TOMT Index
September, 1998 to May/June 2005
Applied Activities
Bartsch, Phil, Counting All Cars!, Oct/Nov, ’98, 34
Bonzer, Lynn, Where Do I Begin?, Sept, ’98, 10
Cade, Sharon, The Egg Project, May/June, ’00, 28
Cade, Sharon, The Stock Project, May/June, ’00, 30
Cardwell, Diane, The House Project, Sept, ‘99, 18
Freeman, Barbara, Curve Fitting Project, Sept, ’98, 8
Friedman, Lenny, Vehicle Purchase Project, Dec, ‘01, 15
Hays, Ariel, Basketball Court, Dec, ‘99, 9
Hydroville Curriculum Project, Hydroville, Mar/Apr, ’01, 30
Johnson, Judy, Quilts in the Classroom–The Pythagorean Theorem, May/June, ‘03, 16
Keiter, John, Spreading Bark Dust, Jan/Feb, ‘99, v32
MacAuley, Mary, Class Salary, Oct/Nov, ‘99, 8
McEnerny-Ogle, Anne, Depreciation of Cars, Sept., ’98, 31
Miller, Winnie, Sine and Cosine on the Golf Course, Dec, ‘01, 13
Morton, Peggy, On the Math Trail in Downtown Portland, Sept, ‘01, 31
Mullaly, Alice, Investigating Lung Capacity with Balloons, Oct/Nov, ‘01, 28
Parzio, Aviel, Fighter Jets, Oct/Nov, ‘99, 22
Pennington, Jay, Newspaper Math, Dec, ‘99, 8
Peterson, Chuck, How Much Does It Cost to Procrastinate?, Mar/Apr, ‘99, v8
Richardson, Sonya, Backpacks Weighing Down Students, Dec, ’00,14
Richardson, Sonya, Pigeon Droppings in the News, Dec, ’98, 40
Schaaf, Douglas, Backyard Geometry, Sept, ’00, 29
Tyrrell, Tania, Will Women Swim as Fast as Men?, Dec, ’98, 7
Walter, Marion, Email Geography Project, Sept, ‘02, 16
Assessment
Cooke, Jackie, Scoring Open-Ended Assessments in the Primary Classroom, Dec, ’98, 31
Cooke, Jackie, What Primary Teachers Can do to Support Students’ Benchmark Assessment Progress, Mar/Apr, ’00, 15
McEnerny-Ogle, Anne, Scoring Papers in the Classroom, May/June, ’01, 35
Mullaly, Alice, Why Do We Use Three Levels of Math Assessment?, Jan/Feb, ’01, 9
Newton, Laurie, and Diana Boyle, State Math Tests Reflect Reform, Dec, ’00, 30
Specht, Jim, Profiling Open-Ended Assessment Scores, Dec, ’98, 10
Awards and Scholarships
Bernhard, Cathy, 2000 OCTM Regional Awards, May/June, ’00, 20
Bernhard, Cathy, 2001 OCTM Regional Awards, May/June, ’01, 20
Fall Conference Scholarship Winners, Dec, ’00, 24
Ferrari, Judy, Presidential Awards–Oregon Finalists ‘01, Oct/Nov, ‘01, 37
Ferrari, Judy, and Ann McMahon, Math Education Award Winners, Jan/Feb, ’01, 38
Ferrari, Judy, and Ann McMahon, Presidential Awards, Oregon Finalists for 2000, Oct/Nov, ’00, 36
High School Math Awards, Sept, ’03, 35
McMahon, Ann, Math Education Award Winners, Mar/Apr, ‘99, 38
McMahon, Ann, Math Education Award Winners, Mar/Apr, ‘99, 38
McMahon, Ann, Math Education Award Winners, Jan/Feb, ’00, 38
McMahon, Ann, 2003 Math Education Awards, Jan/Feb, ’04, 35
McMahon, Ann, Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching of Mathematics and Science, Oct/Nov, ‘02, 39
McMahon, Ann, Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching, Oct/Nov, ’03, 32
McMahon, Ann, Presidential Award Finalists, Oct/Nov, ‘99, 36
McMahon, Ann, 2001 Math Education Award Winners, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 38
McMahon, Ann, Math Education Awards, Jan/Feb, ‘03, 37
Nissen, Jackie, 2002 Regional Area Awards, May/June, ‘02, 19
Nissen, Jackie, 2003 Regional Area Awards, May/June, ‘03, 20
Presidential Awards, Dec, ‘99, 21
Redlinger, Ginger, Presidential Award for Excellence, Jan/Feb, ‘03, 9
Specht, Jim, 1999 OCTM Regional Awards, May/June, ‘99, 20
Spring Conference Scholarship Winners, Jan/Feb, ’01, 24
Strom, Donna, and Ann McMahon, Presidential Awards, Oct/Nov, ’98, 36
Book Reviews
