Skillmath
This web site provides live web links to support the Open University book “Success with Mathematics” published by Routledge and available through bookshops and www.amazon.co.uk.
“Success with Mathematics” provides guidance for students who plan to study or are already studying a mathematics course at university entry level. It addresses the problems that students have with the transition from school mathematics to the rigorous and abstract nature of mathematics at university.
Background to Mathematics
Eric
Weisstein’s World of Mathematics describes itself
as being “the web’s most extensive mathematics
resource”.
Alexander Bogomolny’s
Cut–the–knot site contains a Glossary of Mathematical Terms
with hundreds of topics from Abacus in Various Number Systems
to Zipf’s Law.
A Dictionary of Units has Frank
Tapson’s summary of most of the units of measurement used in
the world today including the SI system.
Mathematics
Reading List
University Sites for Mathematics Learning and Study
UK Mathematics Departments, Centres and Institutes is a comprehensive list of the web page addresses of the UK university mathematics departments produced by the Department of Mathematics, Heriot–Watt University. Particularly good sites include:Success in Mathematics
This site at Saint Louis University, Missouri, has tips on how to study mathematics, how to approach problem–solving, how to study for and take tests, and when and how to get help.
Mathematics Support Materials (Plymouth University)
MathCentre
MathinSite (Java Applets and associated tutorial worksheets developed by Professor Peter Edwards of the University of Bournemouth as part of his National Teaching Fellowship project)
History of Mathematics
University of St. Andrews, MacTutor History of MathematicsEarliest Known Uses of Some of the Words of Mathematics
Information and Communication Technology
Internet Mathematician is a free “teach yourself” tutorial on Internet information skills for mathematicians from the Intute: Virtual Training Suite.Other Sites
Oundle
School has been compiled
comprehensive list of creators of software and links to UK suppliers
and some of the best mathematics education sites worldwide can also be
found.
Intute Mathematics Gateway at
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/mathematics/ for all kinds of maths
links UK and internationalGraph Paper Printer by Philippe Marquis (Shareware version)
Mathpuzzle.com for puzzles
Online Scientific Calculator