teaching an Old Word Problem New Tricks: PART II," "What happens when you've
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