Readings for More Classroom Ideas
Bennett, A., and L. Ted Nelson. "A Conceptual Model for Solving Percent Problems." Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School 1 (April 1994): 20-25.
Bennett, A., E. Maier, and L. Ted Nelson. "Modeling Percentages and Ratios," in Math and the Mind's Eye (Unit ME7). Salem, OR: The Math Learning Center, Box 3226, 1991.
Caldwell, Janet H. "Communicating About Fractions with Pattern Blocks." Teaching Children Mathematics 2 (November 1995): 156-161.
Fennell, Francis. "The Newspaper: A Source for Applications in Mathematics." Arithmetic Teacher 30 (October 1982): 22-26.
Haubner, Mary Ann. "Percents: Developing Meaning Through Models." Arithmetic Teacher 40 (December 1992): 232-234.
Sowder, Judith. "Place Value as the Key to Teaching Decimal Operations." Teaching Children Mathematics 3 (April 1997): 448-453.
Sweeney, Elizabeth, and Robert Quinn. "Concentration: Connecting Fractions, Decimals, and Percents." Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School 5 (January 2000): 324-328.
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