Mathematics Education and Outreach Resources

Some Essential Resources

International Organizations

• ICMI International Commission on Mathematical Instruction
  • History of ICMI
• IMU International Mathematical Union
• 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
  • Committee on Education
  • High School Students and Teachers
  • Math in the Media
• AMTA American Modeling Teachers Association
• AMTE Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
• ASA American Statistical Association
• AWM Association for Women in Mathematics
• CAEP Council for the Accreditation of Education Preparation
• Canadian Mathematical Society
• CBMS Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences
  • Common Standards and New Assessments for K-12 White Paper
  • MET The Mathematical Education of Teachers
  • MET 2
• Center for Technology and Teacher Education University of Virginia
• CLTNet Centers for Learning and Teaching Network
• CMESG Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group
• 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
  • PRAXIS
• FREE Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
• Horizon Research 2000 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education
• IMA Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
• InTASC The Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium
• JRRE Journal of Research in Rural Education
• Math for America
• 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
  • SIGMAA 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
• MTE Partnership Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership
• 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 (Many of the following books can be read online)
    • Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics
    • Attracting PhDs to K-12 Education: A Demonstration Program for Science, Mathematics, and Technology
    • Attracting Science and Mathematics Ph.D.s to Secondary School Education
    • Designing Mathematics or Science Curriculum Programs: A Guide for Using Mathematics and Science Education Standards
    • Educating Teachers of Science, Mathematics, and Technology: New Practices for the New Millennium
    • Evaluating and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
    • Everybody Counts: A Report to the Nation on the Future of Mathematics Education
    • Global Perspectives for Local Action: Using TIMSS to Improve U.S. Mathematics and Science Education
    • Helping Children Learn Mathematics
    • High School Mathematics at Work: Essays and Examples for the Education of All Students
    • How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition
    • How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice
    • How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom
    • Improving Student Learning in Mathematics and Science: The Role of National Standards in State Policy
    • Improving Undergraduate Instruction in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: Report of a Workshop
    • Knowing and Learning Mathematics for Teaching: Proceedings of a Workshop
    • Learning and Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S. High Schools
    • Mathematical and Scientific Development in Early Childhood: A Workshop Summary
    • Mathematics Education in the Middle Grades: Teaching to Meet the Needs of Middle Grades Learners and to Maintain High Expectations: Proceedings of a National Convocation and Action Conferences
    • Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood: Paths Toward Excellence and Equity
    • Measuring Up: Prototypes for Mathematics Assessment
    • Moving Beyond Myths: Revitalizing Undergraduate Mathematics
    • The Nature and Role of Algebra in the K-14 Curriculum: Proceedings of a National Symposium
    • On Evaluating Curricular Effectiveness: Judging the Quality of K-12 Mathematics Evaluations
    • On the Shoulders of Giants: New Approaches to Numeracy
    • Precollege Science and Mathematics Teachers: Monitoring Supply, Demand, and Quality
    • The Preparation of Teachers of Mathematics: Considerations and Challenges: A Letter Report
    • Report of a Workshop on The Scope and Nature of Computational Thinking
    • Serving the Needs of Pre-College Science and Mathematics Education: Impact of a Digital National Library on Teacher Education and Practice. Proceedings from a National Research Council Workshop
    • Studying Classroom Teaching as a Medium for Professional Development: Proceedings of a U.S.- Japan Workshop
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
• National Mathematics Advisory Panel
• NCATE National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
  • Blue Ribbon Panel on Clinical Preparation and Partnerships for Improved Student Learning
• NCES National Center for Education Statistics
• NCLB No Child Left Behind
• NCSM National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics
• NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  • Be a Math Teacher
  • CLIME Council for Technology in Math Education
  • Illuminations
  • JRME Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
  • Research
  • Women and Mathematics Education
• NCTQ National Council on Teacher Quality
  • No Common Denominator: The Preparation of Elementary Teachers in Mathematics by America's Education Schools
• 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
• SACNAS Devoted to Advancing Hispanics, Chicanos & Native Americans in Science
• Shodor Education Foundation
• SIAM Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• SMTI Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative
• SSMA School Science and Mathematics Association
• Standard and Poors School Evaluation Services
• Statistical Literacy
• Surveys of Enacted Curriculum
• TE-MAT Teacher Education Materials Project: A Database for K-12 Mathematics and Science Professional Development Providers
• TEAC Teacher Education Accreditation Council
• Teach for America
• TERC
• TIMSS Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
  • TIMSS videos
  • Mac App for the videos
• TODOS: Mathematics for All
• 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
  • EPSB Dashboard
• KAGE Kentucky Association for Gifted Education
• KACTE Kentucky Association of Colleges for Teacher 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
  • Kentucky Teacher
• Kentucky's Senate Bill One
• KYMAA Kentucky Section of the Mathematical Association of America
• KYMATYC Kentucky Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges
• KYSTE Kentucky Society for Technology in Education
• MERC KACTE Mathematics Education Research Committee
  • MERC Wiki
• 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)
• MET 2
• 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)
• Ben Braun's webinar on Empowering Pre-Service and New Math Teachers to Use the Common Core Practice Standards
• Carnegie Learning
• Charles A. Dana Center
  • Agile Mind
• Chicago Lesson Study Project
• Committee of 10 Report (1894)
• Common Core State Standards Initiative
  • Curriculum Design, Development, and Implementation in an Era of Common Core State Standards
  • The Illustrative Mathematics Project
  • InTASC The Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium
  • NCTM Math Common Core Resources
  • Learning Trajectory Posters
  • Moving Forward Together: Curriculum & Assessment and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
  • PARCC Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
  • PARCC Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
  • PARCC Summary at Achieve
  • Race to the Top Initiative
  • SBAC SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium
  • Tools for the Common Core Standards
  • TurnOnCCMath
  • AMTE Resources for the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics
  • The Mathematics Common Core Toolbox
  • CCSS Curriculum Analysis Tool and Professional Development Materials
  • Arizona K-12 Academic Standards
  • Arizona Mathematics Standards Articulated by Grade Level
  • Common Core State and NC Essential Standards
  • Mathematics Assessment Project (MAP) Including "FALs", Formative Assessment Lessons
  • Core Math Tools from NCTM
  • Hexagon Maps
  • Progressions
  • Common Core Works
  • Common Core Conversation
  • Inside Mathematics
  • Implementing the Mathematical Practice Standards
  • Common Core State Standards Tools and Resources
  • Mathematics Vision Project (Utah)
• 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
• School Math Study Group (SMSG)
  • SMSG Summary
• Math is More
• Modeling Middle School Mathematics
• NCTM Curriculum Focal Points
• NCTM Standards
• Next Generation Science Standards
• Show-Me Center for Middle School Mathematics Curricula
• The Teacher Education Study in Mathematics (TEDS-M) 2008
• Tennessee Curriculum Standards
• TIMSS videos
• Virginia Standards of Learning

