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1. Class Repetition
   Should I hold my child back in the first grade?
   - Date of thread's last activity: 18 March 2010

2. Children's literature and multiplication
   What titles in children's literature can be integrated into the teaching of the multiplication concept?
   - Date of thread's last activity: 17 March 2010

3. Classroom Openers
   Warm up activities and class "grabbers" for starting off the math class.
   - Date of thread's last activity: 14 March 2010

4. Support for a first-year teacher (math)
   Helping a first-year teacher with lesson ideas, management, and organization
   - Date of thread's last activity: 13 March 2010

5. Praxis II Math for Middle School
   Finding help on the Web to prepare for the Praxis II Math
   - Date of thread's last activity: 13 March 2010

6. 8th grade Algebra 1
   Are 8th Grade students ready to take Algebra 1?
   - Date of thread's last activity: 11 March 2010

7. Preparing for GM entrance exam
   Books with graphic arithmetic, reasoning, mechanical comprehension, space relation, basic algebra and geometry
   - Date of thread's last activity: 9 March 2010

8. Thousandth
   How to introduce the concept of thousandth to Grade 5, based on their prior knowledge of tenths and hundredths
   - Date of thread's last activity: 1 March 2010

9. Interviewing questions
   Suggestions on questions to ask when interviewing new teachers
   - Date of thread's last activity: 27 February 2010

10. Explaining the relationship between the degree of a function and its shape
    Explaining the relationship between the degree of a function and its shape.
    - Date of thread's last activity: 26 February 2010

11. Research on use of math games
    Research on the effectiveness of math games in the classroom.
    - Date of thread's last activity: 24 February 2010

12. "Bottoms up" as a method to factor trinomials
    A method for factoring trinomials and why it works.
    - Date of thread's last activity: 14 February 2010

13. The best Master's program in mathematics education
    Universities for a teaching career in mathematics.
    - Date of thread's last activity: 11 February 2010

14. Job placement in Thailand
    - Date of thread's last activity: 7 February 2010

15. What is an array?
    Visual examples of arrays
    - Date of thread's last activity: 4 February 2010

16. TI-83 or TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator
    Differences between TI-83 and TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator
    - Date of thread's last activity: 30 January 2010

17. Explaining concept -x=2 is equal to x=-2
    Suggestions for helping students understand that if -x=2, then x=-2.
    - Date of thread's last activity: 29 January 2010

18. Real life geometrical shapes
    Looking for real-life geometrical shapes and/or activities for 6-8 graders.
    - Date of thread's last activity: 25 January 2010

19. Mountain Math
    Information on Mountain Math.
    - Date of thread's last activity: 19 January 2010

20. Rounding of numbers
    How to round decimals ending in 5.
    - Date of thread's last activity: 12 January 2010

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