mathematics

On a family car trip, Molly uses mathematics to convince her younger brother that she has x-ray vision.

Detective Jeffrey Bones hates taking math tests, especially one he has forgotten to study for, so when his test paper goes missing he must make a choice--retake the test and try to do better, or find the missing paper.

Although she thinks she is helping with her cousin's birthday party, Lizzy's mathematical reasoning does not always add up.

Illustrates the changing relationship between mathematics and nature from the early attempts of mathematicians to apply deductive reasoning to nature to the upheaval brought on today by the discovery of such natural phenomena as shock waves.

A collection of essays addressing how to fulfill the potential of mathematically gifted students, covering topics such as parent involvement, encouragement for girls, programs outside the classroom, international comparisons, and several other topics.

Presents six standards that provide criteria for judging the quality of mathematics assessments; and describes how those standards can be used to critique and improve assessment of the learning of mathematics.

Contains standards for teaching mathematics drafted by the NCTM in the summer of 1990.

Contains over three hundred lists that provide assistance for mathematics teachers in developing instructional materials and planning lessons for elementary and secondary students, grouped in eight sections, including numbers, measurement, geometry, algebra, trigonometry and calculus, math in other areas, potpourri, and teacher's reference.

Contains problem-solving activities and resources based on important people and problems in the history of mathematics, featuring biographies of twenty-three key mathematicians, each with study questions, looking at twenty-one historical problems appropriate for first-year algebra students, and including quotations, and information on the origins of mathematical terms.

Provides reviews of mathematical reasoning, geometry, algebraic methods, graphs and transformations, probability and statistics, and area, volume, and measurement, and includes two sample Regents examinations, with answers.