Bernhard, Cathy, Math is Language Too–Teaching and Writing in the Mathematics Classroom, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 34
Buschman, Larry, Share and Compare: A Teacher’s Story About Helping Children Become Problem Solvers, Dec, ’03, 27
Cooke, Jackie, Computational Alternative for the 21st Century, from NCTM, Sept, ‘01, 18
Cooke, Jackie, Navigating Through Algebra Series, from NCTM, Oct/Nov, ‘01, 31
Cooke, Jackie, Research Ideas for the Classroom, Vol 1, 2, and 3, Dec, ‘01, 19
Cooke, Jackie, Math: Facing an American Phobia, Oct/Nov, ‘02, 14
Damcke, Dave, and Greg Hill, NCTM’s Navigations Series, The Roots of Algebra, Dec, ‘02, 30, Jan/Feb 2003, 28, Mar/Apr, 2003, 30, May/June ‘03, 28
Redlinger, Ginger, Reading in Mathematics, Sept, ‘02, 8
Calculus
Cade, Sharon, The Egg Project, May/June, ’00, 28
Classroom Ideas
Anderson, Nancy, Math Quest Game, Oct/Nov, ‘01, 32
Bean, Color, and Map Puzzles, Jan/Feb, ‘99, 35
Bernhard, Cathy, A.C.Gilbert’s Discovery Village, Dec, ’03, 36
Bernhard, Cathy, Halloween Attributes, Oct/Nov, ’00, 14, Dec, ’00, 31
Burak, Marge, Human Parabolas, May/June, ‘02, 14
Burton, Laurie, Math Art Posters, Sept, ‘02, 31
Chennel, Chris, Demean Your Grades with the Median, Using the median average to determine student grades, Jan/Feb, ’04,31
Cooke, Jackie, Looking at Our Classroom From a Different Angle, Dec, ‘02, 33
Cooke, Jackie, Flat Stanley, Dec,’01, 20
Cooke, Jackie, Research Ideas for the Classroom, Vol. 1, 2, and 3, Dec, ‘01, 19
Crossfield, Don, and Joe Richards, Bunco Review, Oct/Nov, ‘01, 34
Davis, Gabe, Mathematical Scandals–Screen Adaptations, May/June, ‘03, 5
Dedrick, Dennis, Using Poker, Reviewing for a Chapter Test, Sept, ‘01, 40
Drom, David, Line-Ups, Sept, ‘01, 19
Echanis, Janet, Gorp and September Sets, Sept, ’00, 9
Ford, Roger, Project Oriented Mathematics, Sept, ’98, 16
Freeman, Sharon, Fundraisers While Estimating, Jan/Feb, ’01, 21
Grow, John, Root Beer,May/June, ’01, 9
Hayden, Doralee, x-"MATH" Tree, Dec, ’03, 14
Hayes, Lydia, Thanksgiving Week with the Relatives, Oct/Nov, ’00, 17
Hoxmeier, Doug, Holiday Hexagons, Dec, ’98, 32
Hurtado, Molly, Multiple-Choice Strategies, Dec, ’03, 25
Hurtado, Molly, Tidbits: Review Strategies for the Classroom, Sept, ’03, 23
Johnson, Jennifer, Geometry in Our World, Dec, ’98, 23
Jorgensen, Sue, and Sharon Freeman, Wiggle Worm Relay, Oct/Nov, ‘99, 9
Klages, Carol, Barbara Patton, and Ann Nagel, Counting to Eleven, Activities for the Early Childhood Classroom, Jan/Feb, ’04, 22
Lander, Maggie, Flags, Oct/Nov, ‘99, 34
Legard, Stephanie, Today’s Date, Oct/Nov, 36, Dec, ‘02, 35, Jan/Feb, ‘03, 35, Mar/Apr, ‘03, 38, May/June, ‘03, 35
Lifesaver Math, Jan/Feb, ’01, 35
Loube, Sue, Bridge Building Unit, Jan/Feb, ‘99, 20
Mahr, Tay, Bar None Candy Bar, Dec, ‘99, 18
McGuire, Bill, So You Want to Be a Detective!, Mar/Apr ‘99, 20
Narva, Joel, Take 1 or 4 Minutes to Read This…, Dec, ‘02, 25
Newton, Laurie, Coordinate Concentration, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 33
Nice, Marguerite, Cooking With Math–Gingerbread Man, Oct/Nov, ’98, 32
Richards, Joe, One Legal Step at a Time, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 35
Richardson, Cliff and Jennifer Johnson, Especially for New Teachers, May/June, ‘99, 7
Spencer, Dennis, The Millennial Countdown, Sept, ‘99, 30
Swanson, Tom, Building Bridges With Dowels and Connectors, Mar/Apr, ‘99, 18
Tyrrell, Tania, Rating Chocolate Chip Cookies, Jan/Feb, ’01, 28
Walter, Marion, Math with LOVE, Mar/Apr, ‘03, 19
Wickert, Jerri, Apples for the Harvest, Sept, ‘99, 34
