Resources

 

Web sites

 

Standards and lesson examples

http://illumninations.nctm.org.

            lesson plans and applets

            interactive lessons

http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/index.htm

http://www.mdk12.org/

 

 

Standards Based Curriculum

www.mmmproject.org.

www.showmecenter.missouri.edu

 

 

 

Texts:

Huetinck, L. & Munshin, S.  Teaching Mathematics for the 21st Century-Methods and Activites for Grades 6-12, Merrill/Prentice Hall, Inc., 2000.-has sample lessons of each of these standards based curriculum

 

Graphing Calculator Activities- good variety of activities to explore the capability of using graphing calculators in middle school mathematics. Grant purchased.

 

Mathematics Teaching Cases  Fractions, Decimals, Rations, & Percents Hard to Teach and Hard to Learn, Edited by Carne Barnett, Donna Goldenstein, Babette Jackson,  Heinemann  a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Portsmouth, NH 03801-3912.-gives samples of error patterns and situations to discuss for  efective instruction

 

Video

Japan Lesson Study-purchased for grant.

 

Conference Handouts