July Prompt - What does the research say?
How Can Literature Enhance Math Lessons?
According to research, using children’s literature in math lessons can enhance learning in many ways. It can help build an intangible perception of math skills through illustrations, as well as help students build problem solving skills. In addition to that, children’s literature can:
- Provide meaningful context for mathematical content.
- Review a mathematics concept or specific skill.
- Promote the development of number sense.
- Model an interesting problem.
- Explain a mathematics concept.
- Promote critical thinking.
- Increase the level of interest.
Math becomes more interesting when a child can make a math connection in a story. When children are reading or listening to a book, they learn to recognize that math is used all around them. They begin to use their prior knowledge to connect math concepts to the outside world.
(TeacherHub.com, http://www.teachhub.com/using-children-literature-motivate-math-lessons,)
The quote above was taken from TeacherHub.com. It is an article written by Janelle Cox for the site. It definitely supports my Change Project goal.
When I taught First Grade last year, I would often ask the students to make up a math problem for our practice. It was fun to hear how they related some of their stories to text they have read before!
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to read about similar information pertaining to your topic and what type of books are the most influential for increasing math fluency. I wonder if there is a list with the literature ranked by their math fluency skills increase levels? Just thinking ahead :)
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