Mathematics Websites

• Basic Library List
• Cut the Knot Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
• Encyclopaedia of Mathematics
• Math Archives
• Math Forum
• Mathpuzzle
• 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

• 123D Catch
• 3Doodler
• The Academy of Inquiry-Based Learning
• AndreaMosaic Make photographic mosaics from a collection of pictures
• Annenberg Media
  • Private Universe Project in Mathematics
• Bedtime Math
• Blender Software for three dimensional modeling
• Books Ngram Viewer
• Bressoud's Launchings
• Bridges: Art and Mathematics
• Calculus Book online by Strang
• Centra (UK) Conferencing software
• Change the Equation
• Chaoscope
• CIRTL Network
• CITE Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education
• CoCoA Computations in Commutative Algebra
• Cognitive levels powerpoint
• Cognitive level vignettes
• Connected Mathematics Interactive Resources
• COW Calculus on the Web (Temple University)
• Cyberchase PBS television program
• Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites
• Dan Meyer's Three-Act Math Tasks
• DASL Data and Story Library
• Data is Nature
• Desmos Graphing Calculator
• Devlin's Angle
• Discovering the Art of Mathematics
• Doceri
• Educreation for making short videos of the computer screen
• Eigenmath Computer algebra system
• Encyclopedia of Life
• Engines of Our Ingenuity Radio program
• Erik Demaine
• Euclid The Game
• Euclid's Elements Online
• The Euler Archive
• Flowing Data Data visualization
• The Futures Channel
  • Algebra
• Games for Science Research
  • NPR article
  • Center for Game Science
  • Eyewire
  • Fold It
• Game Theory Resources
• GeoGebra Interactive geometry software
  • GeoGebraTube
  • GeoGebra 5 beta version with 3D window
• GeoGessr
• Geometer's Sketchpad Sketch Exchange
• Geometry Center
• GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program
• GoAnimate
• GoodQuestions Project
  • Preprint
• Google Books
• Google Earth
• Google Wave
• Group Explorer Algebra visualization software
• HippoCampus A part of Open Education Resources
• Homeschool Math
• Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
• IHMC Cmap Tools Concept mapping
• Ilumina Educational resources for science and mathematics
• INGenIOuS -- Strategies for advancing the mathematics and statistics workforce
• Inkscape Drawing program
• Institute for Figuring
• Institute for Mathematics and Education -- University of Arizona
  • The Illustrative Mathematics Project
  • Progressions Documents for the Common Core Standards
• Instructables
• Integre techexplorer Hypermedia Browser Documentation Web browser plug-in
• Interactivate Java-based activities for students and teachers
• Interactive Geometry Software
• Internet Archive
• iPad Apps
• Jing Make images and videos of your computer screen
• Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
• Juggling
• Kahoot
• Kali Patterns from the wallpaper groups
• Khan Academy
• Kinematic Models for Design Cornell Digital Library
• KITE Knowledge Innovation for Technology in Education
• The Klein Project
  • Klein Project Blog
• KnotPlot
• KSEG Interactive geometry software
• Kurzgesagt
• LaTeX Mathematical document preparation
  • TikZ
  • LaTeX editor online
  • Tex Writer iPad app
• LearnZillion Lessons
• Legacy of R. L. Moore
• Looking at Student Work
• LyX Document processor for LaTeX
• Math and the Art of M. C. Escher
• Math Circles
• Math Circles for Teachers
• Math Snacks (Learning Games)
• Math to Math Ed
• Math Tools -- Organized and reviewed by the Math Forum
• Math Dance
• MathEclipse Computer algebra system
• Mathematical Enchantments
• Mathematical Games Index
• Mathematical Impressions
• Mathematics Genealogy Project
• The Mathematics Teaching Community
• Mathematics Videos and Software for Reconceptualizing Mathematics -- IMAP
