Connections for the Future
Using the World Wide Web in Mathematics
NCTM Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 14, 2000
http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM00

• In a webquest, students utilize World Wide Web resources to obtain data which is then analyzed and used in various mathematical exercises.
• Math webquests involve reasoning and critical thinking in a constructivist setting
• Math webquests involve all five of the process standards in the NCTM Goals 2000:   problem solving, reasoning, communication, connections, and representation.

Model Math WebQuests
(created by my students)

 

ACC Basketball (Amy Marchell)	Comparing Cities (Betsy Cassells)	Airfares (Lisa Helms)
World Travel (David Williams)	Stock Market (Stephanie Reddy)	Population Statistics (Avani Vyas)
Trip to Africa or Asia (Laura Nagle)

Further Information:
Introduction to WebQuests:http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html
Explanation of WebQuests:http://www.ozline.com/webquests/intro.html
Creating a WebQuest: http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM00/parts.htm
Additional Math WebQuests: http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM00/examples.html

 

Leah P. McCoy Department of Education Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 27109  mccoy@wfu.edu