- 6+1 Trait Writing (NWREL) - Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
A scoring guide (rubric) not specifically for mathematical writing, but useful nonetheless. Subjects included: ideas and content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. Also links to other Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
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- 9th Grade Math Proficiency Test - NASA Lewis Learning Technologies Project
9th Grade Math Practice Questions to test addition, multiplication, word-problem skills, and basic algebraic skills. Includes answers and explanations. From the Proficiency Building Activities of the NASA Lewis Research Center K-12 Program.
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- AAMT LUDDITE Project - Jeff Baxter
A site supported by the Australian Mathematics Teachers association, offering Chance and Data Support Materials; Mathematically Able Software for Schools (MASS); and Graphic Calculator Support Materials. Interactive Mathematica notebooks illustrate good
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- achieve.org - Achieve, Inc.
A site for information on state progress in raising expectations for all students, with a searchable database of the academic standards from most states in math, English, science, and history/social studies and sample assessment questions, student work,
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- Adult Numeracy - Math Forum
Selected articles about adult numeracy compiled for the Math Forum's Adult Education Teachers' Place: the GED; Mailing List; Organizations, Newsletters, and Other Resources.
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- Air Pollution: A Local and Global Problem - Karen Bardeen, Handbook of Engaged Learning Projects
Students investigate the problem of air pollution in a given location and research possible solutions using a variety of tools (laboratory technology, Internet resources, multimedia technology, etc.). Mathematics goals include estimating, making, and
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- Alternative Assessment in the Social Sciences - Illinois Goal Assessment Program
A site designed to help social science teachers assess their students' learning, including a rubric for scoring alternative assessment activities, a rubric rationale, a list of sample activity titles, information on critical thinking skills, activities,
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- Alternative Assessments to Reflect a Changing Mathematics Curriculum - Diane Coates
The fourth National Education Goal adopted by the President and the nation's governors states that our students will become first in the world in mathematics and science achievement by the year 2000 (Off. of Ed. Res. and Imp., 1992). To accomplish this
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- Alternative Assessment Techniques - ERIC
An introductory bibliography of available information on alternative assessment. Provides an extensive list of resources, with abstracts and directions for obtaining full-text copies of ERIC Journal and ERIC document citations.
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- ap-calc - The College Board, Math Forum
The Advanced Placement Calculus mailing list is hosted by The College Board and archived by the Math Forum. Designed for pre-college students preparing for AP tests, the level of discussion and the explicit relation to the college sequence may also make
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- AP Central - The College Board's Online Home for AP Professionals - The College Board
A free site for all those involved in or interested in the AP Program, including new and experienced teachers, coordinators, counselors, college faculty, and school and college administrators, offering a growing set of resources - course descriptions,
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- ap-stat - The College Board, Math Forum
A list for prospective teachers and others involved in the development of the Advanced Placement Statistics Examination. Read and search archived messages.
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- Assessing True Academic Success: The Next Frontier of Reform - Dan Kennedy, Baylor School
Article from Mathematics Teacher 92, 462-66, September 1999. "Suppose that your doctor's idea of a successful medical practice is to teach his patients how to pass every diagnostic test that he gives to them. How will you ever know if you are healthy?
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- Assessment & Evaluation (NWREL) - Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
A bibliography on assessment: Oral Communication Assessment including a newsletter and workshops; Six-Trait Analytical Model: Ideas and Content, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions; Alternative Assessment Toolkit: A Sampling:
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- Assessment Resource Center (ARC) - University of Missouri
The ARC "promotes the practice, enhances the understanding, and advances the use of assessment in education, business, and the professions." ARC develops and applies measurement instruments and research and evaluation services, offering project management
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- Assessment Resources: Math - Cynthia Good
A list of links to guides, standards, curricular frameworks, activities, tests, and other resources for assessment in mathematics.
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- Assessment Resources - Science/Math Consortium... (SMCNWS)
An annotated compilation of international, national, state and district performance assessment sites, and an assessment mailing list (K12ASSESS-L), provided by the Science and Mathematics Consortium for Northwest Schools (SMCNWS), one of ten "Regional
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- Authentic and Portfolio Assessment - Bal Chandra Luitel
An article discussing authentic assessment and portfolio assessment as within in
a particular context, authenticating the learning process and student learning and focusing on both process and product.
