The NSDL Math Tools Project

该NSDL收藏品项目汇集了对学校数学学习至关重要的数学软件，包括用于手持设备的软件、基于Web的小交互工具(如小应用程序)和其他基于软件应用程序包的小模块。具体活动包括对数学工具进行分类，以便教师、学生和其他用户可以很容易地找到符合他们需求的工具；使用K-7年级的内容链门户和8年级-微积分的课程主题门户展示这些工具；并通过整合到数学论坛的每周问题、促进讨论小组和提供制造商援助等方式，提供服务以帮助教师和学生学习使用该技术。此外，正在编写关于在学习数学中使用技术的回顾和相关数学教育研究的专题子集。这些数学工具的好处正在通过数学论坛的庞大和活跃的社区得到推广。描述集合中工具的元数据将通过开放档案倡议协议共享给更大的NSDL。开发合作者包括来自SRI、关键课程出版社、德克萨斯仪器公司、肖多尔基金会和犹他州的人员。这个集合的影响非常广泛，为教师使用数学工具提供了亟需的支持，并为开发这些软件工具的开发人员提供了反馈。

This NSDL Collections project is aggregating mathematical software critical to the learning of school mathematics, including software for handheld devices, small interactive web-based tools such as applets, and other small modules based on software application packages. Specific activities include cataloging the math tools so that teachers, students and other users can easily find which ones fit their needs; presenting the tools using content strand portals for grades K-7 and course subject portals for grades 8-Calculus; and offering services to help teachers and students learn to utilize the technology through such means as integration into the Math Forum's Problems of the Week, facilitation of discussion groups, and provision of manufacturer assistance. In addition a special sub-collection of reviewed and relevant mathematics education research on the use of technology in learning mathematics is being developed. The benefits of these mathematics tools are being promoted through the Math Forum's large and active community. Metadata describing the tools in the collection is being shared to the larger NSDL via the Open Archives Initiative protocols. Development collaborators include personnel from SRI, Key Curriculum Press, Texas Instruments, the Shodor Foundation, and Utah State. The impact of this collection is very broad, offering much needed support for teachers' use of math tools and feedback for developers producing those software tools.