Interesting Math-Related Web Sites
Meet
Aunty Math!
One of the very best math sites
for elementary-aged children. Each couple of weeks
Aunty Math presents an interesting
problem for visitors to solve. She offers helpful
hints to make the solving challenging
and fun.
Ask Dr. Math
For help with homework, questions about math ideas that
are difficult for you
to understand, and ideas about how to teach specific
math subjects, check out this page.
The Math Forum
This site is designed for teachers and for students.
There are problems of the week
to solve, discussions about math ideas, and lots of basic
math information. Put
together by the same people who bring you "Ask Dr. Math."
A great site! Teachers,
look for the "Teacher to Teacher" page (http://mathforum.org/t2t/).
Natural Math
An excellent site full of fun activities and information
for kids and their parents/teachers
about math. The emphasis is on teaching students
math in a way that makes sense to
them.
AskERIC
Lesson Plans
If you are a teacher of elementary math, this site may
be especially useful.
It's full of wonderful lesson ideas and math games.
Project
Interactivate
The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. has a website full
of lessons and games
that are designed to help students learn the fundamentals
of mathematics and algebra.
A particular favorite of ours is the interactive linear
function game
Recommended Books
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are available for purchase at your local bookstore or
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or category of book for which you are looking.
Number Jugglers Math Game Book
by Ruth Bell Alexander (Published by Workman
Publishing)
Easy to understand instructions for over twenty fun and
challenging equation games
are presented along with information and "lessons" on
aspects of elementary math.
Number Jugglers helps players practice their computation
skills, build number sense,
and develop math confidence. The book comes with its
own special deck of number
cards. Suitable for children from 6 years old up
through middle school. Used by teachers
throughout the United States.
Fraction Jugglers: A Math Gamebook
for Kids and Their Parents
by Ruth Bell Alexander (Published by Workman
Publishing)
Fractions hold the key to higher math. If you're looking
for an enjoyable, comprehensible,
and kid-friendly way to help your children learn fraction
concepts, this is the book. Fun to
play fraction card games make the lessons come alive.
Slowly and carefully, the pages lead
readers through naming fractions, adding and subtracting
fractions, understanding equivalent
fractions, finding common denominators, renaming and
simplifying fractions, understanding
mixed numbers, and finally learning to multiply and divide
fractions. The text is easy to read
and the games are fun for the whole family. Fraction
Jugglers comes with a deck of colorful
fraction cards. It also comes with its own colorful
fraction chart to give even the youngest players
a head start. Recommended by teachers throughout
the U.S.
Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar
by Masaichiro and Mitsumasa Anno (Published
by Philomel Books)
A beautiful picture book illustrating factorials, the
incredible math exclamation!
A serious math concept expressed pictorially to make
it comprehensible to even the
youngest child.
Little Kids--Powerful Problem Solvers:
Math Stories from a Kindergarten Classroom
By Angela Giglio Andrews & Paul R. Trafton
(Published by Heinemann)
If Andrews and Trafton have anything to say about it,
all kids will end up loving math!
This marvelous book helps readers understand how math
can be an exciting, creative,
thoroughly enjoyable subject for students of all ages.
Studies from Angela Andrews'
days teaching math to kindergarteners enlighten and entertain
us. Her lessons can be
adapted to all elementary levels. Highly recommended
for teachers and future teachers,
parents and future parents.
Math Power: How to Help Your Child
Love Math, Even If You Don't
by Patricia Clark Kenschaft (Published by
Addison-Wesley)
A wonderful, easy-to-read book for parents about how
to instill a love of math in your child.
Written by Dr. Patricia Kenschaft, a math professor who
teaches teachers, this book inspires
confidence that all children can learn to enjoy and appreciate
math.
How To Solve Word Problems in Algebra:
A Solved Problem Approach
by Mildred Johnson (Published by McGraw-Hill
Paperbacks)
This book gives explanations, examples, and detailed
instructions for solving
algebra word problems. Highly recommended for students
who want to understand
what they are doing when they solve word problems in
algebra.
Knowing and Teaching Elementary
Mathmatics
by Liping Ma (Published by Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates)
Without question one of the best books available on the
factors responsible for
our national struggle with mathematics. Too many
Americans lack confidence
in their ability to do math. Too many American
children grow up thinking they just
aren't "good" at math. Ma's assessment of the difference
between teaching
math in China and teaching math in the U.S. could be
the basis for serious reform.
Overcoming Math Anxiety
by Sheila Tobias (Published by W.W. Norton
& Company)
If you look for a place to hide when the subject of math
comes up, this book is for you.
An excellent and detailed account of why so many people
are math phobic and what
they can do about it.
