Links of the Month
These links are from the January/February, 2006 issue of The Oregon Mathematics Teacher. For internet links from previous issues, see the Bookmark Archives.
By Sonya Richardson, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
You can contact Sonya at richarso@onid.orst.edu.
Mrs. Renz Math Websites: Play, learn, and enjoy math as you browse through this collection of my favorite 3rd grade through high school math sites on the web. Heather Renz is a 4th Grade Teacher from Vern Patrick elementary School inRedmond, Oregon
http://www.redmond.k12.or.us/patrick/renz/mathsites.htm
MathNerds Free Math Help: MathNerds provides Free, discovery-based, mathematical guidance via an international, volunteer network of mathematicians. MathNerds does not supply answers to homework, take home tests and the like. They provide hints, suggestions, and references to help students understand and solve their mathematical problems. The team members are unpaid volunteers.
http://mathnerds.com/mathnerds/
C.A.R.E., Strategies for Closing Achievement Gaps: This is a new guide from the National Education Association that is centered on closing the achievement gaps by focusing on Culture, Abilities, Resilience, and Effort (C.A.R.E.). The guide will help educators reflect on the causes of disparity in student achievement and search for ways to improve academic success by using innovative, research-based instructional strategies. The guide focuses on the themes of cultural, economic and language differences; unrecognized and undeveloped abilities; the power of resilience; and the importance of effort and motivation with the hope that if educators view these qualities of students as strengths, rather than deficits, they can be successful in closing achievement gaps.
http://www.nea.org/teachexperience/careguide.html
Illuminations: This is a wonderful index to the lesson plans available through the The Illuminations Project. It is designed to illuminate the vision for school mathematics described in NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.. Illuminations is a partner in the prestigious Marco Polo Internet Content for the Classroom program. The lessons are designed for small group work and will be sure to engage the interest of the students.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/index.aspx
MathSphere: High quality maths resources for primary maths teaching, already used in over 10,000 schools! All our software is directly referenced to the Numeracy Strategy. The site includes many free online activities or you may print out a free sample worksheet. You will also find a great set of math puzzles for upper primary children. All answers are given. Many teachers use these as a weekly challenge. They are ideal for printing out in color and laminating, making a long lasting resource.
Balanced Assessment: From 1993 to 2003, the Balanced Assessment in Mathematics Program existed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The project group developed a large collection of innovative mathematics assessment tasks for grades K to 12, and trained teachers to use these assessments in their classrooms. 
The library of over 300 mathematics assessment tasks developed during the project remains freely available through this web site. Teachers may use these materials in their own classrooms at no cost.
http://balancedassessment.concord.org/
Test Prep Preview: Standardized tests have always given students a sense of dread, even when they are adequately prepared and know they should well on them. This Comprehensive selection of free online practice tests is provided to help give high school, college, and graduate school students a better sense of familiarity with the variety of testing procedures.
http://www.testprepreview.com/tasp_practice.htm
KSEG: KSEG is a Free (GPL) interactive geometry program for exploring Euclidean geometry. Similar to sketchpad in some features, it has gone from a program for the developer’s personal use into a real piece of interactive educational software.
http://www.mit.edu/~ibaran/kseg.html
Internet4Classrooms: In the Spring of 2005 Internet4Classrooms was included in two ISTE publications:, 101 Best Web sites for Elementary Teachers and 101 Best Web sites for Secondary Teachers. This is a wonderful place for just-in-time teacher technology help.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/
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