All links should send you to a new browser window, if your browser can do that. Close that new window to return to this page.  Due to the increasing length of this page, it's not possible to check to make sure all links are working at all times.  I try to check all links about twice a year.  Again, if you find a link that doesn't work, please e-mail me (use the link above).

Possible workaround for links that no longer work: If you encounter a broken link, click your right mouse key on it and choose the selection that allows you to copy the URL.  (In Netscape, that's "Copy Link Location." In Internet Explorer, that's "Copy Shortcut." In Opera, that's "Copy Link Address" or keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+C.) Then go to the web site http://www.archive.org and find the box marked with "The Wayback Machine." Click inside the box and press Ctrl+V (or choose edit > paste from your drop down menu.) Click on the button marked "Take Me Back" and you might be able to find an old copy that the Internet Archive cached before the page was taken down from the original server.

• General Math Sites
• Developmental Math Publishers' Sites
• Sites that would make good activities / resources for students
• Technology for Classes (Calculators, etc.)
• Math self-help sites
• Sites by math teachers
• Teaching Ideas (new!)
  
• Math Curriculum Standards
• Math Education Organizations
• Odds and Ends Related to Teaching Math
• Math History and Multicultural Resources
• Other Lists of Links
• General interest reading on developmental studies

• The Math Forum --this must be one of the two most-linked math sites I've encountered. (This is at a new address: mathforum.org)
• Mathematics Archives -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  (This is the other most-linked site I see.)
• GIMPS--The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search -- A page devoted to Mersenne primes (prime numbers of the form 2 ^p - 1).  Lists the most recent ones found and how you can use your office computer to aid in the search for additional Mersenne primes.
• The Prime Pages -- Information on prime numbers at the University of Tennessee-Martin.
• "Why Must I Learn Math?" by Mark Karadimos, teacher at J.S. Morton East High School in Cicero, IL.  (Note:  GeoCities page, which means it has popup ads)
• Exactly How is Math Used in Technology? -- Page from British Columbia (Canada) Institute of Technology.  Gives several examples of how math is used in technical fields such as electronics, surveying, occupational health, biomedical technology, and forestry.  Examples range from algebra and geometry to to calculus and differential equations, so this could be useful to you also if you teach non-developmental classes also.

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• Publishers' Sites
• Addison-Wesley Longman developmental math
• Brooks-Cole Developmental Math
• Lial Algebra -- for the Lial-Hornsby series
• McGraw-Hill Higher Education > Developmental Math
• McKeague series site (Pat McKeague has made presentations at NADE conferences, by the way.)
• Mathnotes.com (Lial-Hornsby-Miller-Salzman-Hestwood paperback series)
• Prentice-Hall (you'll have to click through several options because of the frames)
• TDLC.com -- a division of Larson Texts. An online math program which claims to be keyed to all texts. Demo version available.
• LarsonMath.com
  

• More Java graphing applets with instructions on how to include them in your own page.
• Glossary of Mathematics Mistakes -- articles deal with common mistakes made by politicians, reporters, activists, etc.  Includes real-life examples.
• Web Quests--A Web Quest is an activity in which you direct students to specific web sites to find certain information and do something with it. Here are some examples:
• Mr. Schick's High School Math WebQuest Archive --David Schick, a teacher at Meridian High School, Bellingham, Washington, has put together a collection of several really good examples of WebQuests for high school math. He also has a number of other good activities on his pages, so check them out if you have time.
• Planning for Population Growth --my attempt for a class I took. Designed for elementary or intermediate algebra, depending on where you teach graphing linear equations, slope, etc.

