NEW WIU STUDENTS - Click here to find out how to activate your WIU Computer username.

Please Use Your @wiu.edu ECOM e-mail address. Here are seven reasons why.

Transfering to WIU and Transferring Courses (from a community college, college, or university)

• Suggestions for Students Preparing to Transfer to Western Illinois University Seeking a Mathematics Major with Secondary Teacher Certification (Word document)
• Suggestions for students wishing to transfer individual courses to WIU click here. 

Learning Styles Inventory

• This learning styles site has description of all four Learning Styles and Strategies and an online Learning Style Survey, which will tell you your dominant learning style and give you suggestions for success.
• VARK Guide to Learning Styles - Has a questionnaire and helpsheets.

Math Majors in Teacher Education students see Portfolio Scope and Sequence.

College of Education and Teacher Education Links

• COEHS Advising page - 91 Horrabin Hall (formerly numbered HH99), Phone: (309)298-1438.
• Technology Competency Assessment (TCA)
• WIU Teacher Education Program (TEP) and Center for Preparation of Education Professionals (CPEP) - Click CERTIFICATION on the left hand side. See also Certification FAQ.
• Focused Programs for Subsequent Certificates in Illinois

QuizStar

This a new sytem of online quizzes for teachers and student. Click here for the directions.

Information on the Illinois Basic Skills Test and Teacher Certification

Suggestions For Preparing for the Mathematics Portion of the Illinois Basic Skills Exam for Teachers

Included on this page are links to the ISBE Basic Skills study guide and Illinois Certification Testing System. More information can be obtained from the COEHS Advising Center at 309/298-1438.

For More Information on ISBE Teacher Certification Exams follow the links in the ISBE Section of My Teaching Resources Page.

On Lesson Planning

• My ideas on lesson plans (I don't require a particular format ~ format it the way you are comfortable).
• EIS Lesson Plan Format from WIU's Department of Education and Interdisciplinary Studies (EIS). This is used in EIS 303 and 304 field experiences ("block").
• C&I Lesson Plan Format from WIU's Department of Curriculum and Instruction (C & I) Lesson Plan Format
• Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction

Suggestions for making a study plan for mathematics exams. click here

Regression Models on the TI-83+

Steps for using the TI-83+ for finding regression models for data

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Data Sets and Statistics

FedStats - The new window on the full range of official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Included is an A to Z Topic list.

Federal Statistics from the White House

• Economic Statistics - Wow, tons of data, employment, prices, transportation and more.
• Social Statistics - Crime, education, health and more.

NationMaster.com - A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. You do have to side-step the ads.

Data sets from Exploring Data (which contains lots of tutorials and info for students studying elementary statistics). Data available in three formats (including Excel and tab delimited.)

National Center for Education Statistics - From the US Department of Education.  Includes NAEP data and Public School District Finance Peer Search.

Neighborhood Data - Stats on things such as median income, money spent per pupil on education, and sunny days per year. Compare cities and against the national average. From MSN House and Home.

Social Explorer - map of US which is zoomable and clickable to find demographic data.

Baseball Reference - Baseball statistics.
Baseball Almanac - Most everything you want to know about baseball.

• Baseball Formulas - Statistical Formulas for calculating baseball statistics, such as On Base Percentage, ERA, and Range Factor.

Bureau of Labor Statistics - Includes U.S. Economy at a Glance.

Logarithms and the Richter Scale - Earthquake Data Available from the NEIC.

Information Please - Contains almanacs, statistics, and more.

Sources of Real World Data - More links to data sets.

DIG Stats - Delve into Descriptive and Inferential statistics, and then proceed to Graphical analysis. Each section provides overviews with related activities. The activities contain data sets for students to use, either with spreadsheets or calculators.

Chart of the Week - Interesting graphs. By Gary Klass, who teaches about presenting data. See also here.

Writing Suggestions

A Pocket Style Manual (4th edition as of 1/2004) by Diana Hacker. This is required for English 180 and 280 at WIU and should be used early, consistently, and often by all WIU students. If you have lost yours, they are available in the bookstore.

