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Padula, Janice – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 2006
Mathematical fiction has probably existed since ideas have been written down and certainly as early as 414 BC (Kasman, 2000). Mathematical fiction is a recently rediscovered and growing literature, as sales of the novels: "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" (Haddon, 2003) and "The Da Vinci Code" (Brown, 2004)…
Descriptors: Novels, Films, Fiction, Drama
Padula, Janice – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2005
This article contains a small selection of mathematical fiction chosen with the teaching of mathematics in secondary school in mind. However, an attempt is made to classify the works and provide a few ideas about how these items may be used by mathematics teachers, sometimes, but not necessarily, in collaboration with science and humanities…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Fiction, Picture Books, Television
Padula, Janice – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2004
This article classifies and describes a selection of mathematical fiction. It also provides some practical activities teachers or parents can use to help make the mathematics more explicit and engaging for their children. Not many people, apart from primary teachers, are aware of mathematical fiction or mathematical picture storybooks, although…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Fiction, Mathematics Education, Elementary School Mathematics