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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