Math Links

"Calls are frequently heard for improving schooling by closing the gap between children's life out-of-school and traditional learning styles, and by broadening the space and span for life-long learning opportunities. The Math4Mobile development endeavors to engage all students with mathematical ideas. It provides a collection of tools that could be included in a variety of activities to support students' mathematical skills, conceptual understanding, and creative mathematical thinking. "

An oped by the executive director of the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications and a Brown University professor argue that different math skills are needed for different life applications and high school math curriculum should be adjusted accordingly.

Interesting article from Britain regarding computational fluency. I don't disagree that being fluent with computation increases a students future capabilities, but there is not necessarily causal effect that 'traditional' approaches to teaching computation make stronger mathematics students. It's the rigorous approach that I think needs to be emphasized. 

A group in New York City. "The School of Mathematics was founded to cultivate a natural and stress-free environment where anyone can study, discuss, explore, and experience mathematics. No prior knowledge is assumed. Whether you are an avid student of mathematics or have always shied away saying "math is not for me", you are welcome. " Features a Meetup page listing events and articles describing mathematical principles. See "The Power of Mathematics" http://pulse.me/s/3iW2A and A Mathematician's Lament http://thewe.net/math/lockhart.pdf

A numeracy program and a registered charity offering materials and training for "encouraging an understanding and love of math"

"a weekly activity for students of grades 8 to 12 and post-secondary students. The activities are something beyond classroom traditional in-class and curriculum-based learning. Presentations by Circle members or by invited mathematicians and scientists, discussion about specific topics and solving math problems, puzzles and games; review math/science history and preparation for maths contests and Olympiads are the main activities in the GMC."

Second section focuses on teaching early childhood and elementary mathematics

InBalance has been been developed by a team of European research and learning institutions.The purpose of the project is to support and develop adult tutors of numeracy and provide structured and engaging materials for learners of several abilities. InBalance is a realistic & systematic methodology based on the needs of individual learners & their practical everyday experiences.The InBalance website presents you with a European Numeracy Framework. It describes in detail European levels of competence in numeracy relating to real life situations. There is also a bank of learning materials & an assessment tool for you to use with your own learners; and an exercise maker which will assist you to create your own learning materials.

How Many Really? compares the number of people involved in key historical events or situations to the people you know through Facebook or Twitter. You can also add your own numbers - for example, the amount of students in your class. Choose a story to get started.

"Kill Math is my umbrella project for techniques that enable people to model and solve meaningful problems of quantity using concrete representations and intuition-guided exploration. In the long term, I hope to develop a widely-usable, insight-generating alternative to symbolic math."

"math behind visual hallucinations"

"An average person can read out approximately 120 digits/min. Keeping this pace it would take more than 158,000 years to recite the 10 trillion digits of π discovered this year and roughly 3 weeks to read out the 4 million digits visualized here."

"Our studio was created to help parents who want to give their children a better education than is provided by the majority of schools.....Our program is based on more than 30 years of teaching experience during which time we have synthesized the best of Russian, American, and European logical and thinking developmental programs."

Excellent blackline resources

Excellent database of math blackline masters.

Mostly university texts in pdf, free.

Teacher package: On thin ice - maths and climate change in the Arctic