EDUCATION: MATERIALS OF INTEREST TO SECONDARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS Compiled by Roz Van Auker

Periodicals of Special Interest Professional Associations Professional Standards and California State Frameworks Personal Favorites

Background Information Using Literature in Mathematics Teaching Internet Starting Places Return to Library Homepage

Periodicals of Special Interest

Periodicals are shelved alphabetically by title on Floor 3 South. Periodicals with full text available via a database are indicated.

Search the ERIC or Education Full Text (Wilson) database for education-related articles in these and other periodicals: Journal for Research in Mathematics Education Journal of Computers in Mathematics and      Science Teaching Education Full Text (Wilson) Mathematics Teacher Mathematics Teaching available in Education Full Text (Wilson) Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School School Science and Mathematics Education Full Text (Wilson)

Professional Associations

Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators California Mathematics Council Californa Mathematics Project Mathematical Association of America Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics National Council of Teachers of Mathematics http://www.amte.net/ http://www.cmc-math.org/ http://csmp.ucop.edu/cmp/index.php http://www.maa.org/ http://mesa.ucop.edu/ http://mathforum.com/ncsm/ http://www.nctm.org/

Professional Standards and California State Frameworks

Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics; addenda series Various call numbers; check EUREKA (http://eureka.lib.csus.edu) for a complete listing Mathematics: Content Standards for California Public Schools http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/fd/documents/math-stnd.pdf also Curric Guides Math 0243 Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve (2005)   http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/ also Curric Guides Math 0253 Principles and Standards for School Mathematics http://standards.nctm.org/, also QA 13 .P735 2000

Personal favorites

Algebra Activities from Many Cultures.  QA 152.2 .L85 1997 Changing the Faces of Mathematics series - various titles     Perspectives On African Americans  QA 13 .P462 2000     Perspectives on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders QA 13 .P48 1999     Perspectives on Gender  QA 13 .P464 2001     Perspectives on Indigenous people of North America QA 13 .P4645 2002     Perspectives on Latinos  QA 13 .P465 1999     Perspectives on Multiculturalism and Gender Equity QA 13 .P468 2000 Math and Science Across Cultures: Activities & Investigations from the Exploratorium QA 11 B3653 2001 Math Games: 180 Reproducible Activities to Motivate, Excite, and Challenge Students, Grades 6-12   QA 139 M847 2004 Mission Mathematics: Grades 9-12  Curric Texts 372.7 N21mi3 1997 Multiculturalism in Mathematics, Science, and Technology: Readings and Activities QA 11 M37 1993 Multicultural Mathematics: Interdisciplinary Cooperative Learning Activities Curric Texts 372.7 W14mu 1993 Gr.6-9 Navigating through Algebra in Grades 6-8  Curric Guides Math 0246 Navigating through Algebra in Grades 9-12  Curric Guides Math 0247 Navigating through Geometry in Grades 6-8  Curric Guides Math Navigating through Geometry in Grades 9-12  Curric Guides Math 0173 Secondary Teachers Guide to Free Curriculum Materials The Stock Market and Investments Mathematics Project Curric Guides Math 0277 Using History to Teach Mathematics: an International Perspective  QA 12 U85 2000 Why Do I Need Math?  [videorecording] nonprint 372.7 Ed8wh 1997 Gr. 4-8

Additional lesson plans and teaching strategies can be found by browsing in the curriculum guides on Floor 2 South and in the mathematics "method books" under call number QA 1 - QA 135 on Floor 3 North. Use EUREKA (http://eureka.lib.csus.edu/) to locate additional curriculum materials, select ADVANCED SEARCH and limit to LOCATIONS "Curriculum Guides" or "Curriculum Nonprint" or "Curriculum Texts."

Background Information

Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics.  QA 135.5 A32 2001 Assessment in Middle and High School Mathematics: a Teacher's Guide QA 11 B69988 2001 Empowering the Beginning Teacher of Mathematics in High School  QA 11.2 E47 2004 Every Minute Counts: Making Your Math Class Work.  QA 11 A2 J6 How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom  QA 11.2 N37 2005 Lifting the Barriers: 600 Tested Strategies that Really Work to Increase Girls' Participation in Science, Mathematics and Computers  Q 147 S3 1994 Reading and Writing to Learn Mathematics a Guide and a Resource Book  QA 135.5 M3665 2001 Teaching, Multimedia, and Mathematics: Investigations of Real Practice QA 135.5 L25 1998

Using Literature in Mathematics Teaching

Connecting Mathematics Across the Curriculum.  QA 1 .N3 1995 More Hot Links: Linking Literature with the Middle School Curriculum Z 1037 W957 2002 Reading Counts: Expanding The Role Of Reading In Mathematics Classrooms QA 11 .B6384 2000 Recommended Literature: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/ll/ Recommended Literature for Math & Science http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/sc/ll/

Internet Starting Places

Algebra Help http://www.algebrahelp.com/ Applied Academics (Mathematics) http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/careers/aa/educate.htm Busy Teachers' WebSite-Mathematics K-12 http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/math.shtml Cornell Theory Center Math and Science Gateway http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/MathSciGateway/ Earth Math http://earthmath.kennesaw.edu/main_site/index.htm High School Operations Research http://hsor.org/ Homepage for New Math Teachers http://people.clarityconnect.com/webpages/terri/terri.html Lesson Plans for K-12 Teachers/MATH http://library.csus.edu/guides/rogenmoserd/educ/LESSON.HTM#mat Mathcasts and ExamView Wiki Library Mathcasts and ExamView Math Cats Idea Bank http://www.mathcats.com/grownupcats/ideabankactivities.html Math Central http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/ Math Forum http://www.mathforum.org/ National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html NCTM Illuminations http://illuminations.nctm.org/ SCORE Mathematics http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/ Sites for Teachers - Math http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/math/math.html

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