Estimation

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.05.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Rationale
  3. Mathematical Background
  4. Strategies
  5. Lesson Plans
  6. Notes
  7. Appendix 2: Implementing District Standards Mexico Content Standards
  8. Teacher Resources
  9. Student Resources
  10. Websites

Crunching Numbers for Lunch

Sharyn Fisher Gray

Published September 2008

Tools for this Unit:

Teacher Resources

Burns, Marilyn. About teaching mathematics. Sausalito, California: Math Solutions

Publications, 1992. Techniques for teaching math through problem solving.

Burns, Marilyn. Writing in math class. Sausalito, California: Math Solutions

Publications, 1995. Techniques for using student writing to assess mathematical understanding.

Fraser, Don. Current, best strategies for strengthening math computation and problem

solving skills (Grades 4-8). Bellevue, WA: Bureau of Education & Research, 2005.

Resource handbook with practical ideas for meeting high mathematics standards.

Howe, Roger. "Taking Place Value Seriously: Arithmetic, Estimation and Algebra."

http://www.maa.org/pmet/resources/PlaceValue_RV1.pdf . Making the study of arithmetic more unified and conceptual.

Lewis, Barbara A. The kid's guide to social action. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit

Publishing Inc., 1998. How to solve the social problems you choose and turn creative thinking into positive action.

Ma, Liping. Knowing and teaching elementary mathematics. Mahwah, New Jersey:

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1999. Teachers' understanding of fundamental mathematics in China and the United States.

Orr, David W. Earth in mind. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1994. On education,

environment, and the human prospect.

Paulos, John Allen. Innumeracy. New York: Hill and Wang, 1989. Mathematical

illiteracy and its consequences.

Reys, Robert E., M. N. Suydam and M. M. Lindquist. Helping children learn

mathematics. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1989. A basis for understanding elementary school mathematics concepts, curricula, and how children learn.

Royte, Elizabeth. Garbage land: on the secret trail of trash. New York: Little, Brown

and Company, 2006. Investigative journalism of American consumption.

Weinstein, Lawrence, and John A. Adam. Guesstimation: solving the world's problems

on the back of a cocktail napkin. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008.

How to solve problems.

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