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Antoinette Fahie Stage 2 Research Project
Kester Philips, D. C., Bardsley, M. E., Bach, T., & Gibb-
Brown, K. (2009). "But I teach Math!" The Journey of middle school mathematics teachers and literacy coaches learning to integrate literacy studies in mathematics. Education, 129, 467- 472.
This article discusses exactly what I believe, that math is two languages in one. Not only do students need to memorize symbols and use them precisely, they need to also understand the text. The groups of math and literacy teachers actually sat down together and realized that literacy has everything to do with math, and they needed to address the issue to help their students. Their strategies, such as learning how to read a graphic organizer, and tables prior to a math lesson helped the students make gains in both content areas.
Draper, R. J., & Siebert, D. (2004). Different Goals, Similar Practices: Making Sense of the Mathematics and Literacy Instruction in a Standards Based Mathematics Classroom. American Educational Research J ournal. doi:10.3102/00028312041004927 This article describes both the process and products of a cooperative inquiry project between two educational researchers one from literacy education and one from mathematics education. The collaboration took place in an undergraduate, inquiry-based mathematics classroom in which the researchers sought to develop a shared vision of learning and literacy. The researchers discovered that they each used a different learning model to make sense of mathematics instruction, and that both of these models obscured important aspects of learning in a Standards-based mathematics classroom. An alter- native model of learning and literacy in mathematics that takes into consideration both models Antoinette Fahie Stage 2 Research Project is presented, as well as the process through which the researchers negotiated this shared perspective.
Through the use of cooperative inquiry, which is actually researching with people, the authors came together in an elementary classroom, each with their own area of expertise, and conducted research with students. They had various activities that answered questions about how literacy and mathematics instruction can be taught simultaneously. Their inquiry led them to a conclusion that this was only a first step towards at conquering the mathematics with respect to literacy issue. They came up with a model that I would like to implement in the math/science classroom I am in now to test it on my students.
Altieri, J. L. (2009). Strengthening Connections between Elementary Classroom Mathematics and Literacy. Teaching Children Mathematics, 15(6), 346-351.
Through the use of games, and other Ticket out the door activities, this teacher/author combines mathematics and literacy to help students make connections between the two. These are strategies that I would implement in my classroom, and this insightful article included beginning of the day work, poems, and vocabulary, all n the name of math.