The Math Forum
The Math Forum is a leading center for mathematics and mathematics education on the Internet. Operating under Drexel's School of Education, our mission is to provide resources, materials, activities, person-to-person interactions, and educational products and services that enrich and support teaching and learning in an increasingly technological world.
Our online community includes teachers, students, researchers, parents, educators, and citizens at all levels who have an interest in math and math education. We work together toward this end in the following ways:
Encouraging communication throughout the mathematical community
We are committed to creating discussion opportunities for all those interested in math. Through our growing collection of mailing lists, Web-based discussion areas, and ask-an-expert services, we give you places to talk, to reach others with similar interests, and to find answers to your burning questions. See
Discussions,
Bridging Research and Practice (BRAP) and the
T2T Teachers' Lounge.
Offering model interactive projects
The Forum's volunteer 'math doctors' and our archive of answers will help you with your math questions - see
Ask Dr. Math. Questions about teaching and math education may be sent to our
Teacher2Teacher service. Our
Problems of the Week (PoWs) provide creative, non-routine challenges for students in grades three through twelve. The archived
ESCOT Problems provide interactive challenges for middle and high school students.
Making math-related web resources more accessible
Want to use or develop educational technology? Visit
Math Tools, the Forum's community digital library supporting the use and development of software for mathematics education. When a generic Web directory falls short of your mathematics needs, visit the
Forum Internet Mathematics Library, which covers math and math education Web sites in depth. In our collaboration with the Mathematical Association of America, Mathematical Sciences Digital Library (MathDL), we collect mathematics instructional material with authors' statements and reader reviews; and catalogs mathematics commercial products, complete with editorial reviews, reader ratings and discussion groups. The
Problems Library offers a convenient interface for searching and browsing the collective archives of the six Problem of the Week services.
Providing high-quality math and math education content
There's a lot of material on the Web, but how good is it, and how does it take advantage of new technologies or implement new pedagogy? We have worked with teachers, students, and researchers to put the best of their materials on the Web. This collaborative work is available via the Forum's
Teacher Exchange: Forum Web Units. Teachers are invited to use the Web interface to contribute their own lessons.
The Math Forum
