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Stephenson, W. Kirk – Journal of Chemical Education, 2009
A visual method for counting significant digits is presented. This easy-to-learn (and easy-to-teach) method, designated the box-and-dot method, uses the device of "boxing" significant figures based on two simple rules, then counting the number of digits in the boxes. (Contains 4 notes.)
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Mathematics Instruction, Computation, Visual Stimuli