Joan Axthelm's List: TeachingMathResources

• Wolfram has a number of websites for users of their products. To view 1,300+ interactive open source Mathematica 6.0 demonstrations that use the free Mathematica Player, be sure to visit http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/.

• committed to the view that   standards can play a leading role in guiding the improvement of mathematics   education
•     In this changing world, those who understand and can do mathematics will   have significantly enhanced opportunities and options for shaping their   futures.
• noted three reasons for a professional organization to formally adopt   standards: to ensure quality, to indicate goals, and to promote change.
• shaping   conversations about mathematics education
• One purpose of this document is to offer teachers, curriculum developers, and   those responsible for establishing curriculum frameworks a way to focus   curricula.
• students will reach certain levels of conceptual understanding   and procedural fluency by certain points in the curriculum.

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• equires understanding   what students know and need to learn and then challenging and supporting   them to learn it well.

• Some of these students may also need assessment accommodations. If their   understanding is assessed only in English, their mathematical proficiency   may not be accurately evaluated.
• Schools and school systems must take care to accommodate the special needs   of some students without inhibiting the learning of others.