• Mathematics Quotation Server
• Maxima Computer algebra system
• The Mechanical Universe
• Microsoft Mathematics
• Moodle A free, open-source, course management system
  • Mathemoodle (UK)
• MIT Open Courseware
• Modeling Middle School Mathematics Videos of middle school classrooms
• MoSAIC Math and Art
• Multiple Intelligences Including an on-line test
• National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives Virtual math manipulatives
• National Science Digital Library
• NC State University Index of Learning Styles Including an on-line questionnaire
• NEOS Optimization Server
• Now
• NRICH
• Numberphile
• Numbers Television Show
• Nuffield Foundation
  • Key Understandings in Mathematics Learning
• On Teaching Mathematics by V.I. Arnold
• On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
• Online Mathematics Textbooks
• 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
• OpenSCAD
• Padlet for virtual "wall postings"
• Peanut Software A nice collection of software
• PBS Teachers
• PhotoMath
• Photosynth Create photographic collages
• Piazza
• Poly Polyhedra
• POV-Ray Ray-tracing software
• Powers of Ten Video
  • A Question of Scale
  • Cosmic Scale
  • The Scale of the Universe
• Qhull
• The R Project for Statistical Computing
• Sage Computer algebra software
• Santos Lecture Notes On-line texts
• SAS Curriculum Pathways On-line content and resources
• Scott Kim Puzzlemaster
  • NCTM 2011 Talk
• Second Life
• SeifertView
• Shapeshifter
• Shirley Clarke
• SketchUp Three-dimensional sketchpad
• SketchUp viewer for iPad
• Skype For making calls over the internet
• Smithsonian X 3D
• Socrative Virtual "clicker" system
• Spacial-Temporal (ST) Math
• Spherical Easel
• Stellarium Planetarium software
• Surface Evolver
• TE-MAT Database for Mathematics and Science Professional Development Providers
• Teach.gov
• Teach Engineering
• Teacher Tube
• On Teaching and Learning Mathematics AMS Blog
• Teaching Channel
• TED "Riveting talks by remarkable people"
  • Scott Kim takes apart the art of puzzles
  • Sir Ken Robinson
  • Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen
  • Clifford Stoll
  • Jill Bolte Taylor's Stroke of Insight
  • Various math talks
• TeX and LaTeX Resources (AMS) For mathematical document processing
• TI Education Resources
• TI Emulator: SmartView
• Tinkercad
• TopMod Topological modeler
• Transforming Post Secondary Education (TPSE)
• Vanderbilt Center for Teaching Learning styles
• VARK Learning styles
• Veritasium Science videos
• Vi Hart -- Mathematical Doodling
  • Binary Hand Dance
• Visual Elements Periodic Table
• Visual Insight
• 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
• Ziegler Lecture -- Das ist doch Keine Kunst

Some Books and Articles

• Jo Boaler and Cathy Humphreys, Connecting Mathematical Ideas: Middle School Video Cases to Support Teaching and Learning
• Nancy Love, Using Data/Getting Results: A Practical Guide for School Improvement in Mathematics and Science
• Liping Ma, Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)
• NCTM Essential Understandings Series
• NCTM Focus in High School Mathematics
• NCTM Navigations Series
• NCTM Research Clips and Briefs
• NCTM Research Summaries
• Mary Kay Stein, Margaret Schwan Smith, Marjorie A. Henningsen, and Edward A. Silver, Implementing Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction: A Casebook for Professional Development
• Rick J. Stiggins, Judith A. Arter, Jan Chappuis, and Steve Chappuis, Classroom Assessment for Student Learning: Doing It Right-Using It Well
• Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam, Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards Through Classroom Assessment

The "Math Wars"

• Mathematically Correct
• Mathematically Sane