2.+Where+can+I+find+SMTs?

=Where can I find Significant Mathematical Tasks?= This space is devoted to directing teachers toward sites that contain good SMTs or have released test items. You may also find good examples of SMTs in the PD literature and journal articles provided in the further readings.

=__Websites that contain SMTs__=

[|Focus in High School Mathematics Public Draft.pdf] (see Examples)

[|Chicago Lesson Study Group] (see their Research Lessons)

[|Lesson Study Communities Project] (Problem Archive)

NRICH, Millennium Mathematics Project, University of Cambridge. //Mathematics Problems, Games, and Articles//. [|http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk]

Mathematics Task Centre Project. []

SNAP Mathematics Foundation. //Wecome to the SNAP Foundation's Math Fair Website//. [|http://www.mathfair.com]

Galileo Educational Network. //The Wonders of Mathematics//. http://www.galileo.org/math

MSRI - [|Using extended mathematics tasks so as to increase teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching] http://www.msri.org/communications/vmath/index_html

MARS - http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/MARS/tasks/

Harvard's [|Balanced Assessment in Mathematics Program]

Albequerque Public Schools - http://www.rda.aps.edu/MathTaskBank/start.htm

Problems with a Point at [] is a searchable database of several hundred problem sets designed to help secondary students build their mathematical content by making connections with already learned ideas. The problem sets also develop the mathematical habits of mind necessary to problem solving and research.

Math Forum @ Drexel University at [] has extensive resources for mathematics teachers related to both curriculum and pedagogy. The Math Forum's 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.

20,000 Problems Under the Sea at [] contains exactly 20,000 problems from 38 journals and 21 contests, all published before 1990. These problems are highly inventive, extremely difficult math problems. The site is housed at the University of Missouri - Rolla in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Note that solutions are not included unless they've been entered as online comments. However, references to published solutions usually are included, so if you can get to a good library, you can probably get to a solution.

The Thinking Behind the Math @ Franklin Institute Online at [] has an extensive collection of open-ended problems, seasonal problems and mathematical puzzles.

Figure This at [] is designed to provide an exciting and family-friendly way to become more involved in learning math. Mathematical challenges for families provide interesting math challenges that middle-school students can do at home with their families.

 =__Released Test Items__=

NAEP - [] 2000 currently available NAEP questions

TIMSS - [] Approximately half of the used in the TIMSS assessment are released to the public after each round of testing. Click http://timss.bc.edu/TIMSS2007/items.html for the 2007 released items.