Oral Storytelling and Teaching Mathematics: Pedagogical and Multicultural Perspectives

by Michael Schiro

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"This book presents two stories created by Michael Schiro and told by Doris Lawson in her mathematics classroom. The authors lay a foundation for weaving together mathematics and an epic story. The purpose of telling an epic story, one that takes several days to finish, is to "guide students through several stages of learning in order to help them develop mathematical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761930094
• ISBN13: 9780761930099
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.0"