ERIC Number: EJ1250304
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-May
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Using Dance & Movement to Enhance Spatial Awareness Learning
Temple, Barbara Ann; Bentley, Kathryn; Pugalee, David K.; Blundell, Natalie; Pereyra, Carlos Miranda
Athens Journal of Education, v7 n2 p153-167 May 2020
By accessing creative portions of the brain through dance, Pre-K students can more easily learn math concepts like spatial awareness and critical math knowledge prior to formal assessment in elementary school. This early foundational learning creates educational equity by resulting in a month of additional math learning before ever stepping into an elementary classroom. At a very fundamental level, when students have access to math learning in Pre-K through the performing arts, they are more than a month ahead of their non-Pre-K peers when they enter a Kindergarten classroom, (Ludwig, Marklein, & Song, 2016). Arts-integrated math learning engages both hemispheres of the brain and all types of students, especially English Language Learners (ELL) and those from lower socioeconomic status, benefit academically from such experiences. Math and movement residencies bring equity and access to the classroom by preparing students with critical foundational knowledge in math prior to encountering formal math concepts in Kindergarten.
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Creativity, Concept Formation, Mathematics Skills, Dance Education, Motion, Mathematics Instruction, Brain Hemisphere Functions, At Risk Students, Kindergarten, Preschool Education, Mathematical Concepts, School Readiness, Teaching Methods, English Language Learners, Low Income Students
Athens Institute for Education & Research. 8 Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki, Athens 10671, Greece. e-mail: education@atiner.gr; Web site: https://www.athensjournals.gr/aje
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
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