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Author: Beata
Myhill
E-mail: beatamyhill@home.ca
Grade: Middle
Concepts: Math Links
(This list is in part based
on resources suggested to me by Trevor Brown, York University, Toronto)
STRATEGIES
TO GET YOUR STUDENTS TO:
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think mathematically
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communicate in the mathematics classroom
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encourage critical thinking in the mathematics
classroom
Math Forum – Swarthmore College, United States
http://mathforum.com//mathmagic/
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Ask Dr. Math – My first choice when I want information
for myself or my students. Very contagious!
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Great site for Problem of the Week
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Puzzled by questions such as: How many sides
does a cube have? Why the order of operations? Find a number that has 134
factors. Here is a site where teachers will find answers to many questions.
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Math Magic http://www.mathforum.com//mathmagic
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This site has been around for some time. Students
are encouraged to work together to solve the problems. There are some great
investigations from K-8. Previous problems can be retrieved from the extensive
archives.
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MegaMath www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/
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A site that can stimulate a lot of independent
thinking and encourage students to mathematize. This shows some very exciting
areas of math not normally presented in the elementary classroom.
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Muse: http:www.musemag.com/musemag/
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Why are manhole covers round? What is the recycle
logo? Answers to these and other intriguing math questions can be found
at this site. The articles are very short and easy to read and can be used
to stimulate mathematical thinking in the classroom.
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Exciting math ‘games’ for students. Presents
a wonderful rationale for using math games the the classroom and a significant
collection of easy to use math games. In addition, there are puzzles, challenges
and activities for students and teachers.
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N.C.T.M. National Council for
Teachers of Mathematics www.nctm.org
A North American ass’n- sets standards for states
and provinces.
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-progressive, reform oriented
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-pushes for constructivist mathematics
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Canadian School Math Page -
St. Francis Xavier U. http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/stu/x94emj/teacher.htm
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Great bibliography of Sites for teachers and
students –
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Try the Elementary Math page. Super links –
eg: Berritts Best Sites For Kids – Fibonnacci Numbers and The Golden Ratio
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The Resource Room is a place where mathematics
educators can share resources, teaching ideas, lesson plans.
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Questions and Quandries - Do you have
a mathematical question? Use a keyword to search the database of previous
questions to see if you can find an answer, or send your question and they
will try to answer it.
www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
-a great site to find biographies of women in math; also broken down into
subheadings like ‘African-American women in math.
www.illusionworks.com
WOW!! Award winning site on illusions. Includes explanations of how they
work. Wonderful work by artists other than just Escher. A good site to
get kids,( and adults) excited.
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Indexes/Hist_Topics_alph.html
St. Andrew’s University in Scotland maintains
an outstanding Biographies site which also allows you to choose a famous
mathematician for each day of the year, or alphabetically, or by century
etc.
www.awm-math.org/biographies.html
-American Women in Mathematics especially biographies of women
www.enc.org/resources/browse
Then choose the ‘Math’ folder, then ‘history’
http://www.saxakali.com/coloru/
learn about Asian, African and Mayan Math
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/mad0.html
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
http://www.math.sfu.ca/histmath/
Simon Fraser U. Clear, easy to read.
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