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Pt. 1. INTRODUCTION. Reasons for estimating / Zalman Usiskin
Teaching computational estimation : establishing an estimation mind set / Paul R. Trafton
Teaching computational estimation : concepts and strategies / Barbara J. Reys
Mental calculation : anachronism or basic skill? / John A. Hope
Approximation as an arithmetic process / Peter Hilton, Jean Pedersen
pt. 2. TEACHING ESTIMATION AND MENTAL COMPUTATION. Benchmark : number patterns and the development of expert mental calculation / John A. Hope
Linking estimation to psychological variables in the early years / Heather L. Carter
Developing estimation skills in the primary grades / Larry P. Leutzinger, Edward C. Rathmell, Tonya D. Urbatsch
Critical balances and payoffs of an estimation program / Chester D. Carlow
Estimation and children's concept of rational number size / Merlyn J. Behr, Thomas R. Post, Ipke Wachsmuth
Estimating fractions : a picture is worth a thousand words / Gary E. Woodcock
Components of mental multiplying / Donald W. Hazekamp
Estimating decimal products : an instructional sequence / James H. Vance
Using money to develop estimation skills with decimals / Ann C. Kindig
Estimation and mental arithmetic with percent / Glenn D. Allinger, Joseph N. Payne
pt. 3. VARIETIES OF ESTIMATION. Benchmark : measuring Mount Everest / Barbara J. Reys
Varieties of estimation / Rheta N. Rubenstein
A do-it-yourself estimation workshop / Julia A. King
"Guess and tell" : an estimation game / Beth M. Schlesinger
Fermi problems or how to make the most of what you already know / Joan Ross, Marc Ross
A calculator estimation activity / Grayson H. Wheatley, James Hersberger
The computer and approximate numbers / Edward J. Rolenc, Jr.
A systematic guessing approach to the crossed ladders problem / Dmitri Thoro
pt. 4. TEACHING MEASUREMENT ESTIMATION. Benchmark : estimating bounds for definite integrals in geometric problems / Richard C. Pappas
Estimation in measurement / Terrence G. Coburn
Teaching measurement estimation through simulations on the microcomputer / Vivian Rose La Ferla Morgan
Introducing angle measure through estimation / Marilyn J. Zweng
Estimating the size of "little animals" / James H. Wandersee
pt. 5. TESTING AND RESEARCH. Benchmark : two folk methods for estimating distance / David R. Duncan, Bonnie H. Litwiller
Evaluating computational estimation / Robert E. Reys
A summary of research on teaching and learning estimation / Sidney E. Benton.
Teaching computational estimation : establishing an estimation mind set / Paul R. Trafton
Teaching computational estimation : concepts and strategies / Barbara J. Reys
Mental calculation : anachronism or basic skill? / John A. Hope
Approximation as an arithmetic process / Peter Hilton, Jean Pedersen
pt. 2. TEACHING ESTIMATION AND MENTAL COMPUTATION. Benchmark : number patterns and the development of expert mental calculation / John A. Hope
Linking estimation to psychological variables in the early years / Heather L. Carter
Developing estimation skills in the primary grades / Larry P. Leutzinger, Edward C. Rathmell, Tonya D. Urbatsch
Critical balances and payoffs of an estimation program / Chester D. Carlow
Estimation and children's concept of rational number size / Merlyn J. Behr, Thomas R. Post, Ipke Wachsmuth
Estimating fractions : a picture is worth a thousand words / Gary E. Woodcock
Components of mental multiplying / Donald W. Hazekamp
Estimating decimal products : an instructional sequence / James H. Vance
Using money to develop estimation skills with decimals / Ann C. Kindig
Estimation and mental arithmetic with percent / Glenn D. Allinger, Joseph N. Payne
pt. 3. VARIETIES OF ESTIMATION. Benchmark : measuring Mount Everest / Barbara J. Reys
Varieties of estimation / Rheta N. Rubenstein
A do-it-yourself estimation workshop / Julia A. King
"Guess and tell" : an estimation game / Beth M. Schlesinger
Fermi problems or how to make the most of what you already know / Joan Ross, Marc Ross
A calculator estimation activity / Grayson H. Wheatley, James Hersberger
The computer and approximate numbers / Edward J. Rolenc, Jr.
A systematic guessing approach to the crossed ladders problem / Dmitri Thoro
pt. 4. TEACHING MEASUREMENT ESTIMATION. Benchmark : estimating bounds for definite integrals in geometric problems / Richard C. Pappas
Estimation in measurement / Terrence G. Coburn
Teaching measurement estimation through simulations on the microcomputer / Vivian Rose La Ferla Morgan
Introducing angle measure through estimation / Marilyn J. Zweng
Estimating the size of "little animals" / James H. Wandersee
pt. 5. TESTING AND RESEARCH. Benchmark : two folk methods for estimating distance / David R. Duncan, Bonnie H. Litwiller
Evaluating computational estimation / Robert E. Reys
A summary of research on teaching and learning estimation / Sidney E. Benton.