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050 00 $aQA1$b.N3 1986
245 00 $aEstimation and mental computation :$b1986 yearbook /$cHarold L. Shoen, 1986 yearbook editor ; Marilyn J. Zweng, general yearbook editor.
260 0 $aReston, Va. :$bNational Council of Teachers of Mathematics,$cc1986.
300 $aviii, 248 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aYearbook / National Council of Teachers of Mathematics ;$v1986
504 $aIncludes bibliographies.
505 0 $apt. 1. INTRODUCTION. Reasons for estimating / Zalman Usiskin -- Teaching computational estimation : establishing an estimation mind set / Paul R. Trafton -- Teaching computational estimation : concepts and strategies / Barbara J. Reys -- Mental calculation : anachronism or basic skill? / John A. Hope -- Approximation as an arithmetic process / Peter Hilton, Jean Pedersen -- pt. 2. TEACHING ESTIMATION AND MENTAL COMPUTATION. Benchmark : number patterns and the development of expert mental calculation / John A. Hope -- Linking estimation to psychological variables in the early years / Heather L. Carter -- Developing estimation skills in the primary grades / Larry P. Leutzinger, Edward C. Rathmell, Tonya D. Urbatsch -- Critical balances and payoffs of an estimation program / Chester D. Carlow -- Estimation and children's concept of rational number size / Merlyn J. Behr, Thomas R. Post, Ipke Wachsmuth -- Estimating fractions : a picture is worth a thousand words / Gary E. Woodcock --
505 0 $aComponents of mental multiplying / Donald W. Hazekamp -- Estimating decimal products : an instructional sequence / James H. Vance -- Using money to develop estimation skills with decimals / Ann C. Kindig -- Estimation and mental arithmetic with percent / Glenn D. Allinger, Joseph N. Payne -- pt. 3. VARIETIES OF ESTIMATION. Benchmark : measuring Mount Everest / Barbara J. Reys -- Varieties of estimation / Rheta N. Rubenstein -- A do-it-yourself estimation workshop / Julia A. King -- "Guess and tell" : an estimation game / Beth M. Schlesinger -- Fermi problems or how to make the most of what you already know / Joan Ross, Marc Ross -- A calculator estimation activity / Grayson H. Wheatley, James Hersberger -- The computer and approximate numbers / Edward J. Rolenc, Jr. -- A systematic guessing approach to the crossed ladders problem / Dmitri Thoro -- pt. 4. TEACHING MEASUREMENT ESTIMATION. Benchmark : estimating bounds for definite integrals in geometric problems / Richard C. Pappas --
505 0 $aEstimation in measurement / Terrence G. Coburn -- Teaching measurement estimation through simulations on the microcomputer / Vivian Rose La Ferla Morgan -- Introducing angle measure through estimation / Marilyn J. Zweng -- Estimating the size of "little animals" / James H. Wandersee -- pt. 5. TESTING AND RESEARCH. Benchmark : two folk methods for estimating distance / David R. Duncan, Bonnie H. Litwiller -- Evaluating computational estimation / Robert E. Reys -- A summary of research on teaching and learning estimation / Sidney E. Benton.
650 0 $aProblem solving.
650 0 $aEstimation theory.
650 0 $aMental arithmetic.
700 1 $aSchoen, Harold L.
700 1 $aZweng, Marilyn,$d1932-
776 08 $iOnline version:$tEstimation and mental computation.$dReston, Va. : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, ©1986$w(OCoLC)571019778
830 0 $aYearbook (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) ;$v1986.
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