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Our Mission:


Our mission is promote excellence in math education and universal math literacy in our region. . More. . .

What's New:

Math Literacy Summit: We are planning the Third Math Literacy Summit. The first two were great successes. For more information go here. If you would like to contribute please contact Dr. Samuel Kaplan.

See an interview with Dr. Robert Moses, the Plenary speaker at our first Numeracy Summit.

This web site! AIM is just getting "off the ground." There is a lot of work to do and we are braced for the task. Any assistance, however, will be welcomed. If you think you have something to offer toward our goals please contact us. AIM contact

 

Axioms Mathematics is the study of relations between objects. At the lower level, this includes recognizing patterns, sequencing events and the concrete ideas of set and number. At a higher level this includes the abstraction of earlier concepts as well as logic, statistics, estimating and mathematical modeling. . . More. . .

 

Free Math Education Programs The cool site wearing a dull mask is the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives These are free java programs designed to teach and reinforce math skills. The target audience is all kids K-12, but college students and parents would enjoy this site, too. More. . .

Cyberchase Rocks A popular PBS kids show is Cyberchase. In each epsiode, three friends enter a virtual world and have to out think the bad guy, Hacker, using math skills. On the show's website, at "Games Central" is a great collection of math games. More. . .

North Carolina Standard Course of Study Usually, a list of standards of what math to study in each grade is a dry heap of paper. If that is all that were there, the North Carolina Standard Course of Study would be a downloadable heap of dull lists. However, unlike most official documents, the NC Standards has sample activities with each aspect of the curriculum. More. . .

 

The Problem The National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions cites the following statistics:

  • Only 40% of American workers have the technical skills and understanding required by employers.
  • U.S. Business spends $62 billion per year to upgrade basic skills.
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A Solution Exists Establish a local project that:

  • Provides a basic information clearinghouse for students, teachers, parents and citizens on what resources are available to them for personal and professional development.
  • Facilitates dissemination of effective curriculum and structural enhancements between math educators at all levels.
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