Willoughby, Caren, Land of PopPourri, Dec, ’98, 19
Contests
Janeba, Mark, The State Math Contest, Dec, ’00, 23
Lethe, Laura, 24 Challenge, May/June, ‘02, 8
Lethe, Laura, American Regions Math League, Dec, ’03, 24
Lethe, Laura, State and National Contests, Sept, ‘02, 29
Lethe, Laura, Pentagames/Mathcounts, Oct/Nov ‘02, 27
Lethe, Laura, Pentagames, Jan/Feb, ’01, 32
Lethe, Laura, Oregon Invitational Mathematics Tournament, Jan/Feb, ‘03, 26
Lethe, Laura, The State High School Math Contest, Mar/Apr, ‘02, 18
Mathcounts, May/June, ’00, 13
Reiter, Harold, The American Mathematics Competitions -> 10, Sept, ‘99, 14
Weber, Renae, Math Contests, Oct/Nov, ‘99, 15
Weber, Renae, Pentagames 2000, Dec, ‘99, 22
Curriculum Ideas
Items in the News, May/June, ‘99, 36
Items in the News, On the MCAS test, NO is the right answer, Sept, ‘99, 33
Items in the News, On Learning, Oct/Nov, ‘99, 33
Items in the News, Go Ask Dad, Jan/Feb, ’00, 36
Middle Grades Algebra, Jan/Feb, ‘99, 30
Oregon’s TIMSS Report, Sept, ’98, 33
Press Release, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mar/Apr, ‘99, 29
Study: Most Middle School Math Textbooks Failing Students, Mar/Apr, ‘99, 28
Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability
Bernhard, Cathy, "Fun"damental Mathematics, Part II, Dec, ’03, 18
Beverly, Sheryl, The Average 7th Grader, Jan/Feb, ’04, 15
Bradley, Michael, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Oct/Nov, ‘99, 17
Cave, Linda, Expanding Student Statistical Experiences, Dec, ’98, 28
Clausen, Cheri, Hidden Treasure, Sept, ‘02, 37
Cooke, Jackie, A Lesson Study on Data, Dec, ’03, 8
Cooke, Jackie, Piggy Bank Glyph, Mar/Apr, ‘02, 35
Costine, Lois, Smithville Families Revisited, Oct/Nov, ’98, 28
Costine, Lois, Why Teach a Stem & Leaf Plot?, Dec, ‘99, 37
Crossfield, Don, Freeways, Stop Lights, and Geometric Probability, Dec, ’03, 28
Cruikshank, Doug, A Trip to the Zoo, May/June, ‘03, 8
Des Jardin, Pat, How Many Different Ways, Dec, ‘02, 37
Des Jardin, Pat, How Random, Oct/Nov, ‘02, 32
Ford, Roger, Map Folding, Sept, ‘02, 20
Fung, Mara, Factorial Fun, Dec, ’03, 32
Gossett, Carolyn, Testing Probability, Jan/Feb, ‘99, 40
Haley, David, Fair Play?, Dec, ’98, 38
Hintz, Douglas, Central Limit Theorem, Mar/Apr, ‘03, 26
Hopper-Moore, A Day at the Amusement Park, Dec, ‘01, 9
Johnson, Judy, NCTM Navigations, Do You Get Enough Sleep, Dec, ’03, 38
Johnson, Judy, NCTM Navigations, Which Bag is Which?, Sept, ’03, 36
Kinney, Diane, M&M Circle Graphs, Sept, ‘02, 39
Kurtzke, John, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Oct/Nov, ‘99, 28
Libby, Jim, M & M Probability, Sept, ’00, 21
Litwiller, Bonnie H., and David R. Duncan, Counting Oregon County Populations and Areas, May/June, ‘99, 28
McCraken, Bonnie, March Math Madness, Jan/Feb, ’01, 14
Payne, Shirley, Stunning Statistics, Jan/Feb, ’04, 16
Peterson, Chuck, Tax Rate = Levy/Valuation ¥ 1000, Mar/Apr, ’01, 20
Richardson, Sonja, The Aloha Bowl, Dec, ‘99, 33
Richardson, Sonya, Backpacks Weighing Down Students, Dec, ’00, 14
Rooks, Vickie, Television Viewing Questionnaire, Dec, ‘99, 15
Samak, Linda, Roll Those Dice!!!, Sept, ’98, 35
Simmons, Martha Poole, Probability Activities for Grades K-6, Jan/Feb, ‘99, 34
Skov, Linda, Sampling and Making Predictions, Jan/Feb, ’00, 30
Stone, Carola, Don’t Eat Pete, Jan/Feb, ’00, 28
Tyrrell, Tania, Rating Chocolate Chip Cookies, Jan/Feb, ’01, 28
Van Cleave, Martha, Frogs in the Pond, Jan/Feb, ’01, 13
Walter, Marion, Email Geography Project, Sept, ‘02, 16
Wickert, Jerri, Find the Unknown Amount, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 14
