Math Aid Online Courses
This math site has interactive Java-based lessons in mathematics. The courses include theoretical concepts, hands-on examples with animated graphics and formulas, problem-solving lessons, and customizable real time tests. Topics covered are Algebra II, College Algebra, Trigonometry, and Pre-Calculus. All you need to run the software is an up-to-date web browser supporting Java/JavaScript and a mouse. The programs runs on Windows, Linux, Mac, and possibly other platforms. The classes are designed for individual learning, home schooling, and to enhance high school and college courses. The courses work equally well offline from the hard drive or CDs, on the local network, and on the Internet. The designers of these courses also design customized instructional software packages, online tutorials, distance learning courses, and web-based training and testing applications. http://www.mathaid.com

Easymaths
Mathematics can be fun at this website for teachers, parents and students. The site offers lessons, tests, exams, articles, worksheets with answers, and help with study skills for K-12 education. There is a special section for first-time teachers, and advice for parents teaching their own children, plus general discussions of parenting and teaching skills. There are special sections and forums for students, teachers, schools, and parents. The site is based in South Africa, and provides international mathematics links. http://www.easymaths.org

The New Mathwright Library
The New Mathwright Library is a free collection of more than 110 interactive mathematics and science books. These electronic books, developed by math and science teachers (and students), have been used in Web-based mathematics courses taught at universities and secondary schools. Students can learn math in a practical and entertaining way, for example, by piloting a virtual lunar lander which illustrates principles of integral and differential calculus in the course of making a safe landing on the moon. The books are created with a mathematics authoring program called Mathwright. Users must register and download aæfree reader program, the Mathwright Library Player, and then can download and use the books.
http://www.mathwright.com

Professor Freedman's Math Help
This website for math students of all ages was developed by a community college math professor, as a self-directed and entertaining way to learn basic math and algebra. Designed to address the emotional needs of students as well as math skills, the site uses humor, sound, animation, and graphics to help the math-anxious student relax. Visitors will enjoy the Math Teacher's Ten Commandments, the Math Anxiety Self Test, and the Ten Ways to Reduce Math Anxiety. The site offers tutorials authored by students, math assignments, study skills tips, links to free tutors, and some thoughts about different learning styles. In addition, there is a collection of links to high-quality math resources on the Web.
http://www.mathpower.com

VassarStats: Web Site for Statistical Computation
This website, developed originally for Vassar College, uses embedded JavaScript programming to do real-time statistical computation. Users can enter data and get fairly quick calculations; some of the pages can produce a printable report of the data entered and the results obtained. Computations that can be performed for Fisher's Exact Probability Test, Exact Binomial Probability, Binomial z-Ratio, Monte Carlo Simulation of a Binomial Sampling Situation, Chi-Square "Goodness of Fit" Test, Log-Linear Analysis for Categorical Frequency Data, Partial Correlation, Rank-Order Correlation, Multiple Regression, One-Way ANOVA, Two-Way Factorial ANOVA, and more.
http://faculty.vassar.edu/~lowry/VassarStats.html

Favorite Mathematical Constants
This website is a collection of more than 70 essays and a Table of Mathematical Constants. For each constant, the table provides its value, a brief description, and a link to one of the essays. Some of the material can be downloaded in postscript form. In addition to well-known constants such as 0, 1, Pythagoras' constant, the Golden mean, the natural logarithmic base (e), and Archimedes' constant, the author explores constants associated with number theory, analytic inequalities, the approximation of functions, enumerating discrete structures, functional iteration, complex analysis, and geometry. The site is also designed as a place for researchers to share their ideas and most recent discoveries.
http://pauillac.inria.fr/algo/bsolve/constant/constant.html

Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
Can math be fun? Can math be useful? Can math be beautiful? The authors of this web page think so, and set out to prove it, with puzzles, games, magic squares, brain teasers, and interesting math ideas. This presentation helps people enjoy mathematics and appreciate its beauty, as an antidote to math anxiety. Graphics, Java and JavaScript are used to illustrate algebra, geometry, logic, and probability. The lighter side of mathematics is presented in Funny Arithmetic. Users can explore the Eye Opener Series, the Inventor's Paradox, and Cryptarithms, or ponder on Things Impossible. This web page also has a math glossary, a list of reference books, and links to more math sites.
http://www.cut-the-knot.com

The Integrator
The Integrator site will perform integrals for anyone with a web browser. Simply type in any integral or choose a random sample. The Integrator does the integral using Mathematica 3.0, and sends back a result in seconds. Find out here a little about how Mathematica 3.0 works. This website also presents a history of integrals and mathematicians dating back to Archimedes, and explains modern uses of integrals. If you don't know what an integral is, you can find that out here too.
http://www.integrals.com

The Geometry Center
The Center for the Computation and Visualization of Geometric Structures at the University of Minnesota offers these interactive lessons in advanced geometry. Generate the famous Penrose tilings, explore the effects of negatively curved space in a pinball-style game, try moving through Teichmuller space. Determine what geometric configuration would use the fewest number of satellites while still covering a given region of the earth. Discover and visualize families of Riemann surfaces, create Escher-like patterns, try a simple game of Tetris. Ponder the geometry of how rainbows are formed, and learn about hyperbolic triangles. Other features of this page: classes and workshops, downloadable software, multimedia documents, video productions, a geometry reference archive, geometry formulas and facts.
http://www.geom.umn.edu/

Ask Dr. Math
Why does any number to the 0 power = 1? What are the factors for the Perfect Number, 33550336? Why is pi considered to be a transcendental number? For that matter, why does 2 + 2 = 4? Send your questions to Dr. Math and get an answer via email. Or browse the Dr. Math archives to read the questions others have asked. At this web page, maintained by mathematics students from Swarthmore College, elementary through college students can find answers to questions about basic math, algebra, trigonometry, statistics, calculus, physics and more. In addition, there are the Problem of the Week and Project of the Month to challenge math enthusiasts from elementary school through college and beyond.
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/dr-math.html

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