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• Cognitively Guided Instruction to Improve Student Achievement (CGI)
  The National Center for Improving Student Learning and Achievement in Mathematics and Science, NCISLA, conducts long-term in-class research to support effective instruction and professional development for “sustained student learning and achievement.” Cognitively Guided Instruction strengthens teachers' content knowledge and in-class practices. See research briefs and newsletters, teacher resources and publications.
• Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics
  “...explores how students in pre-K through 8th grade learn mathematics and recommends how teaching, curricula, and teacher education should change to improve mathematics learning during these critical years.” 480 pages to download, view online or order.
• National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, NCSM
  A resource site for those interested in leadership in mathematics education with web-based links, articles related to issues and teaching resources. NCSM provides leadership academies.
• Equal Mathematics Education for Female Students, ERIC Digest
  Discourse! “This digest reviews common teaching practices and methods of communication in the classroom--known as discourse--to indicate the treatment of female students that inhibits their ability to successfully learn math.” .
• Database for K-12 Math and Science Professional Development Providers
  TE-MAT, Teacher Education Materials Project, A Database for K-12 Mathematics and Science Professional Development Providers: This site supports professional developers with extensive database of reviews of materials intended to help developers select materials appropriate for their goals. Also, a conceptual framework of key elements in designing and implementing effective professional development.
• Professional Development "By Your Own Design"
  For teachers: create and implement an individual professional learning plan with a multiude of resources and templates from Eisenhower Clearinghouse. Includes readings and activities, issues to consider, techniques, evaluation resources and more.
• Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol
  Look for inquiry based teaching methods in your own math or science classroom. With the help of a friendly observer, determine the degree to which your classroom (K-20) instruction meets national standards.
• National Staff Development Council, NSDC
  Non-profit professional association committed to ensuring success for all students through staff development and school improvement.
• Teaching Math Using the Internet, Tim Burnett.
  Use these websites to help develop curricula and materials, to provide enrichment and remediation, and to set up team investigations. Included: basic computation practice, online tutorials, teaching materials and curriculum, lesson plans, handouts, worksheets, professional development, contests and public forums, classroom collaboration with other classrooms on the internet, and sources of real-life data with well designed lessons.
• National Center for Improving Student Learning and Achievement in Mathematics and Science, NCISLA
  Research program to advance effective reform K-12. Promotes learning with understanding and connects policy to practice to produce results.
• MMM Project: Modeling Middle School Mathematics
  Modeling Middle School Mathematics is a professional development program using video lessons and Web-based Internet materials to examine NSF- funded middle school math initiatives: Pathways to Algebra and Geometry (MMAP), Voyager Expanded Learning; Mathematics in Context (MiC), Encyclopedia Britannica; MathScape, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill; Connected Math Project (CMP), Prentice Hall and Math Thematics, McDougal Littell.
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
  NCTM provides professional development through annual meetings, regional conferences, academies and events.
• "Motivating American Indian Students in Science and Math," Gregory A. Cajete
  ERIC digest offers insight and constructive suggestions to motivate American Indian students who tend to drop out of high school math and science. Worthwhile and concise; applicable to a wider population.
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, NCTM
  Professional organization for teachers of mathematics. Provides Principles and Standards for School Mathematics with electronic examples, professional development, and journals for elementary, middle and high school, and journal for research in mathematics education.
• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse, ENC
  ENC Online is a K-12 math and science teacher center. Visit Classroom Calendar, Digital Dozen, ENC Focus, or Lessons & Activities.