Mathematics

SEE ALSO:  Statistics

Directories

• MathWeb - This outstanding site from the American Mathematical Society organizes math on the web for any age.  Listings of sites from libraries to reference books to tutorials are available.  A great place to start when looking for math sites on the web!  http://www.ams.org/mathweb/

Tutorials and Games

• Math2.org-Formerly "Dave's Math Tables," this site offers loads of help with all areas of mathematics.  http://www.math2.org/index.xml

• Math-abundance (grades 9-12) - Offers tutorials on topics from pre-Algebra through Calculus.  Each topic includes well-written definitions, sample problems, and an interactive quiz.  A nice feature is that the site explains the process for answering each missed problem on a quiz.  http://www.ping.be/math

• DAU Math Refresher (grades 3-12) - Designed as a tool to review basic arithmetic through calculus, this site is charmingly designed with the organizational metaphor of a sub-way system that students travel through as they complete each topic.  Students will need to write thei answers to the problem sets down on paper and check their own answers after clicking on the "answer" button, but the writing is clear, there's an excellent use of graphics, and great overall organization.  http://www.cne.gmu.edu/modules/dau/math/index.html

• Mission:  Critical (grades 7-12) - This project of The Institute of Teaching and Learning offers a large set of tutorials on logic and thinking skills.  This site is wonderful for students who love puzzles, logic or word play! http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/

• Web Math (grades 3-12) -This impressive site is set up to provide computerized step-by-step tutorials on most individual problems in almost any math topic.  While not designed as a tutorial on whole topics, the interactive power of its sophisticated math problem-solving program will entrance.  The goal of the creators of Web Math is "to give a student immediate hlep over the Internet with the particular math problem they are on." http://www.webmath.com/index.html

• Fun Mathematics Lessons (grades 2-12) - This "fun" site, but Rice University math instructor Cynthia Lanius, offers a set of tutorials and lessons on interesting topics ranging from cartography, algebra, geometry, and problem solving to calculus.  Lanius makes excellent use of advanced interactive techniques, such as a fractions tutorial with virtual pattern blocks that can be manipulated to solve porlbems.  This high-quality site makes an excellent resource for any unit with a problem-solving empahsis. http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/

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