mathematics
Weapons of Math Instruction
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006This has been around for at least a couple of years but keeps returning to the email inbox so I thought I’d point out that although the authors of the joke seem to see “al-gebra” as just a funny coincidence,I’ve always thought that it could be used as a lead-in to a discussion of the origins of the subject and as a timely reminder of the fact that there was once a time when the Islamic world was a refuge of tolerance and rationality.
Whiteboard Movies
Monday, June 5th, 2006check out mathplayground.com
Thursday, June 1st, 2006This does seem worth looking at for K-8(+) level online math activities.
Serving Maths
Monday, May 29th, 2006Serving Maths (at York in the UK) is a project combining various assessment tools in mathematics.
What I Learned by Teaching Real Analysis
Saturday, December 10th, 2005Information20Theory2C20Excess20Entropy20and20Statistical20Complexity
Thursday, December 8th, 2005Interactive Java Applets
Friday, December 2nd, 2005John Baez’s Stuff
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005Java Applets
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005Java Applets by David Little at PennState
A Difference: Rip Mix Learn
Friday, October 14th, 2005A Difference: Rip Mix Learn
is a workshop on ‘blogging’ for Manitoba math teachers on oct21 by Darren Kurotapwa. I hope I have time to look at it in more detail.
A Neighbourhood of Infinity: The Sleeping Beauty Problem
Tuesday, September 6th, 2005A Derivation of Amortization
Monday, August 29th, 2005This Derivation of Amortization is kind of like the old bookkeeping version – assigning each payment partly to interest and partly to principal. Of course it all works out the same in the end.
Putting Things in Perspective!
Monday, August 29th, 2005Julian Beever has his own point of view on the subject.
Vocational Math Ed Resources
Thursday, August 25th, 2005Check for app links in Math Education Web Resources
MathFiction
Thursday, August 18th, 2005American Scientist Online – Group Theory in the Bedroom
Tuesday, August 16th, 2005Visual Calculus – Curve Fitting
Tuesday, July 19th, 2005Visual Calculus – Curve Fitting is something else to check out
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