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WW_SpaceThinkMath.pdf - 37 views

  • Asking good questions and encouraging students to build on one another’s thinking gives students voice and enables them to become more critical thinkers in mathematics.
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      Good strategy for use in any content area classroom!
  • students move into pairs to write their ideas, solutions, and strategies. A variety of materials, such as linking cubes and two-colour counters, are available for students to choose from when constructing mathematical models, making conjectures, and connecting their ideas.
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      Wouldn't it be great to use mobile devices to document their manipulatives and narrate their thinking out loud using an app such as Educreations? 
  • Scaffolding students’ exploration of a rich task too early can take away students’ opportunities to explore and build confidence with solving problems in their own way.
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      May need some opportunities to fail to make the learning richer and more personal.
  • Following each presentation, students are invited to paraphrase what the presenters have shared, to ask questions for clarification, to elab-orate on the presentation, and perhaps to challenge the presenters with a possible correction or alternative approach.
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      Reflective learning!
Jac Londe

Wolfram Demonstrations Project - 83 views

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    Intelligent ways to learns concepts related to mathematics
Michele Brown

GeoGebra - 37 views

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    GeoGebra is dynamic mathematics software for all levels of education that brings together geometry, algebra, spreadsheets, graphing, statistics and calculus in one easy-to-use package.
flip4change

WW_SpaceThinkMath.pdf - 47 views

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    Making Space for Students to Think Mathematically
Dave Powers

NCTM Online - The Unofficial National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Online Member ... - 1 views

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    Since there is no official member online network, why not join the unofficial network.
Jeff Ferrell

What's Special About This Number? - 114 views

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    A mathematical fact about each number from 0 through 9999!
Steve Ransom

YouTube - PBS NewsHour piece on the Khan Academy and Salman Khan - 20 views

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    Nice overview of evolution of Sal Kahn's Kahn Academy and the impact of screencasting in mathematics.
Roland O'Daniel

mathfuture - events - 36 views

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    An interest group that shares valuable tools/conversations/ideas for developing mathematical understanding naturally (not just in the classroom). Maria Droujkova is one of the driving forces behind the group, and she's brilliant and dedicated to the cause. 
marcmancinelli

Think Again: Education - By Ben Wildavsky | Foreign Policy - 31 views

  • But when the results from the first major international math test came out in 1967, the effort did not seem to have made much of a difference. Japan took first place out of 12 countries, while the United States finished near the bottom.
  • By the early 1970s, American students were ranking last among industrialized countries in seven of 19 tests of academic achievement and never made it to first or even second place in any of them. A decade later, "A Nation at Risk," the landmark 1983 report by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, cited these and other academic failings to buttress its stark claim that "if an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war."
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      US has long been mediocre or at the bottom of international comparisons, but it's not a zer-sum game
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  • J. Michael Shaughnessy, president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, argues that the latest PISA test "underscores the need for integrating reasoning and sense making in our teaching of mathematics." Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers, claims that the same results "tell us … that if you don't make smart investments in teachers, respect them, or involve them in decision-making, as the top-performing countries do, students pay a price."
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      People use crises to advance their own agendas...
  • But don't expect any of them to bring the country back to its educational golden age -- there wasn't one.
  • According to the most recent statistics, the U.S. share of foreign students fell from 24 percent in 2000 to just below 19 percent in 2008. Meanwhile, countries like Australia, Canada, and Japan saw increased market shares from their 2000 levels, though they are still far below the American numbers.
  • And even with its declining share, the United States still commands 9 percentage points more of the market than its nearest competitor, Britain.
  • A 2008 Rand Corp. report found that nearly two-thirds of the most highly cited articles in science and technology come from the United States, and seven in 10 Nobel Prize winners are employed by American universities. And the United States spends about 2.9 percent of its GDP on postsecondary education, about twice the percentage spent by China, the European Union, and Japan in 2006.
  • But over the long term, exactly where countries sit in the university hierarchy will be less and less relevant, as Americans' understanding of who is "us" and who is "them" gradually changes. Already, a historically unprecedented level of student and faculty mobility has become a defining characteristic of global higher education. Cross-border scientific collaboration, as measured by the volume of publications by co-authors from different countries, has more than doubled in two decades.
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    A great perspective piece on American education compared to the world.
Randy Schultz

Findings - For Decades, Puzzling People With Mathematics - NYTimes.com - 40 views

  • On Wednesday, Mr. Gardner will celebrate his 95th birthday with the publication of another book — his second book of essays and mathematical puzzles to be published just this year. With more than 70 books to his name, he is the world’s best-known recreational mathematician, and has probably introduced more people to the joys of math than anyone in history.
Martin Burrett

STEM across the school - 12 views

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    "The importance of offering a broad curriculum within the school system cannot be over-stated, allowing students to explore a range of topics that spark their interest, and potentially inspire them to follow a career path that can have a positive impact on their lives, society and the environment. STEM activities (built around Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) offer a broad range of opportunities, opening up the potential of enquiry based learning that is relevant to the world we live in. Many education systems globally place a great emphasis on a STEM curriculum for all students, no matter of age, race, gender or ability, but what STEM based activities work best in your setting, helping students see the world differently, and potentially inspiring to enter STEM careers of the future?"
Michele Brown

Amor Sciendi - YouTube - 3 views

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    Videos connecting art with history, science, math and more.  Youtube Next EDU Guru
Dora Hawkins

National Library of Virtual Math - Grades K-12 - 10 views

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    A digital library containing Java applets and activities for K-12 mathematics
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    The use of virtual manipulatives help students visualize relationships and applications in virtual learning environments.
Marc Patton

Welcome to TouchMath, Multisensory Teaching, Learning Math Tools Make Math Fun! - 65 views

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    TouchMath is a multisensory program that uses its signature TouchPoints to engage students of all abilities and learning styles.
Marc Patton

Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy - 0 views

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    The Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy is a camp where teachers go and learn about math and science through fun ways! The camp will be one week long and your teacher will learn with other teachers from across the country. Best of all, it's free for them, too.
Marc Patton

Toshiba America Foundation - 0 views

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    Toshiba America Foundation is accepting applications from 6-12 science and math teachers for grants.
Marc Patton

edHelper.com - - 1 views

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    Math, Reading Comprehension, Themes, Lesson Plans, and Printable Worksheets
Marc Patton

Connect a Million Minds - Request Support - 0 views

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    Preparing today's youth to solve tomorrow's greatest problems is not something any one person, community or corporation can do alone. Non-profit organizations and the hands-on learning opportunities they provide are often the catalyst that sparks a young person's lifelong exploration of science, technology, engineering and math.
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