| Description |
2 volumes : illustrations ; 25-28 cm |
| Contents |
1. Mathematics as problem solving. The mangoes problem / Jerry K. Stonewater -- Mathematics investigator / Ron Lancaster -- Don't give up! / William H. Kraus -- Cryptarithms: math made me daft, Momma / William A. Ewbank -- Networks: New York subways, a piece of string, and African traditions / Claudia Zaslavsky -- Problem solving with discrete mathematics / Louis M. Friedler -- 2. Mathematics as communication. Communicating in the language of mathematics / Larry Buschman -- 500+ writing formats / Margaret E. McIntosh -- Journal writing: an insight into students' understanding / Karen S. Norwood and Glenda Carter -- Math News Gazette -- Math Times Herald -- Mathematics and poetry: Problem solving in context / Frances R. Curcio, Myra Zornowski, Susan Vigliarolo -- 3. Mathematics as reasoning. Fun with logical reasoning / Michele Warman -- Students as researchers: An inclined-plane activity / Thomas G. Edwards -- The sky(Dome) is the limit -- Sort of -- What's in a name? -- 4. Mathematical connections. We had a math day / Carolyn Boysaw Mason -- Students can discover the occupational link with mathematics / J.S. Weathers -- Now and then: the long-distance doctor / Betsy K. Bennett -- Flower beds and landscape consultants: Making connections in Middle School mathematics / Jim Hersberger and Bill Frederick -- The pond: Doing research together / Kevin Kinneavy -- The Civil War and the Standards: some mathematical activities / Trent M. Doyle -- Our diets may be killing us / Brenda K.J. Shannon -- The case of video viewing, reading and writing in mathematics class: Solving the mystery / Frances R. Curcio, J. Lewis McNeece -- Mathematics as current events / Mary F. Klein -- The 12.7 cm hot dog corporation / Hope Martin -- 5. Number and number relationships. Promoting number sense in the middle grades / Barbara J. Reys -- Communicating about fractions with pattern blocks / Janet H. Caldwell -- Division with fractions / Donald Nowlin -- Another use for geoboards / Rebecca S. Nelson, Donald R. Whitaker -- The ratio table / James A. Middleton and Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen -- A conceptual model for solving percent problems / Albert B. Bennett, Jr., and L. Ted Nelson -- Place value and probability (with promptings from Pascal) / Janine S. Stone -- Add-lo / Gloria J. Bledsoe, V. Carl Bledsoe -- 6. Number systems and number theory. Making a problem of Junior High School mathematics / Peggy A. House -- Foxy fives / Vicki Schell -- Using calculators to discover simple theorems: An example from number theory / Friedhel F. Padberg -- It's a factor of life / Melfried Olson -- Five-cycle number patterns / Stephen L. Snover -- Connecting decimals and other mathematical content / Charles s. Thompson, Vicki Walker -- 7. Computation and estimation. Redefining computation / John A. Van de Walle -- Lunch muncher and nutritious nibbles / Dixie Metheny and Julia Hollowell -- Estimate and calculate / Earl Ockenga, Joan Duea -- Estimating with "Nice" numbers / Robert E. Reys, Barbara J. Reys, Paul R. Trafton, Judy Zawojewski -- Estimating with "Nice" fractions / Robert E. Reys, Barbara J. Reys, Paul R. Trafton, Judy Zawojewski -- Chalk up some calculator activities for rational numbers / Earl Ockenga |
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8. Patterns and functions. Pentagonal patterns in the addition table / Bonnie H. Litwiller, David R. Duncan -- Exploring algebraic patterns through literature / Richard Austin, Denisse Thompson -- And the winner is ... / Carol Ann Harlos -- The function game / Rheta N. Rubenstein -- Activities to help in learning about functions / Stephen S. Willoughby -- Mathematics detective: Exploring graphs, WYSIWYG / Mille Johnson -- 9. Algebra. Building algebraic expressions: a physical model / Anne C. Patterson -- A visual approach to algebra concepts / Lynn Morelli -- Building equations using M & M's / Victoria Borlaug -- Algebra: Real-life investigations in a lab setting / Leah P. McCoy -- Spreadsheets, patterns, and algebraic thinking / Don Ploger, Lee Klingler, Michael Rooney -- 10. Statistics. Dealing with data / Jean M. Shaw -- Having fun with baseball statistics / Robert J. Quinn -- Dolphins or wildcats: Exploring election statistics / Alison S. Claus -- Exploring mean, median, and mode with a spreadsheet / Melvin R. (Skip) Wilson and Carol Krapfl -- Graphing in the Information Age: Using data from the World Wide Web / Julie K. Dixon, Christy J. Falba -- Pictures, tables, graphs, and questions: statistical processes / Andrew C. Isaacs, Catherine Randall Kelso -- Implementing data analysis in a sixth-grade classroom / Patricia A. Brosnan -- Data with snap, crackle, and pop / Elaine B. Hofstetter, Laura Sgroi -- 11. Probability. Choice and chance in life: the game of "skunk" / Dan Brutlag -- Explorations with chance / Larry L. Hatfield -- Ya gotta play to win: a probability and statistics unit for the Middle Grades / Francis (Skip) Fennell -- Exploring random numbers / William R. Speer -- Creamy comparisons / Kathy Trezise -- 12. Geometry. The toothpick problem and beyond / Charalampos Toumasis -- Huge trees, small drawings: Ideas of relative sizes / Gail Burton -- Folding perpendiculars and counting slope / Ann Blomquist -- Discovering Pi: Two approaches / Robert Gerver -- Area and perimeter connections / Jane B. Kennedy -- The inside-out box: An analysis of structures and space / Marilyn L. Fowler -- Cardboard, rubber bands, and polyhedron models / Patricia F. Campbell -- 13. Measurement. A dynamic way to teach angle and angle measure / Patricia W. Wilson and Verna M. Adams -- Clinometer inclines / Robert Sovchik and L.J. Meconi -- The age of trees / Robert Sovchik, L.J. Meconi -- Tree-and-pencil measurements / Robert Sovchik, L.J. Meconi -- Range finder / Robert Sovchik, L.J. Meconi -- The measure of music / Barbara Skolnick Rothenberg -- Body measurement / K. Allen Neufeld -- Student-made measuring tools / Jean M. Shaw -- Perimeter patterns / Richard R. Austin, Patricia Biafore -- Teaching relationships between area and perimeter with the geometer's sketchpad / Michael E. Stone -- 14. Assessment. Linking insruction and assessment in the mathematics classroom / Kay B. Samons, Beth Kobett, Joan Heiss, Francis (Skip) Fennell -- Portfolios as agents of change / Karen S. Karp, DeAnn Huinker -- Classroom vignette: An alternative-assessment tool / Sharon B. Walen, James Hirstein -- Assessing mathematical learning / G. Edith Robinson, Karen T. Bartlett -- Cooperative problem solving: But what about grading? / Diana Lambdin Kroll, Joanna O. Masingila, Sue Tinsley Mau |
| Notes |
Vol. 2 compiled by Kenneth E. Easterday, F. Morgan Simpson, Tommy Smith |
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Vol. 2 subtitle: Readings from the Arithmetic teacher, Mathematics teacher, Mathematics teaching in the middle school, and Teaching children mathematics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Notes |
Donation |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs.
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching.
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Teaching -- Aids and devices.
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| Author |
Easterday, Kenneth E.
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Henry, Loren L.
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Simpson, F. Morgan.
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| LC no. |
81014024 |
| ISBN |
0873531884 (paperback) |
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0873531892 (paperback: v. 1) |
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0873534654 (paperback: v. 2) |
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