Materials

The resources on this page will help you understand the movement, its underpinnings and our future direction. If you're interested in getting involved, please let us know and join the discussion on our forum.


Videos

Conrad Wolfram's Pivotal TED Talk

Conrad Wolfram, founder of the CBM initiative, discusses why it's important to rethink maths education, and how adapting it to computers is the future.

BRIEFING: Mapping the Outcomes—Why Do We Learn Math?

Delores Zahner, Director of Test Development, Council for Aid to Education, discusses how higher–order thinking skills can be assessed.

"Working through the Objections to CBM"

Conrad Wolfram, founder of computerbasedmath.org, and Jon McLoone, content director of computerbasedmath.org, work through some common objections to Computer-Based Maths education.

CBM Summit 2013 Opening

Conrad Wolfram gives a 25-year vision for fixing maths education, including early experience and examples of CBM's pilot projects.

Project-Based Learning Examples

Beaver Country Day school shares its use of practical tasks to instigate mathematics and modeling using computers.

DEBATE: How Does Coding Fit with Math?

Ashley Gavin, from Girls Who Code, shares her experience of teaching coding.

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Resources you can use today

While we build CBM materials for you to try, here are a number of related activities that aren't CBM but will give a flavour of the technology and activities available in CBM lessons:

Wolfram|Alpha

Wolfram Programming Lab

Wolfram Language

Wolfram Demonstrations Project

Mathematica


More to explore

Here is a range of interesting problems that can be explored. You can find many more on the Wolfram Blog.

"How to Make a Webcam Intruder Alarm with Mathematica" "Is the Weather Biased?" "Musical Archaeology with Mathematica" "Do Computers Dumb Down Maths Education?" "Mathematica Tests the St. Swithun's Day Proverb" "Self-Description" "25 Best Hangman Words" "Flag Analysis with Mathematica"