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=// Welcome to the Significant Mathematical Tasks Clearinghouse //= = = = = =What is the purpose of this clearinghouse? = This wikispace has been devoted to helping K-12 teachers learn how to gather, modify, and design significant mathematical tasks (SMTs). The site also acts as a clearinghouse for the collection, review, and sharing of significant mathematical tasks and their rubrics. The clearing house also has current and past literature which are meant to direct and guide teachers in this focus and purpose.

//"The key to long-term improvement [in teaching] is to figure out how to generate, accumulate, and share professional knowledge". //(Stigler, 2000)

The importance of the mathematical tasks we give our students can best be summarized in the following statement by Glenda Lappan and Diane Briars in 1995: //

“There is no decision that teachers make that has a greater impact on students’ opportunities to learn, and on their perceptions about what mathematics is, than the selection or creation of the tasks with which the teacher engages students in studying mathematics.” //

 =Table of Contents of this Wikispace = 1. What is a significant mathematical task? 2. Where can I find good tasks? 3. How can I use and modify them? 4. Database of SMTs 5. Further readings These can also be found in the Navigation frame to the left.