{"id":85842,"date":"2023-03-02T16:25:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T21:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=85842"},"modified":"2023-03-02T16:26:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T21:26:56","slug":"using-stories-to-support-mathematical-thinking-in-young-students-crawford-mckinney-ozgun-koca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2023\/03\/02\/using-stories-to-support-mathematical-thinking-in-young-students-crawford-mckinney-ozgun-koca\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Stories to Support Mathematical Thinking in Young Students [Crawford-McKinney & \u00d6zg\u00fcn-Koca]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using Stories to Support Mathematical Thinking in Young Students<\/strong><\/a> — from edutopia.org by Kathleen Crawford-McKinney and Asli \u00d6zg\u00fcn-Koca
\nChildren\u2019s books often contain valuable lessons that can help young students begin to think like mathematicians.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Many students and teachers view math as a subject for numbers and computation, instead of one that benefits from discussion and interpretation. Based on our experience as children\u2019s literature and mathematics teacher-educators, we\u2019ve found that providing the context to mathematical problems through literature supports students\u2019 learning\u2014children\u2019s books can be used to integrate math and literacy and to provide context for math.<\/p>\n

Also from edutopia.org, see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Things Professional Writers Do That Students Should Too<\/strong><\/a> — by Andrew Boryga
\nEveryone gets stumped when they begin a new writing project\u2014even the professionals. Here are some strategies the world\u2019s best writers use to push past the doldrums and generate higher-quality writing.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Asking students to read aloud, while focusing on things like tone, sentence structure, and cadence, is a simple, effective, and researched-backed way to improve their writing\u2014particularly during the revision stage.<\/p>\n

That insight got us thinking about other easy strategies\u2014used by real pros\u2014that students can also employ to improve their writing.<\/p>\n

The Power of a Compliment<\/strong> <\/a>— by Scott Wisniewski
\nA project that invites students to anonymously compliment their classmates and teachers has improved the culture at one high school.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A small act of kindness can change the complexion of someone\u2019s day. Giving someone a compliment, telling them how much they mean to you, or just sharing words of encouragement can change a person\u2019s overall outlook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Using Stories to Support Mathematical Thinking in Young Students — from edutopia.org by Kathleen Crawford-McKinney and Asli \u00d6zg\u00fcn-Koca Children\u2019s books often contain valuable lessons that can help young students begin to think like mathematicians. Excerpt: Many students and teachers view math as a subject for numbers and computation, instead of one that benefits from discussion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[343,848,373,419,46,173,66,89,50,90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-emotion","category-homeschoolinghomeschoolers","category-ideas-teaching","category-k-12-related","category-pedagogy","category-student-related","category-teachers","category-teaching-learning","category-englishwriting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85842"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85848,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85842\/revisions\/85848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}