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Vol. 5, No. 7, March 2000
Features
Pythagorean Triples Served for Dessert
Thomas G. Edwards
Explore patterns of Pythagorean triples on your calculator.
The Math Club for Girls and Other Problem Solvers
Karen S. Karp and Rhonda C. Niemi
Girls develop confidence in their mathematical abilities through their membership in a uniquely supportive math club.
Departments
Take Time for Action
Take Time for Action: Mean and Median: Are They Really So Easy?
Judith Zawojewski, J. Shaughnessy
Menu of Problems
Menu of Problems - March 2000
Cynthia Barb
Innovation in Curriculum
Innovation in Curriculum: Algebraic Concepts: What's Really New in New Curricula?
Jon Star, Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, John Smith III
Now and Then
Now and Then: Community Planning through Data Analysis, John Graunt: The Founder of Statistics
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Art Johnson
Readers Write
Readers Write - March 2000
On My Mind
On My Mind: What Can We Expect from Research?
James Hiebert
Cartoon Corner
Cartoon Corner: Counting Sheep; Loud, Louder, Loudest
Judith A. White
Food for thought from Jay’s Diner
Food for Thought from Jay's Diner: Track and Field
The Thinking of Students
The Thinking of Students: The Kite Contest
Standards 2000
Standards 2000: Shaping the Standards: The Growth of Mathematical Ideas
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