Annotated bibliography
Adler, David. Millions, Billions, and Trillions, Understanding Big Numbers. New York:
Holiday House, 2013. A picture book about very big numbers with vibrant illustrations.
Boaler, Jo. What’s Math Got to Do With It? New York: Penguin Books, 2015. Dr. Boaler discusses issues with mathematics instruction and offers ideas for both parents and teachers.
Burns, Marilyn. About Teaching Mathematics, a K-8 Resource. Sausalito, California: Math Solutions Publications, 2000.
Casa, Tutita M., Kyle Evans, Janine M. Firmender and Madelyn W. Colonnese. “Why Should Students Write in Math Class?” Educational Leadership 74, no. 5 (Feb. 2017).
www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb1y/vol74/num05/why-should-students-write-in-math-class€.aspx. I used this article to find out more on writing in math class.
Dweck, Carol. Mindsets in the Classroom. New York: Ballantine Books, 2006. This book discusses the fixed and growth mindsets model and provides activities for implementation in the classroom.
Eames Office. “Powers of Ten.” Accessed on July 11, 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0. This video shows the orders of magnitude from a picnic in Chicago to the outer bounds of the universe.
Goldstone, Bruce. Great Estimations. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2006. Bright colorful pictures depicting many collections used to train the eye to make better estimates.
Goldstone, Bruce. Greater Estimations. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2008. A picture book to work with larger numbers, ranging from thousands to billions.
Marzano, Robert J. Building Academic Vocabulary Teacher’s Manual. New York: ASCD Press, 2001. The companion to Dr. Marzano’s book on the most useful strategies to improve academic engagement.
Paulos, John Allen. Innumeracy. New York: Hill and Wang, 2001. The author describes how many people do not understand math literacy.
Rowan, Thomas and Barbara Bourne. Thinking Like Mathematicians, Putting the NCTM Standards into Practice. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann, 2001. Provides an overview of the NCTM standards for math and how to use every day in the classroom.
Shumway, Jessica F. Number Sense Routines, Building Numerical Literacy in Grades K-3.
Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers, 2011. This book provides foundational Mathematics practices to ensure that students are successful in math.
Sousa, David A. How the Brain Learns Mathematics. Thousand Oaks, California: Corwin,
2015. Dr. Sousa discusses the implications of brain research on math instruction for students in elementary all the way through high school. Book has great resources.
Vasileiadis, George. “Powers of Ten Ultimate Zoom.” Accessed on June 20, 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F16qnZzVRAU. This video also shows the orders of magnitude.
Wise Wanderer. “ Mind Blowing!...The Earth Compared to the Rest of the Universe.”
Accessed on June 20, 2018. https://youtube.como/watch?v=1Eh5BpSnBBw. This video shows the relative size of the planets and stars throughout our universe.
Weinstein, Lawrence and John A. Adams. Guesstimation. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2008. An intriguing little book filled with opportunities to guesstimate answers to real world problems.
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