Teaching mathematics as storytelling / / Rina Zazkis, Peter Liljedahl.

• VerfasserIn: Zazkis, Rina,; Liljedahl, Peter, 1967-
• TeilnehmendeR: Liljedahl, Peter, 1967-
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This book presents storytelling in mathematics as a medium for creating a classroom in which mathematics is appreciated, understood, and enjoyed. The authors demonstrate how students’ mathematical activity can be engaged via storytelling. Readers are introduced to many mathematical stories of different kinds, such as stories that provide a frame or a background to mathematical problems, stories that deeply intertwine with the content, and stories that explain concepts or ideas. Moreover, the authors present a framework for creating new stories, ideas for using and enriching existing stories, as well as several techniques for storytelling that make telling more interactive and more appealing to the learner. This book is of interest for those who teach mathematics, or teach teachers to teach mathematics. It may be of interest to those who like stories or like mathematics, or those who dislike either mathematics or stories, but are ready to reconsider their position.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- A story -- What makes a story -- Storytelling -- Stories that set a frame or a background -- Stories that accompany and stories that intertwine -- Stories that introduce -- Stories that explain -- Stories that Ask a question -- Stories that tell a joke -- Creating a story -- Stories of a teacher and his students -- Using existing stories -- References.