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Books and Articles related to MAC, Quantitative Reasoning, the Teaching of Mathematics, and Ethnomathematics
  • Alibert, Daniel. "Towards New Customs in the Classroom." For the Learning of Mathematics. 8 (1988): 31-43.
  • American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges. Crossroads in Mathematics: Standards for Introductory College Mathematics Before Calculus. Memphis, TN.: AMATYC, 1995.
  • Angelo, Tom and Pat Cross. Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for Faculty. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey, 1993.
  • Arem, Cynthia. Conquering Math Anxiety: A Self-Help Workbook. Belmont, CA.: Wadsworth, 1993.
  • Ascher, Marcia. Ethnomathematics: A Multicultural View of Mathematical Ideas. Pacific Grove, CA.: Brooks/Cole, 1994.
  • Ascher, Marcia and Ascher, Robert. Mathematics of the Incas: Code of the Quipu. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 1997.
  • Brophy, J. and Good, T. Teacher-Student Relationship: Causes and Consequences. New York: Holt, 1970.
  • Brufee, K. Collaborative Learning: Higher Education, Interdependence, and the Authority of Knowledge. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1993.
  • Bunt, Lucas N.H. The Historical Roots of Elementary Mathematics. New York: Dover Publications, 1988.
  • Burns, Marilyn. Math: Facing an American Phobia. Sausalito, CA.: Math Solutions, 1998.
  • Cheney, Lynn V. 50 Hours: A Core Curriculum for College Students. Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Humanities, 1989.
  • Closs, Michael P. ed. Native American Mathematics. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1986.
  • Connolly, Paul, and Teresa Vilardi, eds., Writing to Learn Mathematics and Sciences. New York: Teachers College Press, Columbia University, 1989.
  • Devlin, Keith. The Math Gene. How Mathematical Thinking Evolved and Why Numbers are Like Gossip. New York: Basic Books, 2000
  • Dodd, Anne Wescott. "Insights from a Math Phobic." The Mathematics Teacher 85:4 (1992): 296-298.
  • Dubinsky, E., D. Matthews, and B. Reynolds, eds. Readings in Cooperative Learning for Undergraduate Mathematics. MAA Notes 44. Washington, D.C.: Mathematical Association of America, 1997.
  • Egan, Kieran. The Educated Mind: How Cognitive Tools Shape Our Understanding. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1997.
  • Eglash, Ron. African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1999.
  • Gabelnick, F., J. MacGregor, R. Mathews, and B.L. Smith. Learning Communities: Creating Connections among Students, Faculty and Disciplines. New Directions for Teaching and Learning 41. San Francisco: Jossey, 1990.
  • Ganguli, Aparna."Integrating Writing in Developmental Mathematics College Teaching." College Teaching 37 (1989): 140-142.
  • Garland, Trudi Hammel. Fascinating Fibonaccis. Mystery and Magic in Numbers. Palo Alto, CA: Dale Seymour, 1987.
  • Garland, Trudi Hammel and Kahn, Charity Vaughan. Math and Music: Harmonious Connections. Palo Alto, CA: Dale Seymour, 1995.
  • Gerdes, Paulus. Women, Art, and Geometry in Southern Africa. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998.
    • ---. Geometry from Africa : mathematical and educational explorations. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America, c1999.
  • Hativa, Nira. "What makes Mathematics Lessons Easy to Follow, Understand, and Remember?" College Mathematics Journal 14 (1983): 398-406.
  • Hale-Benson, Janice E. Black Children: Their Roots, Culture and Learning Styles. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins UP, 1982.
  • Howard, Gary R. We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools. New York: Teachers College Press, Columbia University, 1999.
  • Huff, Darrell. How to Lie With Statistics. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co., 1982.
  • Hyde, J. S., E. Fennema., M. Ryan, L. Frost, and C. Hoop. "Gender Comparisons of Mathematics Attitudes and Affect: A Meta-Analysis." Psychology of Women Quarterly 14 (1990): 299-324.
  • Jones, Burton. "The Moore Method." American Mathematical Monthly 84 (1977): 273-278.
  • Joseph, George Gheverghese. The Crest of the Peacock. London: Penguin Books, 2000.
  • Katz, Victor, ed. Using History to Teach Mathematics; An International Perspective.Washington, DC:  MAA, 2000.
  • Kogelman, Stanley, and Joseph Warren. Mind Over Math. New York: McGraw, 1979.
  • Krause, Marina C. Multicultural Mathematics Materials. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1983.
  • Lakoff, George and Nunez, Rafael E. Where Mathematics Comes From. How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2000.
  • Lave, Jean. Cognition in Practice: Mind, Mathematics and Culture in Everyday Life. Cambridge:  Cambridge UP.  1988.
  • Leitzel, James R.C., ed. A Call for Change: Recommendations for the Mathematical Preparation of Teachers of Mathematics. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America, 1991.
  • Linn M. and C. Kessel. "Success in Mathematics: Increasing Talent and Gender Diversity." Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education II. Ed. A. Schoenfeld, E. Dubinsky, and J. Kaput Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 1996. 101-144.
  • Loacher, Georgine, ed. Self Assessment at Alverno College.  Milwaukee, WI: Alverno College Institute, 2000.
  • Lumpkin, Beatrice. Geometry Activities from Many Cultures. Portland, ME: J. Weston Walch, 1997.
  • MacGregor, Jean, compiler. Strengthening Learning Communities: Case Studies from the National Learning Communities Dissemination Project (FIPSE). Olympia, WA: The Evergreen State College, Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education, 1999.
