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  1. Immigrants: The Irish Experience in Boston 1840 and The Immigrants' Experience Today - Richard Levine, Tefft Middle School
    An integrated social studies, English, math and science unit for middle and high school students that uses computer information-gathering, word-processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications. Students investigate the causes of emigration and the effects of immigration on people and society, using all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy and a wide variety of products. Includes an Excel Spreadsheet File for Windows 95 Version 7.0 or sheets that can be viewed as text documents in Notepad or pasted into Excel for the Alexina, the Oregon, Jobs1840, Housing1840, and Transportation1840. Also documents for: A Cause of the Great Potato Famine (text); A Nineteenth Century Map of Boston (363 KB .gif format); The Quiet Man Question Sheet (text); Multicultural Panel Questions (text); and a Teacher's Guide. From Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. more>>

  2. Key Issues for the Mathematics Community - The Math Forum
    Links to Web resources addressing key issues, compiled in the following categories: Key Questions; Key Problems and Opportunities; Equity and Access (Minorities and Mathematics; Women and Mathematics; Resources for People with Disabilities; Non-English Language Resources); The Job Market and New Teachers; Mathematics and Public Policy; Math Typesetting for the Internet; Public Understanding of Mathematics; and Ethical Guidelines of the AMS. more>>

  3. Mathematics and Public Policy - Key Issues in Mathematics at The Math Forum
    Math and science organizations with an interest in policy and ethics; articles, reports, and other sites; what's happening in Congress. more>>


 
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  1. American Educational Research Association (AERA)
    An Association concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results. Twelve divisions: Administration, Curriculum Studies, ...more>>

  2. Dave's Mathematics, Education, Philosophy and Chreods Server - Dave Wilson
    Searchable math and mathematics education resources: an archive of preservice teachers' essays, the Teaching and Learning Enquiry Group, Chreods, a journal covering math education, and other writings. ...more>>

  3. EdWeb: Exploring Technology and School Reform - Andy Carvin
    A hyperbook designed to explore the worlds of educational reform and information technology. Hunt down on-line educational resources around the world, learn about trends in education policy and information infrastructure development, examine success stories ...more>>

  4. Ethical Guidelines (AMS) - American Mathematical Society
    Guidelines prepared by the Special Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, (Murray Gerstenhaber, Frank Gilfeather, Elliott Lieb, and Linda Keen, chair), and adopted by the Council in the Spring of 1995 in the name of the Society. Topics address: Mathematical ...more>>

  5. Ethics in Science - Dept. of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
    A bibliography of publications that pertain to ethics and misconduct in science; Internet-based resources related to ethics and misconduct in science, including hyperlinks to online professional codes of conduct; Selected Essays on Ethics in Science (the ...more>>

  6. Expectations of Mathematics Education - EXTEND - Perspectives on Mathematics Education
    Links to articles about society's conflicting expectations for the goals (ends) and pedagogy (means) of school mathematics. Concerns about the relation of skills to understanding, about connections with other disciplines, and about preparation for employment. ...more>>

  7. EXTEND: Perspectives on Mathematics Education - Exxon Education Foundation
    EXTEND is a national Internet forum on mathematics education intended to involve new constituencies, engage new voices, and examine new perspectives. Major topics are explored through forum reports, position papers, and reader commentary. Issues include ...more>>

  8. Finding Common Ground in K-12 Mathematics Education - Mathematical Association of America
    "Starting point" documents, designed to advance the discourse about how to improve K-12 mathematics teaching and learning, that emerged from MAA-convened pilot meetings between mathematicians and mathematics educators thought to be strongly aligned with ...more>>

  9. The Fun Works - Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
    A career exploration digital library for middle school youth (ages 11-14 yrs), designed to capture imaginations and direct youth toward careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). It places particular emphasis on engaging youth ...more>>

  10. Government Affairs and Education (AMS) - American Mathematical Society
    Government Affairs: news from Washington on science funding; calls for action; policy statements; recent statements by the mathematical community; federal budget information; how to contact Congress; science policy events; and a link to the AMS Committee ...more>>

  11. International Statistical Institute (ISI)
    An organization for the development and improvement of statistical methods and their application throughout the world. Newsletter, publications, membership information, declaration of professional ethics, and calendar of events. ...more>>

  12. John Dewey: Democracy and Education - Institute for Learning Technologies (ILTweb)
    Text of the 1916 book about the philosophy and practice of education. 26 chapters on the Web. ...more>>

  13. Key Problems and Opportunities - Key Issues in Mathematics at The Math Forum
    Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS); National Science Foundation in Peril; The Necessity of Setting Research Priorities. ...more>>

  14. Making Mathematics Work for All Children: Issues of Standards, Testing, and Equity - Alan H. Schoenfeld, University of California, Berkeley
    "To fail children in mathematics, or to let mathematics fail them, is to close off an important means of access to society's resources." This article discusses the potential for providing high quality mathematics instruction for all students. Sections ...more>>

