Abstract: With 1,400 courses now available, MIT is delivering on the promise of MIT OpenCourseWare. We have heard from educators and learners around the world that they are benefiting from the materials offered freely and openly on the MIT OCW site. In order to understand how well MIT OCW is fulfilling its mission -- as well as to establish a thorough and continuous feedback process that guarantees its improvement over time -- we have developed a substantial evaluation program. The evaluation is focused on understanding specifics in three areas of user behavior: Access: Who is accessing MIT OCW, what are their profiles (educator, student, self-learner, other), what are their disciplines (or other interests), and where are they located? Use: How do educators and learners use MIT OCW and is MIT OCW designed appropriately to facilitate that use? To what extent and in what ways are MIT course materials adopted or adapted for teaching purposes? Impact: What effects -- positive or negative, intended or unintended -- are being realized through the use of MIT OCW? The evaluation was undertaken in 2005. Data collection employed an integrated "portfolio approach," as a combination of methods helped to achieve both breadth and depth in the evaluation.
Abstract: Welcome to the NROC Introductory Algebra course. This curriculum emphasizes a multi-representational approach to algebra, with concepts, results, and problems being expressed graphically, analytically, and verbally. It develops algebraic fluency by providing students with the skills needed to solve equations and perform important manipulations with numbers, variables, equations, and inequalities. In addition, the course develops proficiency with operations involving monomial and polynomial expressions. The main unifying themes of the course include understanding, writing, solving, and graphing linear equations, systems of linear equations and inequalities, quadratic equations, and rational equations.
Abstract: Welcome to the NROC Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus AB course. This curriculum covers all of the material outlined by the College Board as necessary to prepare students to pass the AP Calculus AB exam. This course is divided into two semesters and is designed to acquaint you with calculus principles such as derivatives, integrals, limits, approximation, and applications and modeling. During this course you will gain experience in the use of calculus methods and learn how calculus methods may be applied to practical applications.
Abstract: In Grade 10 we studied exponential numbers and learnt that there were six laws that made working with exponential numbers easier. There is one law that we did not study in Grade 10. This will be described here.
Abstract: An overview of some of the math concepts that are relevant to music. Includes suggestions for classroom activities for grades 3-7 that use music to illustrate a math concept, as well as reviews of the math necessary for older students to understand some music theory and acoustics.
Abstract: The complete contents of this algebra textbook are available here online. This text is suitable for high-school Algebra I, preparing for the GED, a refresher for college students who need help preparing for college-level mathematics, or for anyone who wants to learn introductory algebra. I am especially pleased to help homeschoolers. Includes a graphing applet, a prime factorization machine, and a prime number list. Brennan uses inserts to answer common questions as the lesson goes on, helping the student master new ideas. A printable version is also available on the website. This resource is part of the Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences collection. http://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/