TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kidwell,Peggy Aldrich
AU  - Ackerberg-Hastings,Amy
AU  - Roberts,David Lindsay
TI  - Tools of American mathematics teaching, 1800-2000
T2  - Johns Hopkins studies in the history of mathematics
SN  - 080188814X : HRD
AV  - QA71 .K46 2008
U1  - 510.71/073 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Mathematical instruments
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Study and teaching
N1  - 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
ER  -