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- Authentic Assessment in Mathematics - Daley, Diamond, Handy, McKenzie; The Geometry Forum
A group project carried out at a Geometry Forum Summer '94 Workshop at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA. The goal of this project was to collect and organize available INTERNET resources on Authentic Mathematical Assessment applicable to Secondary Schools.
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- Balanced Assessment in Mathematics - The Harvard Group; Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA
A National Science Foundation project charged with developing new approaches to the assessment of mathematical competence in the elementary and secondary grades. This project has created a type of mathematics assessment that contrasts sharply with traditional
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- A Bibliography of Mathematics Education - Paul Ernest, University of Exeter, U.K.
A 1994 electronic bibliography prepared for students at the University of Exeter, U.K. Contents: Society, Diversity And Mathematics Education; The Learning Of Mathematical Topics; The Psychology Of Learning Mathematics; Teaching Approaches And Resources
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- Block Schedules and Student Performance on AP Examinations - Robert Smith and Wayne J. Camara - collegeboard.com, Inc.
Download a PDF article that concludes that "[t]he instructional schedule does affect student grades on the four AP Examinations in this 1998 study after they have been adjusted for group differences in student ability. The results from this study generally
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- CALCPAGE: The Calculus and Computer Science Archive Project - A. Jorge Garcia, MNA Consulting
Purchase AP Calculus exams (1957-1997 AB and BC). Counting AB and BC as separate exams, the AP Calculus program is 42 years old with 70 different exams. All together (57-97) there are over 400 free response questions. The first Scientific Calculator active
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- CalculusABC.com - Chris Watson
A site for calculus teachers to share questions they've written and discuss
issues relating to the field. Sort multiple choice questions according to calculator use and representation type (verbal, numerical, analytical, or graphical). With web forums
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- California Mathematics Council (CMC)
A professional organization of educators dedicated to improving classroom instruction in mathematics at all levels. Goals: to foster excellence in school mathematics curricula and instructional programs, including assessment and evaluation; to promote
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- Casio Solutions - Charlie Watson
For CASIO graphing calculator users: high school level Casio calculator resources, including downloadable programs, student worksheets and activities, calculator comparisions, links to other Casio sites, a listing of print resources for educators, with
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- Center for Advancement of Learning: Learning Strategies Database - Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio
Database of background information, purposes and advantages of various strategies, and descriptions of specific strategies themselves. Subject-specific strategies, including math, and a variety of general purpose strategies are available.
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- Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT)
Joining forces and leveraging resources to improve K-14 education. Four theme areas have been defined as initial opportunities, with a "theme team" for each. Teams meet annually with the best minds in their fields from Industry, Research, and Schools
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- Classroom Compass - Adams, Powell, Assoc. Editors; Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
A magazine published from 1994 to 2005, with ideas, activities, and resources for teachers interested in improving instruction in science and mathematics, and links to simple classroom activities with ideas about learning and instruction. Each issue presents
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- College Board Online - ETS
Sample tests and auto-scoring questions; auto-replying financial aid worksheets; dowloadable AP course descriptions; online SAT registration, education materials shopping; announcements; career, scholarships, college searchers; bimonthly net tips; maintained
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- Computer-Based Assessment - Univ. of Wolverhampton (UK)
Designed to replace written tests. Each test generates an exam randomly from a possible 80,000 variations and then delivers, marks and gives feedback on it. Tests are now available free for others to use and include: basic statistics test (topics include
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- Computers and Math Teaching - Peter Hobson
Resources for year 11/12 maths (from Canberra, Australia). Worksheets for function sketching (using a computer to understand the shapes of functions); Spreadsheets for plotting data, to produce line graphs, pie charts, and histograms; Assessment materials;
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- Computing Technology for Math Excellence - Patricia Deubel
Computing Technology for Math Excellence (CT4ME) is devoted to resources for teaching and learning mathematics (K-12 and calculus) and the standards movement in education. Math resources include links to sites for basic skills mastery, problem solving
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- Connected Mathematics Project (CMP) - Michigan State University
A project funded by the NSF to develop a complete mathematics curriculum for the middle grades (6-8), one rich in connections among the various topic strands of the subject, between mathematics and its applications in other disciplines, between the planned
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- CONNECT: Everyone can do Math and Science - Colorado
Colorado's NSF-funded statewide systemic initiative in mathematics and science. CONNECT is charged to provide support and leadership to increase the achievement of all Colorado students in mathematics and science, kindergarten through baccalaureate (K-16).
