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Tools of American mathematics teaching, 1800-2000 / Peggy Aldrich Kidwell, Amy Ackerberg-Hastings, David Lindsay Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Kidwell, Peggy Aldrich.
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins studies in the history of mathematics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematical instruments--United States--History.
- Mathematical instruments.
- Mathematics--Study and teaching--United States--History.
- Mathematics.
- Mathematics--Study and teaching.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press ; Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution, 2008.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Tools of Presentation and General Pedagogy
- Chapter 1 Textbooks: Creating a National Standard 3
- Chapter 2 The Blackboard: An Indispensable Necessity 21
- Chapter 3 Standardized Tests: The Many Guises of Efficiency 35
- Chapter 4 The Overhead Projector: Snapping the Class to Attention 53
- Chapter 5 Teaching Machines and Programmed Instruction: A Lifeline in a Sea of Students 69
- Part 2 Tools of Calculation
- Chapter 6 The Abacus: Palpable Arithmetic 87
- Chapter 7 The Slide Rule: Useful Instruction for Practical People 105
- Chapter 8 The Cube Root Block: Teaching "Evolution" in the Schools 123
- Chapter 9 Blocks, Beads, and Bars: Learning Numbers through Manipulation 139
- Part 3 Tools of Measurement and Representation
- Chapter 10 The Protractor: Acute Solutions for Obtuse Students 165
- Chapter 11 Metric Teaching Apparatus: Making a Lasting Impression? 181
- Chapter 12 Graph Paper: From the Railroad Survey to the Classroom 196
- Chapter 13 Geometric Models: Ocular Demonstrations 214
- Chapter 14 Linkages: A Peculiar Fascination 233
- Part 4 Electronic Technology and Mathematical Learning
- Chapter 15 Calculators: From Calculating Machines to the Little Professor 245
- Chapter 16 Minicomputers: Drill, Programming, and Instructional Games 263
- Chapter 17 Early Microcomputers: The Lure of Novelty 285
- Chapter 18 Graphing Calculators and Software Systems: The Media with a College Education 302.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-402) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801888144
- 080188814X
- OCLC:
- 173502821
- Online:
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- Publisher description
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