  15. mathed-news - Jerry Becker
    Postings from Jerry Becker that cover a wide range of content relating to the landscape of mathematics education. The list is intended for mathematics teachers at all levels and others interested in mathematics education, as well. Newspaper articles, ...more>>

  16. Mathematics - Annenberg Media
    The video, software, and print guides in the math collection show concrete examples of good teaching and active learning in all sorts of settings: public school classes, multi-age classes in rural areas, bilingual classes, magnet and charter schools, ...more>>

  17. Mathematics Education Around the World: Bridging Policy & Practice (PCMI) - Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Gail Burrill, Glenda Breaux (Editors)
    Reflections on Policy and Practice in Mathematics Education: a report that is the product of an international seminar on mathematics education held at the IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute on 19-23 July 2001 at Park City, Utah, under the auspices of ...more>>

  18. Mathematics Education Dialogues - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
    From 1997-2002, an open forum for the exchange of points of view about issues in mathematics education. Essays by teachers addressed topics such as "What Can We Learn from Comparing the Performance of Asian and North American Students?"; "Teacher Preparation: ...more>>

  19. Mathematics TEKS Toolkit - The Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin
    A resource center for implementing the mathematics Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), and for improving mathematics programs in Texas. Organized into eight sections: Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills, which outlines TEKS by grade level and ...more>>

  20. The Math Forum: An Online Math Education Community Center - Math Forum
    Our goal is to build an online community of teachers, students, researchers, parents, educators, and citizens at all levels who have an interest in math and math education. Address, funding and hosting information, and links to awards, software and system ...more>>

  21. Mobilizing Minds: Teaching Math and Science in the Age of Sputnik - National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
    The 1957 launch of Sputnik, combined with a burgeoning school age population, catalyzed reform in mathematics and science teaching in the United States. This on-line exhibit presents objects from the time of Sputnik, including books and apparatus associated ...more>>

  22. The Montana Math Enthusiast - The Montana Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM)
    Archives of The Montana Mathematics Enthusiast journal dating back to the inaugural April, 2004, issue. Articles, available in PDF, have addressed classroom practices; the role of mathematics education research and the standards for best practices in ...more>>

  23. National Association for the Education of Young Children
    The nation's largest organization of early childhood professionals and others dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood education programs for children from birth through age eight. Online resources include: articles for parents and teachers; ...more>>

  24. NationMaster.com - Luke Metcalfe
    A website for generating graphs and correlations based on numerical data extracted from the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF, OECD, and other sources of indicators that ...more>>

  25. NSDL Middle School Portal: Math Pathway - NSDL; the Ohio State University
    A middle school portal into NSDL's math resources, browsable by topic, or choose a pre-selected set of resources on given subjects. ...more>>

  26. Pathways to School Improvement - North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL)
    A Web site that addresses school improvement issues about students, educators, content, methods, and the environment. Practical, action-oriented summaries of best practice and research, descriptions of schools that have successfully addressed issues, ...more>>

  27. Precollege science and math 'lack focus' - Janet Raloff - Science News Online
    A National Science Foundation report finds no one at the helm of U.S. science and math education, with the result that students are exposed to smatterings of topics that vary regionally and encourage little in-depth learning. The analysis, released in ...more>>

  28. Radical Math
    A site for integrating issues of social justice into the classroom. Contribute your own resources, search them by keyword, or browse by math topic, title, or types such as lesson plans, article, charts, graphs, data sets, maps, books, websites, and more. ...more>>

  29. Serendip - Bryn Mawr College
    An expanding forum and a continually developing set of resources for exploring and supporting intellectual and social change in education, social organization, and for making sense of life, organized into: Brain and Behavior, Complex Systems, Biology, ...more>>

  30. SERVE
    An education organization promoting and supporting the continuous improvement of educational opportunities for all learners in the Southeast United States. SERVE provides resources, services, and products in the program areas of assessment, accountability, ...more>>

  31. Special Interest Groups: American Educational Research Association (AERA) - College of Education, Arizona State University
    Index and complete list of AERA SIGs, which provide a forum within AERA for the involvement of individuals drawn together by a common interest in a field of study, teaching, or research when the existing divisional structure may not directly facilitate ...more>>

  32. Technology in Hand - Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI)
    Texas Instruments has compiled 55 ideas from over 150 submitted on how educators are helping their students purchase technology. Use the link to "Creative Funding Ideas" to view them. In addition they have posted four "Educator Funding Stories," success ...more>>

  33. Will it rot my students' brains if they use Mathematica? - Theodore W. Gray and Jerry Glynn
    Excerpts from the introduction to The Beginner's Guide to Mathematica V4. Jerry: "I have young students who reach for their calculators to get the answer to 5×6. My response, when I see that, is to explain that such behavior is socially unacceptable, ...more>>

  34. Young Children - National Association for the Education of Young Children
    The bimonthly, peer-reviewed journal of the NAEYC, intended to serve teachers, administrators, researchers, and those in related fields. Its website offers an overview of the current issue, a searchable index of article citations and synopses from 1985 ...more>>


 
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