Wickert, Jerri, Trix Probability, Jan/Feb, ’00, 8
Warrior, Kathryn, Mode, Median, and Mean, Sept, ’99, 40
Fractals
Lytton, Tricia, Why Study Fractals?, May/June, ‘02, 10
Games
Anderson, Nancy, Math Quest Game, Oct/Nov, ‘01, 32
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, 100 Dots and 2 Dalmations, Mar/Apr, ’01, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Addit, Oct/Nov, ’03, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Addition Collision, Dec, ‘01, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Calculating Sums of Money, May/June, ’01, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Card-Match, Sept, ‘02, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Cinco Por (Five Times), Jan/Feb, ’00, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, The Count-On Game, Sept, ’98, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Crosswalk, Dec, ’00, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Divide Four, Jan/Feb, ‘99, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Flip, Dec, ’98, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Four Any Way, Sept, ’03, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Geoboard Graphing Games: Tic-Tac-Toe and Make-a-Square, Mar/Apr, ‘99, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Honeycomb, Oct/Nov, ‘99, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Ladybug Blackout, Dec, ‘99, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Multiplication Bump, May/June, ‘02, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Nine-Square, Mar/Apr, ’00, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Oh Rats! Remainder Race, Oct/Nov, ’98, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, One-More, Sept, ‘02, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Operations, Oct/Nov, ‘02, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Penny Posies, Jan/Feb, ’01, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Percent Bingo, Dec, ’03, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Place Value Pig, Sept, ’00, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Roll and Ask, May/June ‘03, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Roll, Plot and Bump, Mar/Apr, ‘02, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Seven Calendar Games, Sept, ‘01, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Star-Cover, Oct/Nov, ’00, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Target Times, May/June, ‘99, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Ten-Stacks, May/June, ’00, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Three Dice Coverup, Sept, ‘99, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Three-in-a-Row, Oct/Nov, ‘01, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Three-in-a-Row Multiplication, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Three Strikes, You’re Out, Jan/Feb, ‘03, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Win-a-Dollar, Dec, ‘02, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Win Two Dollars, Mar/Apr ‘03, 4
Bernhard, Cathy, "Fun"damental Mathematics, Part I, Oct/Nov, ’03, 9
Burak, Marge, Blue Blobs, Oct/Nov, ’03, 17
Crossfield, Don, and Joe Richards, Bunco Review, Oct/Nov, ‘01, 34
Ettich, Sherry, High Roller, May/June, ’01, 28
Haley, David, Fair Play?, Dec, ’98, 38
Hamlin, Fred, NIM Unraveled, Dec, ‘99, 32
Hayden, Jill, Sweet 16, Oct/Nov, ‘02, 19
Legard, Stephanie, Shape Games, Oct/Nov, ’03, 13
The Math Learning Center, Bridges in Mathematics, Count and Compare Butterflies, Jan/Feb, ’04, 8
