- Designing Effective Professional Development: Lessons from the Eisenhower Program - U.S. Department of Education
The second report of the National Evaluation of the Eisenhower Professional Development Program, Part B (State and Local Activities), a multi-year evaluation being conducted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) under a contract with the U.S.
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- E-World - Glenn Elert
A homepage including links for his Midwood High School classes, Teachers College (Columbia) materials, especially papers on mathematics (Chaos, Fractals, Dimension; Ptolemy's Table of Chords; Mathematics Packages) and education reform (School Choice;
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- Hard Questions About Practice - Richard F. Elmore
"Educators need to look closely at the organizational and instructional practices that affect the learning of students and adults in schools." From Educational Leadership, May 2002, Vol 59 No 8, pp 22-25.
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- Home Page of Andrei Toom, André Toom - Andrei Toom, Department of Statistics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
The home page of one of the developers of the Toom-Cook, or Toom-3 algorithm, a method of multiplying two large integers. Toom's English-language mathematics articles, published in journals such as the Journal of Statistical Physics, include "Non-Ergodic
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- Interactive Site of Numerical Analysis and Numerical Methods - Roberto Linares
Type in a numerical problem described as variables and equations, and select the
method to solve the specific problem. Problem types include derivation, integration, global and one-dimensional optimization, open methods and bracketing for root finding,
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- The International Study Center - Boston College
Dedicated to conducting comparative studies in educational achievement. Principally, it serves as the International Study Center for IEA's studies in math, science, and reading--the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the
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- Kids Do Count! Seeking Excellence in Math Education
"We feel strongly that new new math is detrimental to our children's future...." Background, experiences of students and parents, impact, comments on NCTM, and "what to do" statements about the teaching of the "Connected Mathematics" and "Investigations
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- MARS - Mathematical Assessment Resource Service - Michigan State University, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Shell Center for Mathematical Education at the University of Nottingham, England
The Mathematics Assessment Resource Service (MARS) works with districts and states on performance assessment design and implementation, and on professional development for designers and teachers. MARS provides consultancy and training of two broad kinds:
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- MathPanelWatch
A "watcher's" view of the deliberations of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, chaired by Dr. Larry Faulkner, and created to advise the President and Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on the best use of scientifically based research
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- maths - ACTS Networks, Irish Mathematics Teachers Assoc. (IMTA), Government of Ireland
From Ireland's National Archive for Mathematics Education (NAME); IMTA - Irish Mathematics Teachers Association; Ireland's Performance in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study - TIMSS; Applied Mathematics - A Higher level examination paper.
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- MSPnet: The Math and Science Partnership Network - TERC
The Math and Science Partnership (MSP) Program is a major research and development effort to understand and improve the performance of K-12 students in mathematics and science. MSPnet is their electronic community. Learn about individual partnership projects;
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- NACME Research Letters - National Action Committee for Minorities in Engineering, Inc.
Download NACME Research Letters such as "Uniformed Decisions: A Survey of Children and Parents About Math and Science" (June, 1995) and "Progress Toward Power: A Follow-up Survey of Children's and Parents' Attitudes About Math and Science" (October, 2001).
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- National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions
The National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions (NASSMC) establishes, and provides services to, state coalitions dedicated to improving U.S. mathematics, science, and technology education (MSTE) for all students.
A non-profit association,
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- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) - U.S. Department of Education
The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the United States and other nations. NCES collects, collates, analyzes, and reports complete statistics on the condition of American education; conducts and publishes
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- National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century - U.S. Department of Education
A Glenn Commission plan to ensure that every American student receives excellent instruction in math and science -- instruction critical to maintaining the U.S. edge in the competitive global economy. The report sets three goals: to establish an ongoing
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- National Mathematics Advisory Panel - U.S. Department of Education
"On April 18, 2006, President Bush created the National Mathematics Advisory Panel. The panel will advise the President and Secretary Spellings on the best use of scientifically based research on the teaching and learning of mathematics." Learn about
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- Preparing for the Workplace: Charting A Course for Federal Postsecondary Training Policy
Job training has taken a central place among strategies to boost U.S. competitiveness in the world and ensure a high standard of living. Decision making in this area has a major impact on American workers who do not earn 4-year college degrees--fully
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- Reassessing U.S. International Mathematics Performance: New Findings from the 2003 TIMSS and PISA - American Institutes for Research
"Despite a widely held belief that U.S. students do well in mathematics in grade school but decline precipitously in high school, a new study comparing the math skills of students in industrialized nations finds that U.S. students in 4th and
8th grade
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- The Teaching Gap - Stigler, Hiebert
A site supporting a book by James W. Stigler and James Hiebert in which they point out that teaching is a cultural activity. "Although there are teachers using extraordinary methods in all cultures, the extraordinary is not what defines most students'
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- Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) - Initial Findings - National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Highlights from TIMSS; videotape classroom study report and classroom study; responses; the Commissioner's speech; results at the fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth-grade levels; test items, an annotated TIMSS publication list, and more. See also the 1999
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- Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) - Math Forum
The Math Forum's page of resources on the TIMSS study. Initial findings, NCTM response, and more.
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- TIMSS United States: International Mathematics and Science Study - U.S. TIMSS National Research Center, Michigan State University
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study represents the most extensive investigation of mathematics and science education ever conducted. Approximately 50 countries participated in this comparative survey of education focusing upon 9-year-old
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