Teacher Tips and Games
Explorations in Math has come out with their new teaching resource - a great collection of games, best practices and activities for mathematical skill building. The games included in this packet are proven favorites towards getting students' attention, focusing students on math, and putting them in a positive frame of mind prior to starting the math lesson. Download the resource, and try it yourself!
Teacher Resources @ Learner.Org
A great set of free videos demonstrating the style of teaching that we talk about. This resource bank is built and maintained by Annenberg Media Learner.Org to facilitate the teaching of mathematics and to foster the idea of healthy, interactive teaching methods, through concrete examples. Please visit the website of Learner.Org and access the Teacher Resources to know more.
Illuminations: Resources for Teaching Math
A great set of resources built and compiled by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) to facilitate the teaching of mathematics at pre K-12 level. Illuminations is designed to Provide Standards-based resources that improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students, and provide materials that illuminate the vision for school mathematics set forth in Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. Illuminate your teaching of Mathematics.
Toolkit for Change
A website set up by the Mathematics Assessment Resource Service (MARS) to provide an incredible array of resources for leaders in mathematics, sorted into Challenges, Strategies and tools, with many links in each category. Visit the Toolkit for Change website to know more.
Math Games for Home and Classroom
A compendium of games that children and parents can enjoy and that support mathematics learning. Visit the Math Games and Activities webpage to access the games.
Geometry Playground
Geometry Playground is a free ruler and compass Java application for multiple geometries, conceived and created by Daniel (deej) Heath and Joshua Jacobs. Visit the Geometry Playground webpage.
Learning Math
- Mathematically Sane -- A power house website for information, links and resources about reform math.
- WASL Report --A report on the results of a study about Bellevue Schools using the Core-Plus curriculum
- Do the Math -- Engagement equals Academic Success by Ilana Horn in the UW College of Education
- UW helps teachers see how students learn -- Work being done by Prof. Elham Kazemi
What's MATH Got To Do With It?
This readable new book by Jo Boaler cuts through the opaque verbiage and the polemics to ask the important questions and give answers based on research in real classrooms. She aims to give guidance to parents, teachers and policy-makers struggling with how to teach math in the United States. Visit Jo Boaler's Home Page or view the Interview with Jo Boaler on NPR's The Morning Show to know more.
Organizations
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