Oral Storytelling and Teaching Mathematics: Pedagogical and Multicultural Perspectives

by Michael Stephen Schiro

Oral Storytelling and Teaching Mathematics contains two case studies of teachers telling epic oral stories to teach math to elementary and middle school students. The book also includes theoretical discussions of essential elements of oral storytelling, multicultural education, how oral storytelling can help children who have difficulty learning mathematics, and mathematical problem solving. This book significantly extends two pedagogical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761930108
• ISBN13: 9780761930105
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.2"