Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ456419
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0004-136X
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A Language Arts Approach to Mathematics.
Nevin, Mary Lou
Arithmetic Teacher, v40 n3 p142-46 Nov 1992
Proposes the use of literature to introduce new mathematical concepts. Presents a story to develop the concept of grouping, and follows with 11 activities related to the story in which students use dramatization and manipulative materials to develop new groupings, predict outcomes, validate their predictions, and discuss findings to develop the concept of place value. (MDH)
Descriptors: Addition, Discovery Learning, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Holistic Approach, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intermediate Grades, Language Arts, Learning Activities, Manipulative Materials, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools, Place Value, Problem Solving, Review (Reexamination), Subtraction, Teaching Methods, Writing Across the Curriculum
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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