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• Mathematics -- Study and teaching
• Mathematics -- History

• Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- History -- 17th century

• William Oughtred, A Great Seventeenth-Century Teacher of Mathematics, by Florian Cajori (page images at Cornell)

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• Mathematical Sciences, Technology, and Economic Competitivenes (1991), ed. by James G. Glimm (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Fundamentals of Mathematics (c2010), by Denny Burzynski and Wade Ellis (multiple formats at archive.org)
• From Analysis to Action: Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (1996), by Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education (page images with commentary at NAP)
• The Administration of Mathematics in Secondary Schools (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1933), by Ernst R. Breslich (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Teaching of Mathematics in the Elementary and the Secondary School (third edition, new impression; New York et al: Longmans, Green and Co., 1927), by J. W. A. Young (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Teaching of Mathematics in the Elementary and the Secondary School (new edition, new impression; New York et al: Longmans, Green and Co., 1920), by J. W. A. Young (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Teaching of Mathematics in the Higher Schools of Prussia (New York et al: Longmans, Green and Co., 1900), by J. W. A. Young (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Teaching of Elementary Mathematics, by David Eugene Smith (page images at Cornell)
• England's Neglect of Science (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1900), by John Perry (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Public Libraries and STEM: A National Conference on Current Trends and Future Directions, August 20-22, 2015, Denver, Colorado (PDF at USRA Houston Repository)

• Quantitative Literacy: Why Numeracy Matters for Schools and Colleges (c2003), ed. by Bernard L. Madison and Lynn Arthur Steen (PDF and other formats at maa.org)

• Calculation vs. Context: Quantitative Literacy and Its Implications for Teacher Education (c2008), ed. by Bernard L. Madison and Lynn Arthur Steen (PDF and other formats at maa.org)

• On Evaluating Curricular Effectiveness: Judging the Quality of K-12 Mathematics Evaluations (Washington, DC: National Academies Press, c2004), ed. by Jere Confrey and Vicki Stohl (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)
• Mathematics and Science Education Around the World: What Can We Learn From The Survey of Mathematics and Science Opportunities (SMSO) and the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)? (1996), by National Research Council Mathematical Sciences Education Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Measuring What Counts: A Conceptual Guide for Mathematics Assessment (1993), by National Research Council Mathematical Sciences Education Board (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Improving Indicators of the Quality of Science and Mathematics Education in Grades K-12 (1988), ed. by Richard J. Murnane and Senta A. Raizen (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Journal of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences (2004-2015) (full serial archives)
• The Mathematical Gazette (partial serial archives)
• The Mathematics Teacher (partial serial archives)
• Yearbook (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) (partial serial archives)

• Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching Reports (partial serial archives)

• Journal of Numerical Cognition (2015-) (full serial archives)

• Interdisciplinary Research in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (1987), by National Research Council Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (2005), by California Department of Education (PDF files at cde.ca.gov)
• Mathematics Content Standards for California Public Schools, by California Department of Education (HTML at cde.ca.gov)

• Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (ca. 2010), by Common Core State Standards Initiative (HTML and PDF at corestandards.org)

• On the Shoulders of Giants: New Approaches to Numeracy (1990), ed. by Lynn Arthur Steen (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Reshaping School Mathematics: A Philosophy and Framework for Curriculum (1990), by National Research Council Mathematical Sciences Education Board (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Interdisciplinary Research in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (1987), by National Research Council Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Mathematics and Democracy: The Case for Quantitative Literacy (c2001), by National Council on Education and the Disciplines, ed. by Lynn Arthur Steen (PDF and other formats at maa.org)
• Global Perspectives for Local Action: Using TIMSS to Improve U.S. Mathematics and Science Education (1999), by Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Everybody Counts: A Report to the Nation on the Future of Mathematics Education, by National Research Council Mathematical Sciences Education Board (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Why Johnny Can't Add, by Morris Kline (HTML at marco-learningsystems.com)
• Toward a New Science of Instruction (1993), by Kate Maloy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Benchmarks for Science Literacy, by Project 2061 (HTML at project2061.org)
• Designing Mathematics or Science Curriculum Programs: A Guide for Using Mathematics and Science Education Standards, by Center for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Science for All Americans: A Project 2061 Report on Literacy Goals in Science, Mathematics, and Technology, by Project 2061 (HTML at project2061.org)

• Precalculus (electronic edition, c2011), by David H. Collingwood, K. David Prince, and Matthew M. Conroy (PDF with commentary at Washington)
• Precalculus (with predecessor and related titles), by Carl Stitz and Jeff Zeager (PDF files with commentary at stitz-zeager.com)

• Advanced Algebra II (3 linked ebooks for a high school course), by Kenny M. Felder
  • Activities and Homework: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Conceptual Explanations: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Teacher's Guide: multiple formats at archive.org

• Abstract Algebra: The Basic Graduate Year (electronic edition, 2002), by Robert B. Ash (PDF files at Wayback Machine)

• A Course in Commutative Algebra (c2003), by Robert B. Ash (PDF files at Wayback Machine)

• Fundamentals of Mathematics (c2010), by Denny Burzynski and Wade Ellis (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Adapting Instruction in Arithmetic to Individual Differences (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, c1941), by Leo J. Brueckner (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Textbook on School Subjects, Drawing and Pedagogics: Pedagogics of Arithmetic; Pedagogics of Grammar; Pedagogics of Geography; Pedagogics of History; Pedagogics of Orthography; With Questions on Each Subject (Scranton: International Textbook Co., c1902), by International Correspondence Schools
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Making Up Numbers: A History of Invention in Mathematics (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2020), by P. E. Kopp (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
• A History of Mathematics in America Before 1900 (Carus Mathematical Monograph #5; Chicago: Mathematical Association of America with the Open Court Pub. Co., c1934), by David Eugene Smith and Jekuthiel Ginsburg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical Introduction to Mathematical Literature, by G. A. Miller (page images at Cornell)
• History of Modern Mathematics, by David Eugene Smith
  • page images at Cornell
  • Gutenberg PDF and LaTeX
• Les Sciences Mathématiques en France Depuis un Demi-Siècle (in French; Paris: Gauthier-Villars et cie, 1917), by Emile Picard (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Review of the Progress of Mathematical and Physical Science in More Recent Times, and Particularly Between the Years 1775 and 1850: Being One of the Dissertations Prefixed to the Eighth Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (Edinburgh: A. and C. Black, 1858), by James David Forbes (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Short Account of the History of Mathematics (ca. 1893), by W. W. Rouse Ball (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Teaching of Elementary Mathematics, by David Eugene Smith (page images at Cornell)
• The Earliest Arithmetics in English (EETS extra series #118; London et al.: Pub. for the Early English Text Society, by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922), ed. by Robert Steele, contrib. by Alexander de Villa Dei, Joannes de Sacro Bosco, and Robert Recorde (Gutenberg text)
• The Number-System of Algebra, Treated Theoretically and Historically (Boston: D. C. Heath and Co., 1903), by Henry B. Fine (PDF at djm.cc)
• A Short History of Greek Mathematics (Cambridge, UK: At the University Press, 1884), by James Gow
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• A Short History of Greek Mathematics (reprint; New York: G. E. Stechert and Co., 1923), by James Gow (page images at Michigan)

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