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"ATM speaks for creativity, thought, and the enjoyment of the struggle in calculation, reasoning and discovery" Huge collection of resources for sale, includes software.

"This website has arisen out of a learning network project that involved six Cambridgeshire Nursery Schools and Children's Centres in building on good practice in children's mathematical development. In particular we looked at the area of mark making for mathematical purposes and as a process towards informal forms of written calculations across the Early Years Foundation Stage."

"Conrad Wolfram says the part of math we teach -- calculation by hand -- isn't just tedious, it's mostly irrelevant to real mathematics and the real world. He presents his radical idea: teaching kids math through computer programming. "

"This report examines the work of a sample of 10 maintained and 10 independent schools, all of which have strong track records of high achievement in mathematics. It focuses on identifying characteristics of effective practice in building pupils' secure knowledge, skills and understanding of number so that they demonstrate fluency in calculating, solving problems and reasoning about number."

"a technique that is used in Singapore to help children bridge the gap between concrete mathematical experiences and abstract representations. In Singapore, children are encouraged to use visual models such as 'bar models', 'ten frames', arrays and place value charts. We are going to focus on the 'bar model' which is specifically used to help children make sense of word problems. The approach is meant to reveal the structure of the mathematics in the problem. It is not a tool for performing a calculation."

converts most known measurements, gives a bit of background info.