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Posted by:
Judy Spicer
Research/tech assistance org
Columbus, OH

Topic:
The New Standards and Math

Message:

The Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (PSSM) offers a wonderful opportunity for mathematics educators to reflect on what is important to the development of mathematical concepts. PSSM states: "Problem solving means engaging in a task for which the solution method is not known in advance. In order to find a solution, students must draw on their knowledge and, through this process, develop new mathematical understandings. Solving problems is not only a goal of mathematics, but also a major means of doing so" (PSSM, p. 52).

Part of my work as a mathematics education abstractor at ENC is to explore Internet sites that are suggested to ENC as being valuable to the teaching and learning of mathematics. I have come to realize that the Internet offers a wide variety of ways to enhance mathematics education. Internet-based resources range from offering interactive materials (often called virtual manipulatives) that can be used to help make the hard to imagine visible, to the very concrete service of being a rich source of content materials and professional development ideas. The virtual manipulatives found on the Internet enable the learner see and explore concepts not readily accessible in other media.

I encourage participants to check out web sites highlighted on the monthly Digital Dozen list of exemplary web sites (http://enc.org/weblinks/dd/) for math and science education found on ENC Online (http://enc.org).

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