Adding It Up on WNYC

http://blogs.wnyc.org/news/category/education/adding-it-up/

Adding It Up multi-part series from WNYC on remedial Math experiences at LaGuardia Community College

Wired for Math

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/health/research/21brain.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all

Brain researchers in cognitive neuroscience are finding that young children can learn Math in preschool. This changes the idea that students need to be at least 5 until their brains are ready for Math.

SAT Skills Insight Pinpoints Strategies

http://www.collegeboard.com/testing/sat/skillsmap/select-interval-mathematics.html

This link connects to SAT Skills Insight that helps students find and developstrategies based on their current score.

COMPASS

http://www.act.org/compass/sample/pdf/numerical.pdf

Elementary Math is Misleading

A retired engineer tutors his 4th grade granddaughter in Math and finds that the standard algorithms have been upstaged by regrouping, estimated and calculator Math.

http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2009/12/19/stcharles/opinion/1220stc-opsh0.txt

This Is Your Brain on a Test

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/nurtureshock/archive/2009/12/15/this-is-your-brain-on-a-test.aspx

Carol Dweck, researcher at Stanford (formerly at Columbia), wrote about the Growth and Fixed mindset in her terrific book Mindset http://www.mindsetonline.com./

In the study mentioned on the Nurture Shock blog on Newsweek.com, Po Bronson renames the Growth mindset Knowledge-Hungry and the Fixed mindset Grade-Hungry. The Knowledge-Hungry learners were open to learning from their mistakes. Developing this perspective can help students and their teachers and parents to address the "non-instruction" part of learning and teaching.

The Ten Commandments of Mathematics

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/Div/Winchester/jhhs/math/humor/tencommd.html

The Ten Commandments of Mathematics for Students...LOL

Why Do I Need To Know This?

A great piece on the why question!

http://www.examiner.com/x-29491-Topeka-K12-Examiner~y2009m12d8-Why-do-I-need-to-know-this

Math Scores Do Not Show Much Progress

http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/documents/st_math1208_20091208.html



Based on NAEP

This Wall Street Journal on-line resource includes a sortable table of cities, 4th grade scores, 8th grade scores, etc to compare and contrast results.

Math's Double Standard from Achieve

http://www.achieve.org/files/Achieve-MathWorks-FactSheetDoubleStandard.pdf

While people understand and emphasize Reading and Writing, many see Math is a different light. Math Works is an Achieve program -- Achieve is an educational reform organization founded in 1996 by corporate leaders and state governors. Some of its goals is to create common standards, to increase high school diplomas and their worthiness and to advocate for better prepared college students and workers. Click here for more info on Achieve http://www.achieve.org/AboutAchieve.