If we want our students to become productive, contributing citizens of the United States, then we need to change the way that we are currently teaching math in our schools! We need to integrate inquiry, problem-solving and real-world application into our math curricula. Students should be engaged in creative, critical thinking when they are solving problems. Teachers should articulate that there are multiple ways to arrive at the same solution to any given problem and allow students to struggle in order to make discoveries on their own with guided facilitation and appropriate scaffolding.
To help with this problem, I am sharing my Top 25 Free Math Resources For Education that allow for student inquiry, exploration, and application. I hope you find useful ways to integrate these online resources into your instruction!
*For 21st Century Math Pedagogy visit my related blog posts:
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My Three Acts of a Real World Math Problem
Inquiry and Application
- Get the Math: http://www.thirteen.org/get-the-math/
- Real World Math: http://www.realworldmath.org/Real_World_Math/RealWorldMath.org.html
- Yummy Math: http://www.yummymath.com/
- 3DVinci: http://www.3dvinci.net/ccp0-display/freestuff.html
Online Tools and Apps
- Meta-Calculator: http://www.meta-calculator.com/online/
- On-Line Utilities & Software: http://tinyurl.com/3bxusf
- Interactivate Tools: http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/tools/
- Online Utilities and Software for Mathematics: http://tinyurl.com/3bxusf
- Web2.0 Scientific Calculator: http://web2.0calc.com/
- Chartle: http://www.chartle.net/
Interactives
- Phet Interactive Simulations (Math): http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/math
- Illuminations: http://illuminations.nctm.org/
- Math Playground: http://www.mathplayground.com/index.html
Math Support
Resources
- Web Math: http://www.webmath.com/index.html
- Math Village: http://www.mathvillage.info/
- Math TV: http://www.mathtv.com/videos_by_topic
- Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/
Resources
- Discovery Education (Math): http://bit.ly/tJ8sPL
- Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (Math): http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=33
- NSDL (Math): http://nsdl.org/commcore/math?id=6.EE
- Thinkfinity (Mathematics): http://bit.ly/vcJmww
Practice
- Jefferson Lab: http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/index.html
- IXL: http://www.ixl.com/1c?gclid=CIHU3KHstakCFadd5QodbRpm8w
Math in the Media
- 15 Paperless Math Strategies: http://teachpaperless.blogspot.com/2011/06/fifteen-paperless-math-strategies.html
- The Three Acts of A Mathematical Story: http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=10285
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I'm really liking Math Village -- thanks for putting this list together!
ReplyDeleteJust curious: what about Khan Academy promotes critical thinking and real world problem solving? The videos I've seen are explanations of procedures (and not particularly good explanations at that, though I haven't seen many.)
@SiouxGeonz Thank you for your comment! That is a great observation about Khan Academy. If you notice, I put Khan Academy under the "Math Support" category, because those sites help to explain content and demonstrate how to solve example problems. Unfortunately, there isn't too much inquiry and application involved for that category. Those sites are mainly used for reference.
ReplyDeleteSome great resources here. I really like the go paperless link . You might want to also add our new free online graphing calculator Meta Calculator
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