Great Ideas of Primary Mathematics

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 11.06.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Rationale
  3. Background
  4. Strategies
  5. Activities
  6. Notes
  7. Bibliography
  8. Standards for Astronomy in the State of Pennsylvania
  9. Appendix

Exponential Explosion: Analyzing Scientific Notation and Its Application to Astronomy and Order of Magnitude

Troy Holiday

Published September 2011

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Bibliography

1) Edward A Silver and Sandra P Marshall, "Mathematical and Scientific Problem Solving: Findings, Issues, and Instructional Implications," in Dimensions of http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=54202258Thinking and Cognitive Instructions, ed. Beau Fly Jones et al. (Hillside, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers 1990)

2) Lloyd Motz and Jefferson Hane Weaver, The Story of Mathematics (New York, New York: Plenum Press, 1993)

3) Lawrence Weinstein and John A. Adams, Guesstimation: Solving The World's Problems on The Back of a Cocktail Napkin (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2008)

4) Roger Howe and Susana S Epp, "Taking Place Value Seriously: Arithmetic, Estimation, and Algebra," Essay, Yale University 2008

5) Sam Dillon. "Top Test Scores from Shanghai Stun Educators," New York Times, December 7, 2010.

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