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Broadening Mathematics Curriculum: Linking Children’s Literature to Mathematics
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)
Children’s literature provides connections across all content areas. When incorporated within mathematics, it provides an engaging, accessible, and authentic context for learning. The literary experience can lead to ...
Multicultural Mathematics:What is the Importance of Incorporating Diverse Understandings in the Contemporary Elementary Classroom?: A Practical Application of Measurement through the Cultural Context of the Native Yup’ik People
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)
Multicultural mathematics acts as a link between the contributive notions of ethnomathematics and the practices of culturally relevant pedagogy. It challenges the common disconnect between mathematical concepts and the ...
Teaching Elementary Mathematics With Children's Literature
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)
The goal of this paper is to investigate and evaluate children’s literature in terms of its use within mathematics curriculum. I have laid out criteria for assessing literature to be used in mathematics, as well as provided ...