Integrating Literature to Support Mathematics Learning in Middle School
Department
Secondary and Middle Grades Education
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2009
Abstract
While reading and language arts are typically easy to integrate with other subjects, some have cautioned that integrating mathematics with other subjects may be difficult to do in ways that lead to deep understanding of mathematics content (Klein, 1996; Shanahan, 1997) In particular, new research supports integrative approaches that use literature with mathematical themes to support and extend the conceptual understanding of complex mathematical development (Austin, Thompson, & Beckman, 2005; Bean, 2000). [...] we developed categories related to the potential opportunities to teach rich mathematics.
Journal Title
Middle School Journal
Journal ISSN
0094-0771
Volume
41
Issue
2
First Page
30
Last Page
39
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1080/00940771.2009.11461710
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