Nelson, Karen, Mancala–African Game of Strategy, Sept, ’98, 18
Newton, Laurie, Coordinate Concentration, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 33
Paterson, Robin, Snowwalls, Jan/Feb, ’00, 7
Schloeman, Heidi, Karen Lewis, Halei Hargrove, Kate Pantovich, and Peggy Boorman, Fractionration, Sept, ’03, 16
Smith, Molly, Pig: A Probability Game, Oct/Nov, ‘01, 30
Wickert, Jerri, Guess My Number, Sept, ’03, 6
Wickert, Jerri, and Molly Smith, Addition Grab Two, Mar/Apr, ‘03, 18
Young, Julie, Time and Again Game, May/June, ’00, 14
Geometry and Spatial Sense
Baber, Marla, Construction for Pythagorean Trees, Mar/Apr, ’01, 8
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, 100 Dots and 2 Dalmations, Mar/Apr, ’01, 4
Bennett, Mildred, Monday Math, Roll, Plot and Bump, Mar/Apr, ‘02, 4
Burton, Laurie, Math Art Posters, Sept, ‘02, 31
Cardwell, Diane, The House Project, Sept, ‘99, 18
Cheval, Kathy, What’s My Shape?, Jan/Feb, ‘03, 32
Clausen, Cheri, Hidden Treasure, Sept, ‘02, 37
Crossfield, Don, A____by Any Other Name, Would…?, Dec, ‘01, 16
Damcke, Dave and Greg Hill, NCTM Navigations, From Here to There, Oct/Nov, ’03, 37
Dehler, Shawna, Volume Lab, Mar/Apr, ’00, 30
Des Jardin, Pat, Area of a Circle, Sept, ’00, 32
Des Jardin, Pat, Hands on Pythagoras, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 28
Des Jardin, Pat, Volume of a Sphere, Mar/Apr, ’00, 36
Dick, Thomas, and Barbara Edwards, Pondering the Porous Pyramid, Dec, ‘99, 28
Ferrari, Judy, Pattern Block Patterns, Mar/Apr, ‘02, 8
Filosi, Larry, Comparing Volume Using Rice, Mar/Apr, ’00, 34
Ford, Roger, Open Topped Box, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 36
Johnson, Judy, NCTM Navigations, Motion Commotion, Jan/Feb, ’04, 28Johnson, Judy, Quilts in the Classroom–The Pythagorean Theorem, May/June, ‘03, 16
Haws, LaDawn, The Area Under One Arch of a Cycloid, Dec, ’00, 26
Higgins, Karen M, Exploring Tangrams, Jan/Feb, ’01, 20
Hudson, Nicki, Building a Pyramid, Oct/Nov, ’98, 7
Hunger, Paula, Symmetry and Fractions with Circles, Sept, ‘01, 30
Kiersky, Becky, The Geometry of Your Supper, Oct/Nov, ‘01, 17
Johnson, Jennifer, Geometry in Our World, Dec, ’98, 23
Johnson, Jennifer, Snowman Geometry, May/June, ’00, 36
Kandle, Aleta, Analogies, May/June, ’01, 32
Kinney, Diane, Same Space, Different Face, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 8
Lander, Maggie, Flags, Oct/Nov, ‘99, 34
Legard, Stephanie, Pattern Block Stew, Dec, ’00, 34
Legard, Stephanie, Shape Games, Oct/Nov, ’03, 13
Legard, Stephanie, Straw Polygons, Jan/Feb, ’00, 31
McEnerny-Ogle, Anne, Geometry with a Foreign Flair, May/June, ‘99, 13
McEnerny-Ogle, Anne, Pattern Blocks Revisited, Dec, ’00, 32
Mullaly, Alice, California Teacher’s Examinations, Mar/Apr, ‘02, 19
Mullaly, Alice, Investigating Lung Capacity with Balloons, Oct/Nov, ‘01, 28
Newton, Laurie, Geometry Coordinate Concentration, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 33
Querin, Tari, Designing Pattern Block Pictures, May/June, ‘02, 6
Richards, Joe, One Legal Step at a Time, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 35
Sandoz, Patty, Polygons and Polyhedra, May/June, ‘99, 8
Schaaf, Douglas, Backyard Geometry, Sept, ’00, 29
Smith, LaRon, A Mathematics Centerfold, A Visual Model, Oct/Nov, ‘01, 23
Smith, LaRon, Adventures Among the Prismoids, Dec, ‘01, 23
Smith, LaRon, Frustrating Frusta, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 23
Smith, LaRon, Lines and Planes and Prism, Oh My!, Mar/Apr, ‘02, 22
Smith, LaRon, Truncation Fascination, May/June, ‘02, 22
