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Developing Mathematical Literacy through Adolescent Literature
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Developing Mathematical Literacy through Adolescent Literature
About this book
Giving students opportunities to read like mathematicians as they explore content has the potential to move their thinking and understandings in monumental ways. Each chapter presented in this volume provides readers with approaches and activities for pairing a young adult novel with specific mathematics concepts. Chapters include several instructional activities for before, during, and after reading as well as extension activities that move beyond the text as students continue to develop mathematical literacy.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Adolescent Literature
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 The Mathematics of Imagination: Uncovering Math and Meaning in the Graphic Novel The Magic Fish
- 2 Take It to The Limit: Maximizing Mathematical Literacy and (Re)solving Conflict
- 3 Extracting Mathematical Topics Embedded in Holes and Examining the Text through a Critical Lens
- 4 Reading like a Mathematician: Exploring Data, Narratives, and Phenomena in A Long Walk to Water
- 5 Exploring All of the Above: Platonic Solids, Scale, Proportions, and Characterization
- 6 Reasoning with Equations and Functions in The 5th Wave
- 7 “Absolute Zeros Solve for Why” Using the Pythagorean Theorem in Island of the Unknowns
- 8 Exploring Math, Culture and Stories through Math Girls
- 9 Making a Deal with The Number Devil: Scaffolding, Deepening, and Extending Students’ Mathematical Literacy
- 10 Matchmaking Mathematics: Teaching Algorithms and Probability with Nandini Bajpai’s A Match Made in Mehendi
- 11 Simulating Success Based on Societal Odds: A Mathematical Read of The Hunger Games
- Subject Index
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
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