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Article: Learning and Teaching Measurement: 2003 Yearbook.(Book Review)
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- Teaching Children Mathematics
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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Learning and Teaching Measurement: 2003 Yearbook, Douglas H. Clements and George Bright, eds. 2003. Yearbook: 331 pp., companion book: 77 pp., $49.95 cloth. ISBN 0-87353-539-1. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1906 Association Dr., Reston, VA 20191-1502.
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NCTM's 2003 Yearbook is divided into two parts: "Elementary School" and "Secondary School." The twenty-four articles cover a range of topics in measurement, including activities with time and area in kindergarten, developing understanding of measurement in the elementary grades, estimation in the working world, and the use of technology in the secondary schools. The ...