Resources

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 * ====__CH1: Teaching Mathematics in the 21st Century__==== || ====__CH 2: Exploring What It Means to Know and Do Mathematics__==== ||
 * ====__CH 3: Teaching Through Problem Solving__==== || ====__CH 4: Planning in the Problem-Based Classroom__==== ||

__CH1: Teaching Mathematics in the 21st Century__
Dare to Compare (NCES Kids’ Zone) http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/index.asp See how your students perform compared to peers from around the world on items used on past administrations of the grades 4 and 8 NAEP and grades 4, 8, and 12 TIMSS.

Illuminations http://illuminations.nctm.org A companion website to NCTM provides lessons, interactive applets, dynamic paper, and links to websites for learning and teaching mathematics.

Illustrative Mathematics Project http://illustrativemathematics.org This site provides tools and support for the Common Core State Standards. It includes multiple ways to look at the standards across grades and domains as well as provides task and problems that will illustrate individual standards.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics www.nctm.org Here you can discover everything about NCTM and its resources to support your work. Also find an overview of several standards-based documents, position statements, research-based clips and briefs, free access to interactive digital lessons, professional development resources, membership and conference information, online publications store, links to related sites, and much more.

Progressions Documents for the Common Core Math Standards http://math.arizona.edu/~ime/progressions This site provides the learning progressions based on mathematical structure and students’ cognitive development at given grades across the domains in the Common Core State Standards.

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__CH 2: Exploring What It Means to Know and Do Mathematics__
Classic Problems www.mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.classic.problems.html A nice collection of well-known problems (“Train A leaves the station at . . .”) along with discussion, solutions, and extensions.

Constructivism in the Classroom http://mathforum.org/mathed/constructivism.html Provided by the Math Forum, this page contains links to numerous sites concerning constructivism as well as articles written by researchers.

Utah State University National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html A robust collection of virtual manipulatives. Many do not have corresponding, hands-on counterparts. A great site to bookmark and use.

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__CH 3: Teaching Through Problem Solving__
Annenberg/CPB www.learner.org A unit of the Annenberg Foundation, Annenberg/CPB offers professional development information and useful information for teachers who want to learn about and teach mathematics.

Math Solutions Classroom Lessons www.mathsolutions.com/index.cfm?page=wp9&crid=56 This is a great collection of lessons for teaching through problem solving.

NCTM’s Problem Database http://nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=16387 Free for all NCTM members, this resource contains thousands of problems, sorted by level and topic, from articles published in past issues of Teaching Children Mathematics, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, Student Math Notes, and Figure This!

ENC Online (Eisenhower National Clearinghouse) www.goenc.com Click on Digital Dozen, Lessons and Activities, or Web Links. The ENC site is full of useful information for teachers who are planning lessons and activities or searching for professional development resources.

Writing and Communication in Mathematics http://mathforum.org/library/ed_topics/writing_in_math This Math Forum page lists numerous articles and Web links concerning the value of writing in mathematics at all levels.

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__CH 4: Planning in the Problem-Based Classroom__
Illuminations http://illuminations.nctm.org This is a favorite of many math teachers. Click on “Lessons” and you can then select grade band and content to search for lessons—all of them excellent!

Team Building Games on a Shoestring http://drpaulasprescriptions4pd.wikispaces.com/file/view/Teambuilding_on_a_Shoestring_sml.pdf For a free downloadable collection, Tom Heck has created eight fun activities, all done with shoestrings.

The Math Forum: Internet Mathematics Library http://mathforum.org/library Here you will find links to all sorts of information that will be useful in both planning and assessment in a problem- based classroom.

Ask Dr. Math http://mathforum.org/dr.math Ask Dr. Math is a great homework resource for families, students, and teachers. Dr. Math has answers to all the classic math questions students have, like why a negative times a negative is a positive.

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