On the Shoulders of Giants:

New Approaches to Numeracy

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Size: 240 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1990

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Lynn Arthur Steen, Editor; Mathematical Sciences Education Board, National Research Council
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What mathematics should be learned by today's young people as well as tomorrow's workforce? On the Shoulders of Giants is a vision of richness of mathematics expressed in essays on change, dimension, quantity, shape, and uncertainty, each of ...
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Front Matter	i-viii
Pattern	1-10	(skim)
Dimension	11-60	(skim)
Quantity	61-94	(skim)
Uncertainty	95-138	(skim)
Shape	139-182	(skim)
Change	183-218	(skim)
Biographies	219-222	(skim)
Index	223-232	(skim)

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What mathematics should be learned by today's young people as well as tomorrow's workforce? On the Shoulders of Giants is a vision of richness of mathematics expressed in essays on change, dimension, quantity, shape, and uncertainty, each of which illustrate fundamental strands for school mathematics. These essays expand on the idea of mathematics as the language and science of patterns, allowing us to realize the importance of providing hands-on experience and the development of a curriculum that will enable students to apply their knowledge to diverse numerical problems.

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