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ERIC Number: EJ584916
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-6543
Measurement Estimation: Learning To Map the Route from Number to Quantity and Back.
Joram, Elana; Subrahmanyam, Kaveri; Gelman, Rochel
Review of Educational Research, v68 n4 p413-49 Win 1998
Presents a measurement framework in which skilled estimators move between written or verbal linear measurements and representations of their corresponding magnitudes on a mental number line. Reviews efforts to teach measurement estimation and suggests ways to extend students' understanding of measurement scales and systems. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Instructional Effectiveness, Measurement Techniques, Models, Scaling
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Note: Research supported by the Spencer Foundation and the University of Northern Iowa.