Collaborative Group for Research in Mathematics Education

RESOURCES - SECONDARY

Views on High School Mathematics Education

This web page presents responses of mathematicians, mathematics educators and teachers of mathematics, to a set of questions on secondary education in mathematics. These are the questions:

  1. When you consider what high school graduates should understand about mathematics, what do you care about most?
  2. What do you think should be essential features of every high school mathematics curriculum?
  3. How would we know when high school mathematics education is working well?
  4. What do you think is most important in the mathematical background, attitude towards mathematics, and pedagogical approaches of high school mathematics teachers?
  5. What first attracted you to mathematics?

Visual Calculus is a collection of notes which give some ideas how technology, in particular, computers, can be used in the teaching of calculus. Detailed instructions on implementing these ideas with various public domain, shareware and commercial software packages are provided. These notes are written primarily for the instructor.

Calculus Resources On-line

This area contains information and links to numerous Internet resources, which could be used for teaching and learning of calculus.

Don Cohen's materials are for grades K-12, ages 6-8 with adult help, up through pre-calculus students, adults, teachers, teachers of teachers, and parents. They include: "Get Ready for Calculus", Science to math activities,and The Use of Calculators and Computers.

Graphics Calculator Information

Spreadsheets, Mathematics, Science, and Statistics Education

Eric Neuwirth's page on spreadsheets:
an excellent resource for using spreadsheets in mathematics.

Introduction to Math and Spreadsheets

Swarthmore College's introduction to using spreadsheets in mathematics.

Classroom Resources for Mathematics Teachers: Probability and Statistics

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Symmetry and the Shape of Space
by Chaim Goodman-Strauss

A collection of hundreds of lesson plans written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States and the world.

TEACHING IDEAS BY TOPIC
Look here for lesson plans and ideas for teaching algebra from beginning skills to functions to matrices and linear systems.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE
Search for software available on the internet and learn from other teachers' experiences using software with math classes.

APPLICATIONS
Are your students interested in applications of math to art, music, physics, architecture, or other areas? Search here for great ideas!

CAREERS
Investigate possible careers involving mathematics. Learn how teachers foster career planning in their classes.

HISTORY
Learn about the history of Algebra and delve into the lives of the men and women around the world who have contributed to its development.

Through Mazes to Mathematics

An AMAZing site with information on analysis of mazes and methods for their construction.

MathMol K-12 Activity Page

 MathMol (Mathematics and Molecules) is designed to serve as an introductory starting point for K-12 students and teachers interested in the field of molecular modeling and its application to mathematics.

 

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