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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ828490
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jan
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1051-1970
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Using Popular Culture to Teach Quantitative Reasoning
Hillyard, Cinnamon
PRIMUS, v17 n1 p36-43 Jan 2007
Popular culture provides many opportunities to develop quantitative reasoning. This article describes a junior-level, interdisciplinary, quantitative reasoning course that uses examples from movies, cartoons, television, magazine advertisements, and children's literature. Some benefits from and cautions to using popular culture to teach mathematics are suggested.
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Popular Culture, Cartoons, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, College Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Television, Periodicals, Advertising, Learning Activities, Creative Teaching
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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