Math 416 - Mathematics in the Secondary School

 

Current course for registered students in D2L Brightspace

MN Math Frameworks

Final Progress Report (Grades and Attendence Report Last Name, First Name and last three digits of your dragon ID #)

Class Anticipatory Problems

Math Standards

Minnesota Math and Science Frameworks
http://www.scimathmn.org/stemtc/

Minnesota Math Standards
http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/EdExc/StanCurri/K-12AcademicStandards/

North Dakota Math Standards
http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/standard/content_standards_math.shtm

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards
http://standards.nctm.org/


Your to Do list includes the following this year includes:

Student Teaching Application https://msumapps.mnstate.edu/diary/students (Submit by Sept. 20 for those student teaching in the Spring)

MTLE - MN Teacher License Exam

Mathematics (Grades 5–12)

Pedagogy Secondary (5-12)

ETS Field test for all math and math education majors - Contact Lisa Johnson in MacLean 375 to register for this exam

Application for Graduation

 

Dictionaries

http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/radian.html

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/

http://www.howjsay.com

 

Math Educator Sites

Student Companion Site for Teaching and Learning High School Mathematics text

Pulishers Resources - Online books and many other resources specific to many mathematics textbooks

MathTools-A great search tool for math activities, lesson plans, stories, tools, technology PoWs, and support material.
http://mathforum.org/mathtools

Desmos - Calculator graphing site

Daily Desmos - Try to match graphs rated from Basic to Advanced

ACT Prep -Learn How to Become

Bloom's Taxonomy and Comparision between Old and New Taxonomy

Illuminations dynamic paper great for creating grid paper

Math Forum Internet News-Subscribe to this weekly email that helps you keep up with Math and Math Education on the Internet
http://www.mathforum.org/electronic.newsletter/mfin.faq.html

TI Math -activities in your subject area and your choice of TI graphing calculator

Real Time Data Sites - The Center for Innovation in Engineering & Science Education at Stevens Institute of Technology contains over 3 dozen Real Time Data Site links. http://www.ciese.org/realtimedatasites.html

Brain Boosters - Dozens of questions to challenge students in such areas as Lateral Thinking, Logic Number and Math Play, Reasoning,and| Spatial Awareness

Interactivate Shodor- Very good interactive online Java-based courseware for exploration in science and mathematics
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/

National Library Virtual Manipulatives -online learning units (eModules) for 3-12 mathematics, Browse resources and if you consider the lessons and activities register at no cost. http://enlvm.usu.edu/ma/nav/

Web Support: Math and Science Resources

Mathbits Equations-40 silly equations used in every day situtations

Norwegian Geometry Test

Norwegian Geometry Test Key

Math Competitions

oMathCounts for middle school students is an annual competition with weekly practice found at http://mathcounts.org/Page.aspx?pid=355
o Tri-College Math Contest next year it will be at NDSU
o American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) found at http://amc.maa.org/
o Minnesota State High School Mathematics League information can be found at http://mnmathleague.org/

 

Math Videos

Mashable-Math is awesome

Education Portal -Thousands of High School and College videos available

Job Listings

ND Job Service-ND Math Teacher postings
http://www.ndworkforceconnection.com/jobbanks/default.asp?session=jobsearch&geo=3801000000

ED post-MN teaching positions listed
http://www.stcloudstate.edu/joblistings/edpost/

 

Books and other Recommend Resources

Software

Peanut Software- a collection of shareware software for students in grades 7-college. Download to your home computer by going to http://math.exeter.edu/rparris

Illuminations Dynamic Paper- Great site for creating graph paper

GeoGebra a free multi-platform dynamic mathematics software for all levels of education that joins geometry, algebra, tables, graphing, statistics and calculus in one easy-to-use package

Geocadabra a geometry, probability tree, and calculator with a demo version that can be downloaded at no cost. http://www.geocadabra.nl/geocadabra_english_downloads.htm


Student Sites

Minnesota MCA Practice Exams Math - TI Learning checks that can be downloaded.
http://education.ti.com/educationportal/activityexchange/activity_detail.do?activityid=5912&cid=us

Shooting Balls - one or two player game reinforcing slope and intercept.
http://www.fi.uu.nl/toepassingen/00065/toepassing_wisweb.en.html

Precalculus Tutorial - This resource incorporates material developed by John W. Bales, the Department of Chemistry at Tuskegee University, and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Georgia State University under a grant from the National Science Foundation.

ACT Practice

American High School Mathematics Exam - past problems and solutions to high school and college problem solving exams
http://www.kalva.demon.co.uk/index.html

APlusMath- Rapid Math Practice, Select Flashcards and go down to Advanced Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division under Non-Java Flashcards

 

Parent Sites

Parents Know - Resources for parent by children's ages. http://www.parentsknow.state.mn.us/

College Navigator - National Center for Educaitonal Statistics provides information on costs, Retention and Graduation Rates, and enrollment updated yearly

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