ED2652 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pressman Toy Corporation, Mancala, Rummy
Mathematics 2: Number and Algebra
Lecture Four – Week Four
Literature and Games in Mathematics Education
• Demands on the encoder in reading a mathematics text
o The demands of the different grammar/s
▪ Algorithms
▪ Graphs
▪ Pictures
▪ Symbols
▪ Words
• High density of mathematical sentences
o Unlike talk, mathematical sentences contain a large number of ‘content’ words, and fewer ‘grammatical’
words
• What is needed?
o Regular, planned opportunities for the development of the use of good literacy practices in the classroom
• Newman Error Analysis
• Literature and mathematics (Whiten and Wilde, 1995)
o Literature motivates students to learn
o Provides a meaningful context for mathematics
o Celebrates math as a language
o Demonstrates that math develops out of human experience
o Fosters the development of number sense, and integrates math into other curriculum areas
• Murphy (1999)
o Suggested that picture books not only engage children and help them make mathematical connection, but
also provide visualizations of mathematical conceptions in the illustrations
• Clarke (2002)
o As a result of linking math’s with children’s literature, children were better at explaining their reasoning
and strategies, enjoyed mathematics more, showed greater overall persistence on difficult tasks, were
thinking more about what they had learned, and experienced a level of success
• Using Children’s Literature to teach mathematics (Rosamond Welchman-Tischler, 1992)
o To provide a context or model for an activity with mathematical content.
o To introduce manipulatives that will be used in varied ways (not necessarily as in the story)
o To inspire a creative mathematics experience for children
o To pose an interesting problem
o To prepare for a mathematics concept or skill.
o To develop or explain a mathematics concept or skill
o To review a mathematics concept or skill
• Games
o What is a mathematical game? (Oldfield, 1991)
▪ involve a challenge, often against one or more opponents;
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