The Five-Paragraph Essay - from Study Guides and Strategies.

Principles of Organization - Part of Guide to Grammar and Writing. Also of particular interest may be The Five-Paragraph Essay and Coherence: Transitions Between Ideas.

APA Guidelines - A Guide for Writing Research Papers, APA-Style.  Includes how to write up the references.

Elements of Style - by William Strunk, Jr. A timeless reference that gives clear suggestions for improving ones writing.

Students writing a paper may want to click Western's Writing Center, or OWL (On-line Writing Lab at Purdue University), or click:

• Invention is an instructional handout that may help you get started with your paper.
• Transitions is an instructional handout that may help you improve the flow of your paper.

GradeSaver - Professional proofreading and editting online. Some of this costs (it's "professional"). Quite a bit is free, including ClassicNotes, help on writing essays, and help on writing resumes.

Assignment Calculator - From the University of Minnesota. Helps you set up a schedule and list of task for writing a paper. Also provides resources for improving your writing.

Undergraduate Research and Summer Opportunities

• WIU College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Grants (Click Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Grant) - apply various times during the academic year.
• WIU Mathematics Department U-grad Research Page - what we are doing locally.
• W.I.U. Undergraduate Research Day - Annual event. Sponsored by the W.I.U. Centennial Honors College
• SUREPAM - Summer Research in Pure and Applied Mathematics - this is at (beautiful) University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. WIU has a partnership on this summer experience. See Dr. Shamseddine if interested.
• Rose Hulman Conference on Undergraduate Mathematics - Students can present papers.
• Youngstown State University PME Regional Math Conference - Click on Conferences (past or upcoming). Students can present papers.
• NCUR- National Conference on Undergraduate Research (not just math). Moves around the country. Spring Conference.
• Council on Undergraduate Research - Has an annual national conference.
• MAA Undergraduate Mathematics Conferences - NSF sponsored conferences around the country.
• Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics - University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
• Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduates - Including Argonne National Lab, Michigan, Iowa, and many other locations. From SIAM.
• Summer Undergraduate Research Focus (SURF) - Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Science oriented, but mathematics may be included.
• IPAM Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS) - Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics
• Argonne National Laboratory is a A U.S. Department of Energy laboratory operated by The University of Chicago which has a Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering And Mathematics.
• CURM - Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics at Brigham Young University (BYU).

• Chicago Public Schools Summer Fellows Program - Experience, professional development, and $2000 for teacher education majors.

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Click here for the Math TEAM page. The Math TEAM is a student group for prospective teachers.

Some Scholarship links

• CollegeZone - College Planning Center. Planning tips for parents and students. Illinois-specific. In particular, see
  • Illinois Future Teacher Corps (IFTC) Program
  • Minority Teachers of Illinois (MTI) Scholarship Program
• WIU Financial Aid Office - Has lots of scholarship information from many sources.
• WIU Math Majors - use the web or come to the Department office, MG 476, for scholarship applications.
• WIU College of Education and Human Services Scholarships - from COEHS Advising Center.

Get Published - click Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal to see how you can submit an article for publication.

So, Just Who Uses Math Page - Career Information Links.
See also, Teaching Career page.

 Student notes from past semesters - Old stuff:

Math 475 Page - This is information by and for Technology in Secondary School Mathematics students.

Math 355 students click here (Fall 2002)
Educ/Math 439 students click here (Fall 2001).
Math 100 students click here (Fall 2001).
Math 360 Students- Spring 2001 - WIU-RC - click for course information.
Math 402 Students - Spring 2001 - WIU-RC - click for course information.
Math 402 students click here
Math 402 replacement problem for Exam II click here
Pythagorean and Similar Triangle Practice
Math/EDUC 339 (Fall 1999) students click here
Math 504 students click here
Math 406 Students click here for some good practice problems written by classmates (and a few others).
Math 207 Students click here for the Calculus Concepts site - you will have to get a guest login account (which is free--remember your name and password).  There are some sample tests under the Study Aids link.  The site makes a bigger-than-necessary deal out of the various technology options.