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Dear Parents,
As you may already know, we scored poorly in
the state mandated math exam. It has been our
mission, since we received the results, to figure
out a way to improve as a whole. Our math
specialists have been observing low scoring
classrooms and high scoring classrooms all over
the state. They have found when students who
find the relevance of mathematics after reading
(or listening to) a book are learning to recognize
mathematics used in the world around them
(Price & Lennon, n.d).
Another interesting thing the researchers found
was high parent involvement. Parents are easily
able to support their child and the classroom
teacher by incorporating mathematics into daily
activities, such as measuring, counting, shopping,
scheduling, estimating and comparing (Price &
Lenon, n.d.). They noticed students who had their
parents more involved compared to their
counterparts, scored lower on the math state
exam.
WILL IT WORK?
Our researchers observed a case where a group
of students were introduced to circumference at
the same time. They were split into 2 groups, one
was iterature based teaching, and the other one
was lecture based teaching. The evidence
showed the students in the childrens literature
group showed markedly improved performance
in geometry (Capraro & Capraro, 21). The
students who read Sir Cumference and the First
Round Table: A Math Adventure, attained higher
scores than their other peers who were lectured.
The literature based group was able to internalize
the idea of Pi and diameter by having a real story
where it was incorporated and used.
This observation backs up the notion that,
literature based teaching is more effective when
introducing new ideas, versus not using literature
based teaching when introducing new concepts.