Teachers' use of mathematical picturebooks to engage children in the upper primary years in mathematics
Harbison, LorraineORCID: 0000-0002-1945-7241, Kingston, MaryORCID: 0000-0003-0817-6230 and Miller, SueORCID: 0000-0002-9689-7697
(2021)
Teachers' use of mathematical picturebooks to engage children in the upper primary years in mathematics.
In: Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8), 15-16 October 2021, DCU Institute of Education.
The use of picturebooks to engage children in developing mathematical proficiency is well documented. However, there is limited evidence as to their use with children in the upper primary years. Therefore, we developed a novel initiative in which we would source picturebooks that contained mathematical topics appropriate to this age cohort and trial them in the classroom. In this paper, we present the findings from the seven teachers who took part. The thematic analysis is aligned with the three core principles of Universal Design for Learning. Results demonstrate that use of picturebooks offer learners multiple means of accessing and engaging with mathematical concepts, multiple means of building conceptual representations of mathematics, and lend themselves to multiple means of action and expression in extending, internalising and showcasing learning.
Kingston, Mary and Grimes, Paul, (eds.)
Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8).
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Dublin City University.