Mathematics Education and Outreach Resources

International Organizations

• ICMI International Commission on Mathematical Instruction
  • History of ICMI
• PISA OECD Programme for International Student Assessment

National Organizations

• AAAS American Assocation for the Advancement of Science
• ACT
  • Crisis at the Core: Preparing All Students for College and Work
• AERA American Education Research Association
  • SIG/RME Special Interest Group: Research in Mathematics Education
• AMS American Mathematical Society
  • Attention High School Students and Teachers
  • Committee on Education
  • Math Media
• AMTE Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
• ASA American Statistical Association
• AWM Association for Women in Mathematics
• Canadian Mathematical Society
• CBMS Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences
  • MET The Mathematical Education of Teachers
• Center for Technology and Teacher Education University of Virginia
• CLTNet Centers for Learning and Teaching Network
• CSMC Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum
• Early College High School Initiative
• EDC Educational Development Center
• Edvantia
• goENC
• ERIC Educational Resources Information Center
• ETS Educational Testing Service
• FREE Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
• Horizon Research 2000 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education
• IMA Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
• JRRE Journal of Research in Rural Education
• MAA Mathematical Association of America
  • An Urgent Call to Improve Traditional College Algebra
  • CRAFTY Curriculum Renewal Across the First Two Years
  • CUPM Committee on the Undergraduate Program
  • Finding Common Ground in K-12 Mathematics Education
  • MathDL The MAA Mathematical Sciences Digital Library
  • Quantitative Literacy
  • Quantitative Reasoning for College Graduates: A Complement to the Standards
  • RUME Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education
  • SAUM Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics
  • SIGMA on Quantitative Literacy
  • Teaching and Learning
  • Web SIGMAA Use of the World-Wide Web in Undergraduate Mathematics Instruction
• MERLOT Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
• METIRI Group
• MSPNet Math and Science Partnership Network
• MSRI Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
• NAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress
• NAGC National Association for Gifted Children
• NASSMC National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions
• The National Academies
  • BMSA Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications
  • National Academies Press
    • Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics
    • Everybody Counts: A Report to the Nation on the Future of Mathematics Education
    • How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition
    • How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice
    • How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom
    • Learning and Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
• National Mathematics Advisory Panel
• NCATE National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
• NCES National Center for Education Statistics
• NCLB No Child Left Behind
  • School Results
• NCSM National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics
• NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  • Be a Math Teacher
  • Illuminations
  • JRME Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
  • Research
  • Women and Mathematics Education
• NMSI National Math and Science Initiative
• NNN National Numeracy Network
• NSF National Science Foundation
  • Classroom Resources
• NRC National Research Council
• NEA National Education Association
• NREA National Rural Education Association
• NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• PBS PBS Teachers
• PME-NA North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
• RCML Research Council on Mathematics Learning
• Shodor Education Foundation
• SIAM Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• SSMA School Science and Mathematics Association
• Standard and Poors School Evaluation Services
• Statistical Literacy
• Surveys of Enacted Curriculum
• Teach for America
• TERC
• TIMMS Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
• TE-MAT Teacher Education Materials Project: A Database for K-12 Mathematics and Science Professional Development Providers
• US Department of Education
  • Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
• What Works Clearinghouse
• ZDM Zentralblatt fuer Didaktik der Mathematik

Regional Organizations

• AAMTE Appalachian Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
• ACCLAIM Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics
• AMSP Appalachian Mathematics and Science Partnership
• AMSTEMM Appalachian & Minority Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics Majors
• ARC Appalachian Regional Commission
• ARSI Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative
• CKEC Central Kentucky Educational Cooperative
• CPE Kentucky Council of Postsecondary Education
• CRSI Coalfield Rural Systemic Initiative
• EPSB Education Professional Standards Board
• KAGE Kentucky Association for Gifted Education
• KATE Kentucky Academy of Technology Education
• KCM Kentucky Center for Mathematics
• KCTM Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• KDE Kentucky Department of Education
  • Middle School Mathematics
  • High School Mathematics
• KYMAA Kentucky Section of the Mathematical Association of America
• KYMATYC Kentucky Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges
• MERIT Merit Graduate Program
• NKCTM Northern Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• NKU Northern Kentucky University -- Mathematics Education
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• OU Ohio University -- Department of Teacher Education
• PIMSER Partnership Institute for Mathematics and Science Education Reform
• Rural Mathematics Education and ACCLAIM
• SREB The Southern Regional Education Board
  • The Teacher Center
• UK University of Kentucky Department of Curriculum and Instruction
• U of L University of Louisville Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Teacher Development
• UT Knoxville University of Tennessee -- Theory and Practice in Teacher Education
• WVU West Virginia University -- Institute for Mathematics Learning