• Calculator Information and Help
• TI-83 Graphing Calculator Instructions --step-by-step instructions on how to do typically required topics in developmental algebra and precalculus. From Middle Tennessee State University.
• Graphing Calculator Comparison Guide --a side-by-side handout (passed out at the MathSPIN meeting 2002) by Nancy Matthews, Kay Haralson, and Loretta Griffey at Austin Peay State University. It compares basic operations, calculator settings, graphing techniques, and statistical operations using lists for the TI-82, 83+, 85, and 86.
• Graphing Calculator Help from the Prentice Hall website. Works like a help file in Windows programs. Covers TI-82, 83, 85, 86, 89, 92; HP484G; Casio FX-9850 GaPlus, and FX2; Sharp EL9600C.
• Graphing Software available on the Web
• Equation Grapher with Regression Analyzer --for about $30, this shareware program will take a function written in the form y = f(x) and graph several functions in different colors on the same coordinate system. The resulting graph can be copied onto the clipboard in WMF (Windows Metafile) or BMP (bitmap) formats so that you can paste them into your word processor for handouts, tests, etc.  The Regression Analyzer will take data you input in a spreadsheet-like interface and give the equation of the regression line, r, etc., and make a graph.
• Distance Education
• Effective use of the Web for education:  Design Principles and Pedagogy -- Workshop from the University of Washington.  Mentioned in a recent "Techtalk" column of the Journal of Developmental Education .
• Teaching and Learning on the Web -- from Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI) at Maricopa Community Colleges.  Includes over 700 examples of how instructors are using the Web in their classes.
• Web tools for Faculty
• The Quiz Center formerly at University of Hawaii has been moved to Discovery School. You have to join (for free), and then you can put self-scoring quizzes online that students can take. Any graphics you use (equations, etc.) must be put on your own server, and you provide links to those graphics files from within Discovery Schools' Quiz Center.
• Free automatic Javascripts
• Online Math Lessons Using Technology (Applets, etc.)
• ESCOT (Educational Software Components of Tomorrow) has interactive problems geared towards middle school students, but some of the situations tie in nicely to algebra.  These use Java applets. Teacher resources correlate the lessons with specific NCTM standards.
• ON-Math -- Online Journal of School Math from NCTM. Also includes Java applets for math lessons at elementary, middle, and high school levels which could be adapted to developmental math courses. Currently access is free, but it will eventually require a paid subscription.
• Ron Blond -- Mostly geometry, but there are applets about quadratic functions and perpendicular lines.
  
• More Java graphing applets with instructions on how to include them in your own page.
• Explore Math Gizmos -- multimedia Java applets which can be used for students to learn about slope, different numbers in the equations of a conic section, etc.
• Experiment and Explore Mathematics -- Java applets (22 or so) useful for algebra and precalculus. Includes a demonstration of why a parabola is useful (think parabolic antenna), an applet to see how changing a, b, or c in the equation ax + by = c changes the graph, and more. This is a Geocities page, so there is the occasional popup.
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics -- an NSF-funded project from Utah State University. Geared more for K-8, but also includes algebra manipulatives such as algebra tiles, function machine, and function grapher.  http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/index.html
  

• General Math Affective Domain Help (Study Tips, Math Anxiety, etc.)
• Help for Math Anxiety from Middle Tennessee State University
• Study Tips for Math from actual developmental math students.  (What works and what doesn't work.)  From East Tennessee State University.
• Study tips from one particularly successful developmental math student
• Practical Study Strategies   from the University of Illinois-Chicago's Center for Academic Excellence
• Sheila Tobias' Math Anxiety Page -- although it's mostly an advertisement for her books, it does include detailed summaries of each chapter of her books Overcoming Math Anxiety, Breaking the Science Barrier, and Succeed with Math, as well as some frequently asked questions about math anxiety.
• Math Content Help
• Math for Morons Like Us -- algebra help written by high school students for their peers. Despite the weird title, it's pretty decent.
• SOS Math -- class notes and examples for algebra, trigonometry, calculus, differential equations,  complex variables, matrix algebra. Written at a higher reading level than many of the others.
• Free-ed Pre-algebra -- 14-lesson unit (with sublessons) teaching operations with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ratios, proportions, percent, and geometry.
• PurpleMath -- Algebra lessons by by Elizabeth Stapel of Western International University, Phoenix. Many good topics well done. (She's really nice about allowing you to link to individual lessons.) One of my favorites to send students to.
• Professor Freedman's Math Help --now in a new location. An often-linked site. Content-area help as well as materials on overcoming math anxiety. Ellen Freedman is a NADE member, too! She teaches at Camden County College (NJ).
• CoolMath --Billing itself as "an amusement park of mathematics," geared to "Kids 13-100," this site has lessons on various math and science topics as well as some unusual applications.
• ThinkQuest algebra site -- Another site with refreshers on algebra. Most topics are not covered in as great detail as some of the other sites listed above, but at least hits many of the high points. Also check out the main math page , which includes trigonometry, geometry, calculus, and statistics.
• Discovery School's Web Math -- Homework help for students.  Has lessons and Javascript applications for students to try out solving equations or simplifying expressions, for example.
• AlgebraHelp.Com --  has lessons, practice worksheets, and online calculators to allow students to see, for example, order of operations problems worked out.
• QuickMath --  several online calculators and lessons in algebra, calculus, and matrix methods.  Free, but contains advertising.
  

