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Literature as a Gateway to Numeracy
Alice celebrated her 150th birthday in 2015 - thus it is timely to ask what the world of books is able to offer the classroom teacher of mathematics. If the world were a village, what could Alice (and Harry and a parrot) contribute to my students’ world view?
The Presenter: Valerie Barker is a Mathematics and English teacher with over 40 years’ teaching experience in New Zealand, the UK, Brunei and Australia. She has just completed a four-year secondment to the University of Canberra, working as a Clinical Teaching Specialist in their undergraduate Primary and Secondary Education courses, and the developing M Teach (Secondary) course. Having also just completed her Master of Education, she is now back in the classroom as Executive Teacher (Mathematics) in a large Canberra high school, although she continues to work with MTeach students in a sessional capacity.
AMT61-4-Mathematical Fiction-Padula-J
Mathematical Fiction by J Padula is a resource for the Literature as a pathway to Numeracy presentation by Valerie Barker.
Harry Potter and the Magic of Mathematics
Harry Potter and the Magic of Mathematics by McShea et al provides an engaging way to use literature perspective to developing mathematical understanding.
Lewis Carroll in Numberland, Wilson, R (extract)
Wilson's text is an approach to teaching mathematical reasoning in the Lewis Carroll classic 'Alice in Wonderland'
Loafing About (Fractured Fairy Tales)
Fractured Fairy Tales by Vince Wright or 'Traditional Tales with a Mathematical Twist' interprets traditional fairy tales as engaging mathematics activities.
NZ Maths Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar
NZ Maths Mitsumasa Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar is recommended resource in Valerie Barker's presentation 'Literature as a pathway to numeracy'.
NZ Maths Counting on Frank
This resource is from the New Zealand Education Departmetn Maths site that focuses on the mathematical ideas used in the storybook "Counting on Frank"
NZ Maths Counting on Frank.pdf 2.48 MB
NZ Maths If the World was a Village
If the World was a Village by David Smith and Shelagh Armstrong published 2003 is another storybook to explore mathematical ideas and statistics.
- Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/geepatty/if-the-world-were-a-village
- nrich activity http://nrich.maths.org/7725
NZ Maths If the World was a Village.pdf 986.18 kB
NZ Maths Re-Zoom
this lesson activity is based on Re-Zoom by Istvan Banyai is a wordless book that takes the reader on a journey of ever enlarging landscapes.
NZ Maths Re-Zoom.pdf 821.22 kB
NZ Maths Superhero Statistics
Lesson activites based on superheros focusing on statistics
Link http://nzmaths.co.nz/superhero-statistics
Please note that in Australian K-12 years is equivalent to Year 1 -13 New Zealand school years.
Ruth Price-Using Children Literature to Teach Maths
Using Children Literature to Teach Maths by Ruth Price is a recommended publication to explore literature as a pathway to numeracy.
The Hidden Math Behind Alice: Keith Devlin
Kieth Devlin discusses the hidden maths behind Alice in Wonderland
Link: http://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/devlin_03_10.html
Using Alice in Wonderland to teach Multplication of Fractions
Using Alice in Wonderland to teach Multiplication of Fractions by Susan Taber is an excerpt from the publication Teaching Mathematics in the Middle School.