  • Mankiewicz, Richard. The Story of Mathematics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001.
  • Martin, Hope and Long, Madeleine J. Integrating Mathematics across the Curriculum, Vol. 1. Arlington Heights, IL: SkyLight Professional Development, 1996.
  • McLeod, Douglas, and Michele Ortega. "Affective Issues in Math Education." Wilson. 21 38.
  • McLeish, John. The Story of Numbers: How Mathematics Has Shaped Civilization. New York: Fawcett Books, 1994.
  • McLone, R.R. "On the Relationship between Curriculum, Teaching, and Assessment of Mathematics." International Journal of Mathematics Education, Science and Technology 2 (1971): 341-344.
  • Meier, John and Thomas Rishel. Writing in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics.  Washington, D.C.: The Mathematical Association of America, 1998.
  • Moses, Robert P. and Charles E. Cobb, Jr. Radical Equations: Organizing Math Literacy in America's Schools. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2001.
  • NCTM, Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics. Reston, VA: NCTM, 1991.
  • NRC. Everybody Counts: A Report to the Nation on the Future of Mathematics Education. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1989.
    • ---. Moving Beyond Myths: Revitalizing Undergraduate Mathematics. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1991.
  • Nelson, David, George Gheverghese Joseph, and Julian Williams. Multicultural Mathematics: Teaching Mathematics from a Global Perspective. New York: Oxford UP. 1993.
  • Paulos, John Allen. Beyond Numeracy: Ruminations of a Numbers Man. New York: Vintage, 1992.
    • ---. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences. New York: Vintage, 1988.
    • ---. A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper.  New York: Anchor, 1996.
    • ---. Once Upon A Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic of Stories. New York: Basic, 1998.
  • Powell, Arthur B. and Marilyn Frankenstein, eds. Ethnomathematics: Challenging Eurocentrism in Mathematics Education. Albany, NY: State U of New York P, 1997.
  • Reynolds, B. N., K. Hagelgans, D. Schwingendorf, E. Vidakovic, E. Dubinsky, M. Shahin, and G. Wimbish.  A Practical Guide to Cooperative Learning in Collegiate Mathematics. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America, 1995.
  • Ritchhart, Ron. Making Numbers Make Sense. A Sourcebook for Developing Numeracy. Menlo Park, CA: Addison-Wesley, 1994.
  • Schoenfeld, Alan H.,ed. A Source Book for College Mathematics Teaching: A Report from the MAA Committee on the Teaching of Undergraduate Mathematics. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America, 1990.
  • Slavin R. "Synthesis of Research on Cooperative Learning." Educational Leadership, 60, (1991).
  • Steen, Lynn Arthur and Steen, Lyn A., eds. Why Numbers Count:  Quantitative Literacy for Tomorrow's America. New York, NY: CEEB, 1997.
  • Steen, Lynn Arthur, ed. Mathematics and Democracy. The Case for Quantitative Literacy. Princeton, NJ: NCED, 2001.
    • **See the bibliography on pages 117-121 for a list of more resources related to quantitative literacy**
  • Sterrett, Andrew. Using Writing to Teach Mathematics. MAA Notes 16. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America, 1990.
  • Stewart, Ian. Nature's Numbers: The Unreal Reality of Mathematics. New York, NY:  Basic Books, 1995.
  • Tahan, Malba. The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993.
  • Tall, David. "The Transition to Advanced Mathematical Thinking: Functions, Limits, Infinity, and Proof." Handbook of Research in Mathematics Teaching and Learning. Ed. D. Grouws, Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1992.
  • Tobias, Sheila. Overcoming Math Anxiety. New York: Norton, 1993.
    • ---. Succeed with Math. Every Student's Guide to Conquering Math Anxiety. New York: Macmillan, 1987.
    • ---. They're Not Dumb, They're Different: Stalking the Second Tier. Tucson, AZ: Research Corporation, 1990.
  • Tobias, Sheila and Jacqueline Raphael.  The Hidden Curriculum: Faculty-Made Tests in Science. Part 1: Lower-Division Courses. New York: Plenum, 1997.
  • Tobias, S. and C. Weissbroad. "Anxiety and Math: An Update." Harvard Educational Review 50 (1980): 63-70.
  • Treisman, Philip Uri. "A Study of the Mathematics Performance of Black Students at the University of California, Berkeley." Mathematicians and Education Reform: Proceedings of the 1988 Workshop. CBMS Series on Issues in Mathematics Education, Volume 1. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 1988. 34-46.
  • Tufte, Edward R. Envisioning Information Cheshire, CT: Graphics, 1990.
    • ---. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics, 1983.
    • ---. Visual Explanations:Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative. Cheshire, CT: Graphics, 1997.
  • Webb, Norman L., ed. Assessment in the Mathematics Classroom (1993 Yearbook). Reston, VA: NCTM, 1993.
  • Wilson, Patricia, ed. Research Ideas in the Classroom: High School Mathematics. New York: Macmillan, 1993.
  • Wolfe, Christopher R. "Quantitative Reasoning Across a College Curriculum." College Teaching 41:1 (Winter 1993): 3-9.
  • Zaslavsky, Claudia. Multicultural Mathematics:Interdisciplinary Cooperative-Learning Activities. Portland, Maine: J. Weston Walch, 1999.
    • ---. Africa Counts:Number and Pattern in African Culture. Westport, Conn.: Lawrence Hill & Co., 1979.
    • ---.The Multicultural Math Classroom: Bringing in the World. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1995.

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