Perimeter, Area, Volume, and All That: A Study of Measurement

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 19.05.11

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction and Rationale
  2. Overall Learning Goal
  3. General Learning Strategies
  4. Learning Strategies, Continued
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Resources
  7. Endnotes
  8. Appendix – Implementing District Standards

From Polyominoes to Planters: Using Manipulatives and Project-Based Learning to Explore Measurement

Dennis Williams

Published September 2019

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Resources

Books

Beckmann, Sybilla. Mathematics for Elementary Teachers. New York: Pearson, 2018.

Karp, Alexander, and Nicholas Wasserman. Mathematics in Middle and Secondary School: A Problem Solving Approach. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2014.

Klein, Felix. Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Standpoint: Geometry. New York: Dover, 2004.

Piccioto, Henri. Polyomino Lessons. 1986. www.MathEducationPage.org.

Van de Walle, John A., Karen S. Karp, and Jennifer M. Bay-Williams. Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc., 2001.

Van de Walle, John A., and Lou Ann H. Lovin. Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics: Grades 3-5. 2 vols. Boston: Pearson Education, Inc., 2006.

Articles

Bell, Stephanie. “Project-Based Learning for the 21st Century: Skills for the Future.” The Clearing House, 83, no. 2 (2010): 39-43.

Boaler, Jo, Lang Chen, Cathy Williams, and Montserrat Cordero. “Seeing as Understanding: The Importance of Visual Mathematics for Our Brain and Learning.” Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics, 5 (2016): 1. DOI: 10.4172/2168-9679.1000325.

Carbonneau, Kira J., Scott C. Marley, and James P. Selig, “A Metaanalysis of the Efficacy of Teaching Mathematics with Concrete Manipulatives.” Journal of Educational Psychology, 105 (2013): 380-400.

Kim, Eun Mi, Jeff Haberstroh, Stephanie Peters, Heather Howell, and Leslie Nabors Olah. “A Learning Progression for Geometrical Measurement in One, Two, and Three Dimensions.” Research Report. (December 2017): np.

Laski, Elida V., Jamilah R. Jordan, Carolyn Daoust, and Angela K. Murray. “What Makes Mathematics Manipulatives Effective? Lessons From Cognitive Science and Montessori Education.” SAGE Open (April 2015). doi:10.1177/2158244015589588.

Siegel, Aryn A. and Enrique Ortiz. “Perimeter and Beyond.” Teaching Children Mathematics, 19, no. 1 (August 2012): 38-41.

Tooke, D. James, Barbara Hyatt, Michele Leigh, Barbara Snyder, and Ted Borda “Why Aren’t Manipulatives Used in Every Middle School Mathematics Classroom?” Middle School Journal 24, no. 2, (1992): 61–62. https://doi.org/10.1080/00940771.1992.11495172.

Varygiannes, Dorothy. "The Impact of Open-Ended Tasks." Teaching Children Mathematics 20, no. 5 (2014): 277-80. 

Yuan, Y., Chun-Yi Lee, and C-H Wang. “A Comparison Study of Polyominoes Explorations in a Physical and Virtual Manipulative Environment.” Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 26, no. 4 (2010): 307-316. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00352.x

Lectures

Howe, Roger. “Yale National Institute Lecture: Measurement, Scaling, and Dimension.” Lecture given at the Yale National Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT, July 2019.

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