Using Literature in Mathematics: Gifted Students' Comments.

Pinchback, Carolyn L.

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ERIC Number: EJ639167

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Using Literature in Mathematics: Gifted Students' Comments.

Pinchback, Carolyn L.

Gifted Child Today, v24 n1 p36-43 Win 2001

A study introduced a mathematics text that combines real math and science in a fictional context to six gifted sixth-graders. Responses to four questions by the students are provided. Results indicate that using prose writing in mathematics is a fruitful means of assessment in mathematics. (Contains seven references.) (CR)

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Gifted, Grade 6, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Word Problems (Mathematics)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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