Technologies for teaching mathematics
See also: teaching-mathematics
Following Dron's definition of technology as stuff that orchestrates various phenomena for a purpose - and includes somewhere in the assemblages of technologies some notion of pedagogy.
- graspable math - online tool for algebra by manipulation
Mathematics specific pedagogy#
- student-centered-mathematics-instruction
- checks-for-pedagogy
- across-the-grain
- mathematical-problem-solving
- practice-approach-to-mathematics
- mathematical-design-and-implementation-framework
- mathematical-resilience-classroom-environment
- conceptual-approach-to-mathematics
- teaching-mathematics-for-a-growth-mindset
- The Science of Math - the explicit instruction folk :)
More specific approaches
- explicit-teaching - as described by the Mathematics hub produced by the AAMT
- differentiation-mathematics
- resolve-mathematics-by-inquiry
- productive-failure
- contemplate-then-calculate
- mathematical-discussion-communication
- learner-generated-examples
- rich-mathematical-tasks
- mathematically-productive-tasks
- notice-and-wonder
- Card Tricks - videos of various card tricks that have some mathematical basis for understanding (e.g.)
See also
Sullivan, P., Clarke, D., & Clarke, B. (2013). Teaching with Tasks for Effective Mathematics Learning. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4681-1
Activities#
teaching activities
- number-talks - see also number-talk-examples
"games"
- How close to 100 - Partners with dice playing a game with a blank 100 grid. Roll, colour in grid, write the number sentence (Boaler, 2015)
- Use of math cards and find all cards with the same answer - and more tasks from YouCubed
- crackers
Computer games
- Wuzzit Trouble from a Keith Devlin led team
- Mathbreakers
- Number rack
- Motion math
- Math crossword
Homework
Projects#
Misc. mathematics/teaching projects
Findings and resources from ARC project - Using mathematics to solve real world problems: The role of enablers. Trying to "identify, apply and refine teaching approaches that help secondary students learn how to use mathematics to solve real-world problems". - Skew the script
Project arising from USA-based mathematics teaching "tweaking" maths lessons "to tackle authentic problems with real data and real implications". Now broader project with lesson plans and other resources focused on USA-based curriculum - re(Solve) - Maths by Inquiry
Oz Government funded project including numerous teaching resources including alignment with Oz Curriculum
- MathHappnes - US(texas)-based project to "bring math into community conversation"
Images#
- Math Diagrams - "Your one-stop-shop for mathematical visualisation"
- Problem pictures
- Estimation180
- Mathematical beginnings
Misc resources#
- Mathematics in asia resources
- Learn and play together - numeracy activities for home (perhaps not immediately useful)
- mathematical-memes
- Maths A to Z - from NSW DoE
- Awesome Math - curate list hosted on github
- NTCM Classroom resources - numerous categories of resources
- Maths education - AAMT site - also Mathematics hub
- Maths for everyone - UK worksheets, quizzes etc.
- Mashup Math - puzzles, worksheets etc
- Math on the fly - worksheets
- Multiplicty Lab - Primary focused - helping provide rich mathematical experience to all students
- NRich - collection of resources from Cambridge University, students, teachers and organised by topic
- +Plus - bringing maths to life - website popularising maths, more popular science magazine type of thing, articles, podcasts, puzzles
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Fostering Math practices - two US-based teacher educators. Source of contemplate-then-calculate
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International mathematical modeling challenge - includes supporting resources
- The Institute for Figuring - dedicated to the poetic and aesthetic dimensions of science, mathematics and engineering
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m1Maths.com - "online textbook" for Oz maths organised by knowledge strands and using a common structure: summary, learn, solve, revise, answers - licensed using CC BY-NC 4.0
Could be useful (as an example of reference content) for exploring OZ curriculum and beyond. But written as Word docs without styles, using images suggesting difficult to convert - Free Math Puzzles - IXL Maths - MoneySmart - TopMarks - Multiplicity labs - mathematical tasks worth doing - including big-ideas-in-mathematics - From Data to Viz
Video#
Lesson plan ideas/resources#
- List of Three-act maths lesson plans and overview
- Math Arguments - blog with posts consisting of wide ranging ideas for discussion in mathematics class
For teachers#
- first steps in mathematics - teacher resources books: number, measurement, space, chance and data. (WA)
- Wootube^2 - Eddie Woo's YouTube channel for mathematics teachers
- A list of Mathematicians project
Learner generated examples#
- The power of student generated examples in mathematics
- Using learner generated examples to introduce new concepts
Teaching tips#
- foster-critical-creative-thinking-mathematics
- Example of QCAA "advice for students learning from home" General Mathematics - potential source of resources/ideas