Smith, LaRon, Rotation Creation, Sept, ‘02, 23
Specht, Jim, Handheld Applications: Parallel Lines Using Cabri Jr. Geometry, Dec, ’03, 11
Specht, Jim, Handheld Applications: Slope and Intercept Using Cabri Jr. Geometry, Sept, ’03, 10
Specht, Jim, Surface Area and Volume, Sept, ’98, 12
Specht, Jim, Euler’s Line with the TI-92, Jan/Feb, ‘99, 10
Trujillo, Marcia K, Photographic Symmetry, Dec, ‘01, 28
Walter, Marion, Math with LOVE-Using the LOVE stamp, Mar/Apr, ‘03, 19
History
Fineran, Don, Historical Notes, 1976-78 TOMT Favorite Topics, Mar/Apr, ’00, 9
Fineran, Don, Historical Notes, Appreciating Some Very Special People–TOMT Editors, May/June, ’00, 19
Fineran, Don, Historical Notes, Becoming ‘First in the World’ in Mathematics and Science Achievement, Parts I and II, Sept, ’00, 22, Oct/Nov, ’00, 20
Fineran, Don, Historical Notes, First in Math and Science–One Goal, or Two?, Dec, ’98, 21
Fineran, Don, Historical Notes, In Memory of Ron Nicholson, 1947-1998, Sept, ’98, 21
Fineran, Don, Historical Notes, Memories, and Good-bye, May/June, ’01, 19
Fineran, Don, Historical Notes, Northwest Mathematics Conferences, Sept, ‘99, 38
Fineran, Don, Historical Notes, Not OCTM’s Millennium, but....,Dec, ‘99, 20
Fineran, Don, Historical Notes, NWMC Speakers’ Thoughts–Then and Now, Oct/Nov, ‘99, 20
Fineran, Don, Historical Notes, Oregon Interest for Integrating Math and Science–
Parts I and II, Jan/Feb, ‘99, 19, Mar/Apr, ‘99, 19
Fineran, Don, Historical Notes, Poetry to Motivate Mathematics, May/June, ‘99, 19
Fineran, Don, Historical Notes, Popular TOMT Topics, 1976-78 and 1997-99, Jan/Feb, ’00, 19
Fineran, Don, Historical Notes, Remembering Ron Nicholson as a Leader, Oct/Nov, ’98, 20
Fineran, Don, Historical Notes, Solving Problems in Applied Mathematics, Parts I and II, Jan/Feb, ’01, 19, Mar/Apr, ’01, 19
Fineran, Don, Historical Notes, Together We Have Strength, Sharing, and Service! Dec, ’00, 20
Mullaly, Alice, California Teacher’s Examinations, Mar/Apr, ‘02, 19
Specht, Jim, Profiles in Oregon Mathematics: Don Fineran, Jan/Feb, ‘03, 20
Specht, Jim, Profiles in Oregon Mathematics: Judy Johnson, May/June, ‘03, 31
Specht, Jim, Profiles in Oregon Mathematics: Marj Enneking, Oct/Nov, ’03, 11
Specht, Jim, Profiles in Oregon Mathematics: Mildred Bennett, Oct/Nov, ‘02, 20
Specht, Jim, Profiles in Oregon Mathematics: Oscar Schaaf (1918 — 1993), Oct/Nov, ‘01, 20
Specht, Jim, Profiles in Oregon Mathematics: Scott McFadden(1932 - 1993), Jan/Feb, ‘02, 20
Specht, Jim, Profiles in Oregon Mathematics: Sue Ann McGraw, May/June, ‘02, 31
Internet
Grant, Chuck, Math Homework Answers on the Web?, Dec, ’03, 21
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Sept, ’98, ’98, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Oct/Nov, ’98, 22
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Dec, ’98, 27
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Jan/Feb, ‘99, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Mar/Apr, ‘99, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, May/June, ‘99, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Sept, ‘99, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Oct/Nov, ‘99, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Dec, ‘99, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Jan/Feb, ’00, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Mar/Apr, ’00, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, May/June, ’00, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Sept, ’00, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Oct/Nov, ’00, 22