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• Roberta Lacefield, Waycross College -- Adult education; integrating math, technology, and science. (Roberta is a former MathSPIN chair.)
• Daryl Stephens, East Tennessee State University  -- Course materials for prealgebra and elementary and intermediate algebra (syllabi, sample tests, quizzes)
• Daryl Stephens' math teacher resources --fun worksheets for practice in developmental and other math classes
• Bette Veteto's Math Is Marvelous Web Page -- Bette has her developmental math students write reports and has well-organized links to all sorts of sites on math history.

• Ken Cole , McKinney High School North, McKinney, Texas--Several web-based math lessons by the school's "emerging technology" teacher who was previously a math teacher.  Includes interactive algebra tiles, graphing activities, geometry activities, and Javascript lessons.

• Cool Math for Teachers
• Explore Math -- Lesson plans, activities, "gizmos" (java applets to aid teaching math and science), web space for you to make your own web pages.
• ENC Online -- From the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse. A site for math and science lesson plans. Also includes a search engine for lessons, more web links, professional development information, and education topics.
  

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: Principles and Standards for School Mathematics --K-12 (also known as "Standards 2000")
• Mathematical Association of America:  Quantitative Reasoning for College Graduates: A Complement to the Standards.   MAA's suggestion as to what kinds of math should be required for college students.
• AMATYC (American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges): Crossroads in Mathematics: Standards for Introductory College Mathematics Before Calculus
  

• National and International
• MAA (Mathematical Association of America)
• NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) -- geared more to K-12 and teacher education people, but still with much useful information to developmental math educators
• AIMS Education Foundation -- for Activities Integrating Math, Science, and technology.
• And of course, don't forget about NADE (National Association for Developmental Education).  You are a member, aren't you?
• AMATYC (American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges)
• AMATYC's Foundations/Developmental Math Committee -- We as the NADE Math SPIN are working on starting a close working relationship with this group, since our interests are so compatible.  Many of you are probably members of this group, too.
• SIG/RME -- American Educational Research Association's Special Interest Group on Research in Mathematics Education. A subgroup of AERA similar to the way the Math SPIN is a subgroup of NADE.
• AMTE (Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators)
  
  

• A mathematician's most embarrassing moment (Peter Alfeld, University of Utah) -- even mathematicians can mess up the Pythagorean Theorem in a stressful moment.  A pretty funny story!

• Mathographies --- biographical sketches of various mathematicians (including several women)
• History of old calculators (just for fun) and about the hobby of collecting old calculators (!) and information on them. (new address)
• The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archives -- from University of St. Andrews, Scotland
• Mathematician of the Day -- also from University of St. Andrews, Scotland.  Tells what mathematicians were born or died on this day.  Has pictures, biographies, and quote of the day.

• MAA's list of developmental math links --includes annotated bibliographies of print articles, descriptions of successful programs, and information on their listserv about developmental math.
• Catalog of Math Resources on the WWW and the Internet at the University of Wisconsin
• Center for Scientific Computing Math Site (Finland)--in English
• ERIC Math Lesson Plans
• Yahoo:Science:Mathematics
• A Mathematics Hotlist from University of Melbourne
• Discovery School --tied in with the Discovery Channel, this site has places for students and teachers. Mostly geared towards K-12, but there are some areas that would be useful to us as well. Must sign up for a free membership to access most of the teacher areas. 
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Math  -- Part of Discovery School, this has more links to web sites about math.
  

• Developmental Education
• Increasing Access:  Educating Underprepared Students in U. S. Colleges and Universities Past, Present, and Future by Daryl Stephens.  A mid-length (30 or so pages) history of developmental education since the early 18th century. Original form of an article that's now part of the 2003 NADE monograph.
  


• General Higher Education Interest
• The Literacy & Learning Disabilities Special Collection
• Scott's Research Library: Educational Research -- an incredible listing of resources available on the Net for people in higher and K-12 education research. Guidelines, methods of research, instructional theory and design, and much more.
• All Academic -- a search engine and portal for academic research.
• Google Scholar -- A search engine for scholarly papers using the Google technology. Not limited to peer-reviewed articles, but it does seem to give hits that are actual worthwhile academic papers rather than irrelevant junk.

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This page is now maintained by Daryl Stephens at East Tennessee State University and is updated as time permits  Please e-mail Daryl with any links you would like to add!

Additional help on this website comes from ETSU graduate assistant Tracy Holt. Thanks, Tracy!