Navigating through measurement in grades 6-8
By: George W. Bright ... [et al.] ; Susan  N. Friel, grades 6-8 editor
Contributors: Bright, George W; Friel, Susan N; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Series: Principles and standards for school mathematics navigations series
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Reston, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9780873535458
Subjects: Geometry -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Estimation theory -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-146)

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Table of contents: value: Accuracy and estimation; value: Perimeter, area, and volume; value: Proportionality; value: Derived measures; value: Appendix. Blackline masters and solutions; value: Contents of accompanying CD-ROM: Introduction; value: Table of standards and expectations, measurement, pre-K-12; value: Applet; value: Blackline masters and templates; value: Area of a kite : teaching notes / George W. Bright; value: Estimation as part of learning to measure / George W. Bright; value: Assessing proportional thinking / George W. Bright, Jeane M. Joyner, and Charles Wallis; value: Discovering pi : two approaches / Robert Gerver; value: How high is a flagpole? / John D. Hunt; value: How and then : from shadows to surveying / Art Johnson; value: Areas of polygons and isometric dot paper : Pick's formula revised / Bonnie Litwiller and David R. Duncan; value: Developing understanding of ratio-as-measure as a foundation for slope / Joanne Lobato and Eva Thanheiser; value: Understanding student responses to open-ended tasks / Barbara M. Moskal; value: The age of trees / Robert Sovchik and L.J. Meconi; value: A generalized area formula / Virginia E. Usnick, Patricia M. Lamphere, and George W. Bright