Math 416 - Mathematics in the Secondary School
Course outline
Unit 1- Chapters 1-3 What does it mean to "DO,""TEACH,"and"LEARN" Mathematics, Principles of Math Ed, Learning Theories
Unit 2 - The Mathematics Curriculum
Unit 3 - Teaching Mathematics
Units 4- Assessment in Mathematics & Meeting Individual Student and Teacher Needs
Your to Do list includes the following this year includes:
Student Teaching Application for Fall Semester it is due by Sept. 15th and Feb. 15th for Spring Semester Student Teaching
Capstone Portfolio Assignments- Evidence of Standards assignment is no longer required
MTLE - MN Teacher License Exam
ETS Field test for all math and math education majors will be the first Saturday in February - Lisa Johnson will contact you this semester about this exam
Progress Report (Grades and Attendence Report Last Name, First Name and last three digits of your dragon ID #)
Dictionaries
http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/radian.html
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/
Math Educator Sites
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
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
STatisitics Education Web - http://www.amstat.org/education/stew/index.cfm
Bridging the Gap in Between Common Core Standards and Teaching Statistics - http://www.amstat.org/education/stew/index.cfm
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/
Mathbits Equations-40 silly equations used in every day situtations
Math Competitions
MathCounts
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 written by MSUM for March 15, 2017 exams
o American Mathematics Competitions
(AMC) found at http://www.unl.edu/amc/whatswhat.shtml
o Minnesota State High School
Mathematics League information can be found at http://www.macalester.edu/mathleague/
Math Standards
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/
ED post-MN
teaching positions listed
http://www.stcloudstate.edu/joblistings/edpost/
ND
Job Service-ND Math Teacher postings
http://www.ndworkforceconnection.com/jobbanks/default.asp?session=jobsearch&geo=3801000000
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.
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/