Tools of American mathematics teaching, 1800-2000 /
Peggy Aldrich Kidwell, Amy Ackerberg-Hastings, and David Lindsay Roberts.
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
- xviii, 418 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Johns Hopkins studies in the history of mathematics. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-402) and index.
Tools of presentation and general pedagogy -- Textbooks: creating a national standard -- The blackboard: an indispensable necessity -- Standardized tests: the many guises of efficiency -- The overhead projector: snapping the class to attention -- Teaching machines and programmed instruction: a lifeline in a sea of students -- Tools of calculation -- The Abacus:palpable arithmetic -- The slide rule: useful instruction for practical people -- The cube root block: teaching "evolution" in the schools -- Blocks, beads, and bars: learning numbers through manipulation -- Tools of measurement and representation -- The protractor: acute solutions for obtuse students -- Metric teaching apparatus: making a lasting impression? -- Graph paper: from the railroad survey to the classroom -- Geometric models: ocular demonstrations -- Linkages: a peculiar fascination -- Electronic technology and mathematical learning -- Calculators: from calculating machines to the little professor -- Minicomputers: drill, programming, and instructional games -- Early microcomputers: the lure of novelty -- Graphing calculators and software systems: the media with a college education
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