Homework 2 MTHT 450

Concepts in Elementary School Mathematics I

Fall 1998

John T. Baldwin

I. How tall is University Hall, in floors, in feet, in meters? Discuss the accuracy of your estimate in each unit.

II. Do the attached sheet `Broken Eggs' from the Interactive Mathematic Project.

III. Find a copy of the NCTM Curriculum and Evaluation Standards (there is a web link

on the home page). Read K-4 standards 7 and 8: concepts of whole number operations and whole number computation.

Write a one paragraph summary of each standard.

> Do you see any mathematical anomalies in these two standards?

> What do you see as the connections among manipulatives, paper and pencil calculation, and calculators in basic arithmetic?