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- Constrained and Unconstrained Testing Environment (CUTE) - DCI (UK)
A suite of Fortran subroutines, scripts, and test problems for linear and nonlinear optimization. Its purpose is to provide ways to explore an extensive collection of problems (over 800 different test problems to date), to compare existing packages and
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- Core Concept: Comprehensive Assessment - Edutopia
The George Lucas Educational Foundation's compilation of resources on assessment in education, including videos, real-life examples, blog posts, articles, and interviews.
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- Core-Plus Mathematics Project (CPMP)
A five-year project funded by the National Science Foundation to develop student and teacher materials for a complete three-year high school mathematics curriculum for all students, plus a fourth-year course continuing the preparation of students for
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- Course Materials Online - College of Education, San Diego State University
Courses online in Administration, Rehabilitation and Postsecondary Education; Education; Educational Technology, including multimedia development and distance education. Also humanistic and social aspects of teaching, from the School of Teacher Education.
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- Cram Central: Advanced Placement Exam Prep - Apex Publishing
An online environment for AP review, with preparation tools and connections to AP students around the country. Free registration; strategies, resources, and study tips for students; strategies, resources, and a teachers' forum. Course outlines and online
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- Critical Evaluation Information - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators, Discovery School
With the advent of the World Wide Web and the huge amount of information it contains, students need to be able to evaluate a Web page for authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usability. To help teachers get students started with this process,
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- Critical Issues in Mathematics (NCREL) - Pathways to School Improvement
Articles from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL). The Significance of the NCTM Standards; Ensuring Equity and Excellence in Mathematics; Locating, Using, and Integrating Internet-Based Mathematics Materials; Providing Hands-On,
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- Dan Kennedy - Dan Kennedy, Baylor School
Essays by Kennedy, the first high school teacher ever to chair the Advanced Placement Calculus Development Committee, include his article "The Princess and the AP: A Calculus Fairy Tale" and his 1998 address to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics,
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- David Marius Bressoud
David Bressoud has written several undergraduate textbooks that use physics and the history of mathematics to motivate the study of multi-variable calculus, number theory, real analysis. Other books include A Course in Computational Number Theory and
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- DeLiberations: On Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - London Guildhall and Kingston Universities
A site for academics, librarians, and educational developers. The mathematics area provides links to current debates and other resources (mailing lists, Web sites). The outcome of "The Interactive Electronic Magazine Project", part of the eLib (Electronic
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- Department of Science & Mathematics Education: Research and Development - Univ. of Melbourne, Australia
Read faculty research and learn about their projects and interests: children's understanding of statistical and probabilistic concepts; the negotiation of meaning in mathematics & science classrooms (The Classroom Project); the expression of algorithms
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- Designing a Sustainable Standards-based Assessment System - Don Burger; Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL)
Designing and implementing a sustainable standards-based system that consistently yields high student achievement involves more than setting and measuring academic goals. Changing to a standards-based system provides an
opportunity to re-examine the
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- Digital Math - Santa Barbara County Education Office
A site to assist Algebra I, Grade 7, and Grade 6 students, their parents, and educators with the California State Mathematics Content Standards. Log in for Quicktime that provides step-by-step instruction to solve problems aligned with the mathematics
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- Diversity University (DU) Forums
A bulletin board system that allows you to read and post messages. Current forums: About Diversity University; MOOs in Action; News of Note!; Teaching in MOOs [K8]; Teaching in MOOs [High School]; Teaching in MOOs [Higher Education]; Teaching in MOOs
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- Early Childhood Education On Line - James Chiavacci; College of Education, Univ. of Maine
The Early Childhood Education On Line Listserv offers support and opportunities for information exchange to all educators: families, teachers, caregivers, and others interested in providing quality care and learning situations for young children birth
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