Keeping the Meaning in Mathematics: The Craft of Word Problems

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.06.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Objectives
  2. Strategies
  3. Classroom Activities
  4. Appendix
  5. Annotated Bibliography

Word Problems: Looking for the Similarities in Problems to Help Categorize and Solve Them

Patricia Lee Marasco

Published September 2007

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Annotated Bibliography

Sallee Kysh Kasimatie Hoey, Tom Judy Elaine Brian. College Preparatory Mathematics.

Second Edition. Cal: CPM Educational Program,2002.

Sterling,MaryJane. Algebra for Dummies.First Edition.NY:Hungry Minds Inc;2001.

Cutler,Ann. Instant Math.First Edition.NY:Doubleday & Company,Inc,1962.

Saunders,Hal. When Are We Ever Gonna Have To Use This?Updated third Palo Alto,Cal: Dale Seymour Publications,1988.

Bluman,Allen. Word Problems DeMYSTIFIED.First Edition.NY:McGraw Hill,2005.

Stapel, Elizabeth. "Mixture' Word Problems." Purplemath. Available from

http://www.purplemath.com/ modules/mixture.htm. Accessed 07 May 2007

Staple, Elizabeth. "Work' Word Problems." Purplemath. Available from

http://www.purplemath.com/ modules/workprob.htm. Accessed 07 May 2007.

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