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Measuring up : prototypes for mathematics assessment / Mathematical Sciences Education Board, National Research Council.

Contributor(s): National Research Council (U.S.). Mathematical Sciences Education Board.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Perspectives on school mathematics: Publisher: Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1993General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 166 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780585002460.Subject(s): Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States -- Evaluation | Mathematical ability -- TestingGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 372.7/076 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
The challenge -- The criteria -- The caveats -- The audience -- The prototypes -- The tryouts -- The format -- The protorubrics -- The standards -- The future -- Mystery graphs -- The checkers tournament -- Bridges -- Hexarights -- Bowl-a-fact -- Point of view -- The quilt designer -- How many buttons? -- The taxman -- Lightning strikes again! -- Comparing grizzly bears and black bears -- The towers problem -- The hog game.
Summary: Glimpse the future of mathematics assessment in Measuring Up. This book features 13 classroom exercises for fourth grade students that demonstrate the dramatic meaning of inquiry, performance, communication, and problem solving as standards for mathematics education. Policymakers, education leaders, classroom teachers, university-based educators, and parents can learn from the use of these genuine mathematics problems to challenge and prepare students for the future.
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Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

The challenge -- The criteria -- The caveats -- The audience -- The prototypes -- The tryouts -- The format -- The protorubrics -- The standards -- The future -- Mystery graphs -- The checkers tournament -- Bridges -- Hexarights -- Bowl-a-fact -- Point of view -- The quilt designer -- How many buttons? -- The taxman -- Lightning strikes again! -- Comparing grizzly bears and black bears -- The towers problem -- The hog game.

Glimpse the future of mathematics assessment in Measuring Up. This book features 13 classroom exercises for fourth grade students that demonstrate the dramatic meaning of inquiry, performance, communication, and problem solving as standards for mathematics education. Policymakers, education leaders, classroom teachers, university-based educators, and parents can learn from the use of these genuine mathematics problems to challenge and prepare students for the future.

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