Higher Education Involvement

• CRAFTY Curriculum Reform and the First Two Years
• CUPM Curriculum Guide
• MET The Mathematical Education of Teachers (CBMS)
• MSRI Workshop: Assessing Students' Mathematical Learning: Issues, Costs and Benefits
• PMET Preparing Mathematicians to Educate Teachers (MAA)

School Standards and Curricula

• Achieve
• Algebraic Concepts and Relationships
  • Student materials
  • Instructor materials
• ARC -- Alternatives for Rebuilding Curricula (Elementary School Mathematics)
• Compass -- Curricular Options in Mathematics Programs for All Secondary Students
• Countdown
• The K-12 Mathematics Curriculum Center
• Kentucky Core Content for Assessment
• Kentucky Program of Studies
• Modeling Middle School Mathematics
• NCTM Curriculum Focal Points
• NCTM Standards
• Show-Me Center for Middle School Mathematics Curricula
• Tennessee Curriculum Standards
• Virginia Standards of Learning

Mathematics Websites

• Basic Library List
• Cut the Knot Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
• Encyclopaedia of Mathematics
• Math Archives
• Math Forum
• The Mathematical Atlas
• MathSite
• Mathworld
• Wikipedia Mathematics Portal

Resources for Mathematics Preparation

• KEMTP Kentucky Early Mathematics Testing Program
• On Line Math Tests (University of Missouri)
• Tennessee Compete

Software and Websites

• AndreaMosaic Make photographic mosaics from a collection of pictures
• Annenberg Media
  • Private Universe Project in Mathematics
• Blender Software for three dimensional modeling
• Centra (UK) Conferencing software
• CITE Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education
• CoCoA Computations in Commutative Algebra
• COW Calculus on the Web (Temple University)
• Cyberchase PBS television program
• DASL Data and Story Library
• Dimdim Conferencing software
• Eigenmath Computer algebra system
• Engines of Our Ingenuity Radio program
• Euclid's Elements Online
• The Euler Archive
• Flowing Data Data visualization
• The Futures Channel
• GeoGebra Dynamic geometry software
• GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program
• Google Earth
• Google Sketchup Three-dimensional sketchpad
• Group Explorer Algebra visualization software
• HippoCampus A part of Open Education Resources
• Homeschool Math
• IHMC Cmap Tools Concept mapping
• Ilumina Educational resources for science and mathematics
• Integre techexplorer Hypermedia Browser Documentation Web browser plug-in
• Interactivate Java-based activities for students and teachers
• Jing Make images and videos of your computer screen
• Kali Patterns from the wallpaper groups
• Kinematic Models for Design Cornell Digital Library
• KITE Knowledge Innovation for Technology in Education
• KSEG Interactive geometry software
• LaTeX Mathematical document preparation
• Looking at Student Work
• LyX Document processor for LaTeX
• Math Tools -- Organized and reviewed by the Math Forum
• MathEclipse Computer algebra system
• Mathematics Genealogy Project
• Maxima Computer algebra system
• Moodle A free, open-source, course management system
  • Mathemoodle (UK)
• Modeling Middle School Mathematics Videos of middle school classrooms
• Multiple Intelligences Including an on-line test
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives Virtual math manipulatives
• National Science Digital Library
• NC State University Index of Learning Styles Including an on-line questionnaire
• Numbers Television Show
• Nuffield Foundation
  • Key Understandings in Mathematics Learning
• On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
• Online Technologies for Teachers
• Open Office Productivity suite with word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases
• Open University Learning Space On-line courses and course materials
• Peanut Software A nice collection of software
• PBS Teachers
• Photosynth Create photographic collages
• Poly Polyhedra
• POV-Ray Ray-tracing software
• Sage Computer algebra software
• Santos Lecture Notes On-line texts
• SAS Curriculum Pathways On-line content and resources
• Second Life
• Skype For making calls over the internet
• Stellarium Planetarium software
• TE-MAT Database for Mathematics and Science Professional Development Providers
• TeX and LaTeX Resources (AMS) For mathematical document processing
• TI Simulator
• Vanderbilt Center for Teaching Learning styles
• VARK Learning styles
• Visuwords On-line graphical dictionary
• WebClass (UK) On-Line Homework System
• Wolfram Alpha Powerful on-line computation portal based on Mathematica
• Wolfram Demonstrations Project
• Wordle Create art from word frequency counts
• Xcas Computer algebra system

The "Math Wars"

• Mathematically Correct
• Mathematically Sane