Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Mathematics - Modules

Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching provides free access to MEP Help Modules. Ilan Samson and David Burghes do expositions on misconceptions in people's understanding of mathematics which ultimately give rise to errors. The authors have identified 24 of those most commonly found and of these, the first 8 are listed . The others will follow as they become available. Each of the documents to which these titles are linked provides an explanation of how the misconception arises so easily, together with some exercises aimed at reinforcing the correction needed. It is hoped that a study of the reason, together with practice of the exercises, will help to eliminate these errors.

Academic Resources Core-Content Links

Internet links for tutorials and other sources in various subjects dedicated to improving scholarship.

WebMath

Webmath is a math-help web site that generates answers to specific math questions and problems, as entered by a user, at any particular moment. The math answers are generated and displayed real-time, at the moment a web user types in their math problem and clicks "solve." In addition to the answers, Webmath also shows the student how to arrive at the answer.

Wolfram MathWorld Resource

Wolfram MathWorld is a free resource from Wolfram Research built with Mathematica Technology created by Eric Weisstein with contributions from the World's Mathematical community.  It boasts of the web's most extensive mathematics resource.

Practical Foundation of Mathematics

Practical Foundation of Mathematics is a textbook published in 1999 by Cambridge University Press.  There are options to buy it online as well as read it online. 

Why Must I Learn Math?

Mathematics has been described as the foundation of science and technology and a pre-requisite for modern industrial, economic and social development.  It plays major role in the process of economic growth and technological development.  The critical role mathematics plays in both technological and economic development suggests that any society that is unable to understand and speaks the grammar of mathematics will be unable to communicate and interact with the rest of the world. While I was going through the web to search for resources  that could help my users to gain better understanding of the subject.  I came across this site provided by Mark Karadimos.   Find out why the subject is important and made compulsory at both primary and secondary education, not only that and why it  is central to many professions.

Reference Source - Education

This is an annotated collection of high quality Internet resources, selected by Internet Public Library staff for their usefulness in providing accurate, factual information on a particular topic or topics.  It covers subjects like Adult Education, Alternative Education, Early Childhood and Pre-School, Education Blogs, Higher Education, Teachers and Administrators and a host of others.