Mathematics teacher resources
Rationale: This category is intended to capture websites that
donÕt easily fall into only one of the other categories, but offer a range of
ways of supporting the work of mathematics teachers, including the provision of
various kinds of resources (materials for students, videos, posters, reviews,
applets, news items, etc.). Some websites that include links to various
mathematics blogging sites are included here. Several of the websites here also
feature on the companion sites for Learning
Mathematics, as they provide resources intended for student use.
Here are some examples:
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Brian Dye has developed
and maintained this large UK site for many years very well. Mathematics
teachers will find many aspects of the site helpful for their work. The Interactives provide many
opportunities, mostly geometric. There are many other aspects of mathematics
addressed by applets. DonÕt miss the Aerobi-graphs! The
site also contains many other resources (including links to downloadable software) and helpful
reviews. |
Centre
for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching Based at the University
of Plymouth in the UK, the CIMT offers support for teachers of various kinds,
including access to research information and teaching resources. The Resources are
most likely to be of immediate help to teachers, although other aspects of
the site offer significant help as well. The CIMT is a good path to the Mathematics
Enhancement Programme GCSE course, which has a range of online materials. |
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Mr Barton is a
mathematics teacher in Formby, England, and has compiled this excellent
website, which offers a range of resources for teachers, as well as students
and parents. There is a very large set of very useful links of various kinds
for mathematics teachers here.
These include teaching resources, podcasts, videos, tutorials and reviews.
The emphasis is on quality materials, available for free, and teachers will
find many worthwhile materials here. |
This extraordinary US
website was one of the first online resources concerned with mathematics
education and has continued to provide extensive help and advice for teachers
of all levels, and not only those in the USA. Now based at Drexel University,
the site has accumulated a wealth of practical help for teachers of various
kinds, and recently engaged in significant professional developmental work.
The best way to see what is available here is to start here, where there is an
excellent overview of the siteÕs many features and enormous collection of
resources, including MathTools,
the Internet Mathematics Library,
and Problem
areas, among others. |
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The excellent Nrich site
in the UK offers a wonderful resource for students, but it also offers many
useful materials for teachers as well. The Teacher Packages for downloading
are perhaps the best example of these, avoiding the need for Internet access
to use some of the excellent interactive materials on the site. Other links
on this page are also very helpful and will repay the effort expended to
follow them. The companion PLUS site
also has many materials of direct interest to teachers. |
Alexander Bogomolny has
developed this quirky site over many years for a wide audience that certainly
includes teachers and their students, as well as the general public. There
are some 900 Java applets on the site, concerned with a huge range of
mathematical ideas, within the general them of engaging with mathematics. To
understand the site, itÕs a good idea to read his Manifesto. |
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ELMS stands for
eLearning in Mathematical Subjects, a project for sharing ideas and
perspectives about university learning, especially focussed on the use of
various technologies. The project is based at Nottingham Trent University in
the UK. Of particular relevance to undergraduate teachers, the site provides
a number of video seminar presentations, some with extra materials such as PowerPoint slides, demonstrating and
discussing innovative teaching at this level. |
Travels in a
mathematical world This blog contains a
free weekly podcast from Peter Rowlett, sponsored by the Institute of
Mathematics and its Applications (IMA).
The podcasts can be downloaded individually or can also be subscribed to (via
iTunes, eg). Although the podcasts
are focussed mostly at university students, teachers of course will also find
them of interest, and a good way to get a sense of modern mathematical
activities from people involved in them. |
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The Park City
Mathematics Institute, held annually in Utah, USA, is an extraordinary
gathering of mathematicians, teachers, researchers and mathematics educators.
This link goes to the International Seminar page, describing recent meetings
of a small group from eight different countries. The website allows for the
Policy Recommendations to be downloaded, offering international insights on
topical issues for a wide audience,
including classroom teachers, as well as for other information about
the seminar itself to to be explored. |
Mathematics
Education into the 21st Century Project This is an international educational initiative
whose coordinators are Dr. Alan Rogerson (Poland) and Professor Fayez Mina
(Egypt). Since its inception in 1986, the project has worked with people in
many countries, most recently via a series of annual conferences. This
website links to information about the conferences, which are rich and
interesting multinational gatherings. The presented papers on a wide variety
of topics relevant to the work of teachers can be downloaded. |
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This superb collection
of resources has been compiled and is regularly maintained by Douglas Butler,
author of Autograph and the
initiator of the Technology for Secondary/College Mathematics work, based at
Oundle School in the UK. This is an exceptionally rich collection of internet
links, well-organised into helpful categories and likely to interest teachers
across a wide range. |
Developing Quality
in Mathematics Education II A collection of
resources produced with support from the European Commission by various
European mathematics teachers and teacher educators and shared amongst a
network. (Free) registration is required to be able to download the DQME II materials,
many of which are very interesting, and offer classroom materials,
descriptions of activities and perspectives from a range of countries. |
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A carnival is a
collection of links and descriptive material on a particular theme. The
Carnival of Mathematics is a Ōmonthly celebration of the mathematical
blogging communityÕ, and comprises a collection of interesting items about
mathematics. Each monthÕs edition is compiled by a different person, but it
should be possible to locate them through announcements on
the web page here. Each edition is usually published on
the first Friday of the Month. (The 71st edition was
published in November 2010.) Contributions are welcome. |
Math Teachers
at Play carnival This is also a monthly
carnival from the mathematics blogging world, focussed on teaching
mathematics up to the end of secondary school. Many contributors are
home-schoolers, and there is an interesting collection of materials and links
assembled here each month. There is a list of previous carnivals here.
Each edition is usually published on the third Friday of each month and can
be located from here (The 31st edition was published in
October 2010.) Contributions are welcome. |
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Mathematics
and Multimedia blog carnival This carnival of blogs began
only recently, and seems to come out early each month. Each carnival
comprises links to multimedia materials, including photographs, videos and
applets, related to mathematics. (The 4th edition came out in October 2010,
so itÕs a bit early to reach conclusions over its continuing quality.)
Contributions are welcome. |
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Last updated:
14 November 2010