Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School - EDUC 358a Resource Guide

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Designed to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics. Offers interactive lessons for students, lesson plans for teachers, and math applets, all arranged by grade level. Includes a large collection of Web resources, arranged by concept and grade, and the standards for teaching math. From the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).

This free web tool offers more than 425 web games, logic puzzles, and more spanning grades 1-6.

The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) is an NSF supported project that began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis).

Devoted to "tools used to teach math across American history, from the 1800s to the present." Includes information on slates, blackboards, arithmetic cards, geometric models, numeral frames, textbooks, geometric models, arithmetical frames, slide rules, blackboard dividers and protractors, B.F. Skinner's teaching machine, Cuisenaire rods, the new math, calculators, software, and geoboards. From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Behring Center

The AMS, founded in 1888 to further the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, advocacy and other programs.

Books and articles on contemporary mathematics and on recent developments at the frontiers of mathematical research.

The Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a 501(c)3 not-for profit organization dedicated to supporting and improving mathematics teaching and learning at all levels. With a membership of 1000, the organization has a long history of quality activities and programs. Affiliated with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, MCTM maintains strong contacts with the national agenda and with its own affiliated groups within the state.

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is the public voice of mathematics education, supporting teachers to ensure equitable mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students through vision, leadership, professional development, and research.

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) provides reliable and timely data on the mathematics and science achievement of U.S. 4th- and 8th-grade students compared to that of students in other countries. TIMSS data have been collected in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011. The next data collection is in 2015.