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- Volume 24
- Issue 1
- Publication Date: Winter 2001
Using Literature in Mathematics: Gifted Students’ Comments
Carolyn L. Pinchback
“Middle school students should have many opportunities to use language to communicate their mathematical ideas” (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM], 1989, p. 78). In Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM, p. 60), communication is an essential part of mathematics and mathematics education. In communicating, whether orally or written, students must reflect, refine, discuss, and amend their ideas. The important role of literature in mathematics has been reflected in several books, such as Read Any Good Math Lately (Whitin & Wilde, 1992) and MathTthrough Children’s Literature: Making the NCTM Standards Come Alive (Braddon, Hall, & Taylor, 1993). This article discusses the use of literature in mathematics by 6th grade prealgebra students in a gifted and talented program. Six students participated in this study: Christina, Kimberlee, Latrice, Monir, Joshua, and Paul. They were taught by an algebra teacher four days per week and then participated in enrichment activities taught by a gifted specialist once a week. The specialist used A Gebra Named Al (Isdel, 1993) as part of that enrichment.
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