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Dec, ’00, 22
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Jan/Feb, ’01, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Mar/Apr, ’01, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, May/June, ’01, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Sept, ‘01, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Oct/Nov, ‘01, 22
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Dec, ‘01, 22
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 22
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Mar/Apr, ‘02, 30
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, May/June, ‘02, 30
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Sept, ‘02, 30
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Oct/Nov, ‘02, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Dec, ‘02, 22
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Jan/Feb, ‘03, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Jan/Feb, ‘03, 22
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Mar/Apr, ‘03, 30
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Sept, ’03, 27
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Oct/Nov, ’03, 26
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Dec, ’03, 23
Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Jan/Feb, ’04, 34
Math and Technology
Beverly, Sheryl, Teachers Getting Wired, Oct/Nov, ’03, 34
Burak, Marge, Turn a Birthday Wall Chart into a Scatter Plot on the Graphing Calculator, Jan/Feb, ’04, 19
Des Jardin, Pat, How Old Is Abe?, Oct/Nov, ‘01, 10
Hintz, Douglas, Central Limit Theorem, Mar/Apr, ‘03, 26
Lytton, Tricia, Why Study Fractals?, May/June, ‘02, 10
Nissen, Jackie, Kayda Mitchell, and Andy Schmitz, Math Scavenger Hunt ‘02, Dec, 2002, 15
Paustian, Brenda, Least Squares Investigation–Line of Best Fit, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 10
Sandoz, Patty, Polygons and Polyhedra, May/June, ‘99, 8
Sliva, Julie A., and Laura A. Brader-Araje, Enhancing Student’s Mathematical
Understanding: Technology as a Means not an End, Jan/Feb, ‘99, 28
Specht, Jim, Animated Algebra with a TI-92, Jan/Feb, ’00, 10
Specht, Jim, Animating the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines, Mar/Apr, ‘99, 10
Specht, Jim, Ebb and Flow, Jan/Feb, ’01, 10
Specht, Jim, Euler’s Line with the TI-92, Jan/Feb, ‘99, 10
Specht, Jim, Exploring Stealth Engineering, May/June, ‘99, 10
Specht, Jim, Flips, Flops and Drips, Sept, ’00, 10
Specht, Jim, Fold it, Dec, ‘02, 10
Specht, Jim, Frequency, Amplitude, and Phase Shifts, Dec, ‘99, 10
Specht, Jim, The Golden Ratio, May/June, ’00, 10
Specht, Jim, Graphing Calculators in a Block Schedule, Sept, ‘02, 10
Specht, Jim, Handheld Applications: Parallel Lines Using Cabri Jr. Geometry, Dec, ’03, 11
Specht, Jim, Handheld Applications: Slope and Intercept Using Cabri Jr. Geometry, Sept, ’03, 10
Specht, Jim, How Well Do You Correlate? Oct/Nov, ’00, 10
Specht, Jim, The Lunes of Hippocrates–An Application of the Pythagorean Theorem, Dec, ‘01, 10
Specht, Jim, Mathematical Modeling, Rubber Bands and Sinkers, Mar/Apr, ’01, 10
Specht, Jim, Mathematical Modeling: Terminal Velocity, Mar/Apr, ’00, 10
Specht, Jim, Matters of Perspective–Solids in Two Dimensions, Sept, ‘01, 10
Specht, Jim, Monte Carlo Math with a TI-83, Dec, ’00, 10
Specht, Jim, The Missing Will, Oct/Nov, ‘99, 10
Specht, Jim, Online Office Hours: Using the Internet as a Preservice Teaching Tool in Teacher Education, Mar/Apr, ‘02, 10
Specht, Jim, Profiling Open-Ended Assessment Scores, Dec, ’98, 10
