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An Alternative Method: Using Novels In Mathematics To Teach The Concepts, Rachel Frances Colby
An Alternative Method: Using Novels In Mathematics To Teach The Concepts, Rachel Frances Colby
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This paper explains a research project conducted exploring the effectiveness of using the novel, The Number Devil, to teach math concepts. The effectiveness was measured by if students met the standards, if students understood the concepts, and if students enjoyed the method of instruction. The reason for conducting this research was to look at new ways of teaching mathematics due to the thought that many students dislike and do not understand math. Using novels could prove to be an effective way to vary the instruction and teach difficult concepts. To complete this research, I taught a class the math …
Using Picture Books To Build Common Schema In The Middle School English Classroom, Kristina Lynn Albarello
Using Picture Books To Build Common Schema In The Middle School English Classroom, Kristina Lynn Albarello
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A single class is made up of thirty students, thirty individuals with their own experiences, knowledge, skills, beliefs, and understandings. Then, of course, multiply that by six classes a day. A middle school teacher is met with the overwhelming task every day of connecting these 180 individuals to the skill or standard they need to learn that day. Despite any teacher's best efforts to get to know his or her students, no teacher will ever be able to know exactly what each student's schema (a framework of prior knowledge that helps a person make sense of experiences) includes about a …