Specht, Jim, Quantifying the News, Sept, ‘99, 10
Specht, Jim, Slope and Gravity, Oct/Nov, ’98, 10
Specht, Jim, Surface Area and Volume, Sept, ’98, 12
Specht, Jim, Teacherweb, May/June, ’01, 10
Specht, Jim, Toothpicks and Graphing Calculators, Mar/Apr, ‘03, 10
Tarr, Bob, Random Number Simulation to Approximate Pi, Jan/Feb, ‘03, 8
Tarr, Bob, Projectiles, Baseball, and Golf, May/June ‘03, 10
Math in Literature
Cooke, Jackie, Flat Stanley, Dec, ‘01, 20
Reed, Kathy, The 512 Ants on Sullivan Street, Oct/Nov, ’98, 27
Reed, Kathy, Alice in Pastaland: A Math Adventure, May/June, ‘03, 7
Reed, Kathy, Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream, A Mathematical Story, Jan/Feb, ‘03, 7
Reed, Kathy, Arctic Fives Arrive, Jan/Feb, ‘99, 27
Reed, Kathy, Betcha!, Mar/Apr, ‘99, 27
Reed, Kathy, The Big Buck Adventure, Dec, ‘02, 7
Reed, Kathy, The Case of the Backyard Treasure, Sept, ’03, 29
Reed, Kathy, The Case of the Missing Birthday Party, Dec, ’03, 7
Reed, Kathy, The Crayon Counting Book, Jan/Feb, ’00, 27
Reed, Kathy, Divide and Ride, May/June, ‘99, 27
Reed, Kathy, Even Steven and Odd Todd, Sept, ’00, 27
Reed, Kathy, Fraction Fun, May/June, ‘02, 9
Reed, Kathy, G Is for Googol, A Math Alphabet Book, Oct/Nov, ‘02, 6
Reed, Kathy, The Greedy Triangle, Mar/Apr, ’00, 27
Reed, Kathy, The Icky Bug Counting Book, Sept, ’98, 22
Reed, Kathy, If you Hopped Like a Frog, Dec, ’00, 19
Reed, Kathy, Just a Minute!, May/June, ’01, 27
Reed, Kathy, Marvelous Math, A Book of Poems, Sept, ‘99, 27
Reed, Kathy, Math in the Bath, Oct/Nov, ‘99, 27
Reed, Kathy, Moira’s Birthday, Jan/Feb, ’04, 7
Reed, Kathy, Monster Math School Time, Oct/Nov, ’00, 27
Reed, Kathy, More or Less a Mess, Dec, ‘01, 6
Reed, Kathy, More Stories to Solve: Fifteen folktales From Around the World, Sept, ‘01, 27
Reed, Kathy, Nine O’Clock Lullaby, May/June, ’00, 27
Reed, Kathy, Not Enough Room!, Oct/Nov, ‘01, 8
Reed, Kathy, Pigs in the Pantry, Fun with Math and Cooking Jan/Feb, ’01, 27
Reed, Kathy, Ready, Set, HOP!, Oct/Nov, ’03, 30
Reed, Kathy, Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi: A Math Adventure, Mar/Apr, ‘03, 7
Reed, Kathy, Sir Cumference and the First Round Table, Dec, ‘99, 27
Reed, Kathy, Slower Than a Snail, Mar/Apr, ’01, 27
Reed, Kathy, Spaghetti and Meatballs for All!, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 7
Reed, Kathy, Stay in Line, Sept, ‘02, 7
Reed, Kathy, Three Pigs, One Wolf, and Seven Magic Shapes, Mar/Apr, ‘02, 7
Reed, Kathy, What’s Faster than a Speeding Cheetah?, Dec, ’98, 30
Measurement
Bailey, Mary, Indirect Measurement–Four (or Five) Methods, Jan/Feb, ’00, 16
Cooke, Jackie, Donavan’s Word Jar, Oct/Nov, ’03, 6
Cooke, Jackie, Looking at Our Classroom From a Different Angle, Dec, ‘02, 33
Cruikshank, Douglas, Mr. C’s Trip East, Sept, ’00, 17
Dehler, Shawna, Estimating Distances, Mar/Apr, ‘02, 15
Gates, Kristine, Blueprints, Dec, ‘99, 31
Grow, John, Root Beer, May/June, ’01, 9
Hays, Ariel, Basketball Court, Dec, ‘99, 9
Lifesaver Math, Jan/Feb, ’01, 35
Mahr, Tay, Bar None Candy Bar, Dec, ‘99, 18
McEnerny-Ogle, Anne, Compare, Revise, Revise Revisited, May/June, ’00, 33
Neufeldt, Jane, Understanding Measurement, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 16
Nissen, Jackie, Calculate Your Magic Wand Length, Jan/Feb, ‘02, 31
Old English Measurements, Mar/Apr, ’00, 8
Rush, Kandy, Who Has the Longest Foot in Your Family? Jan/Feb, ’01, 33
Young, Julie, Time and Again Game, May/June, ’00, 14
Miscellaneous
In Memory of Doug Squire, Sept, ’98, 19
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