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Book SynopsisGiving students opportunities to read like mathematicians as they explore content has the potential to move their thinking and understandings in monumental ways. Each chapter presented in this volume provides readers with approaches and activities for pairing a young adult novel with specific mathematics concepts. Chapters include several instructional activities for before, during, and after reading as well as extension activities that move beyond the text as students continue to develop mathematical literacy.
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION
Paula Greathouse and Holly Garrett Anthony
CHAPTER 1
The Mathematics of Imagination: Uncovering Math and Meaning in the Graphic Novel The
Magic Fish
Katherine Baker, Summer Melody Pennell and Bryan Fede
CHAPTER 2
Take It to The Limit: Maximizing Mathematical Literacy and (Re)solving Conflict
Holly Garrett Anthony, Paula Greathouse and Kaylee Gentry
CHAPTER 3
Extracting Mathematical Topics Embedded in Holes and Examining the Text Through a Critical
Lens
Marilyn E. Strutchens, Mike P. Cook and Brea C. Ratliff
CHAPTER 4
Reading Like a Mathematician: Exploring Data, Narratives, and Phenomena in A Long Walk to
Water
Suki Jones Mozenter and Robin Keturah Anderson
CHAPTER 5
Exploring All of the Above: Platonic Solids, Scale, Proportions, and Characterization
Jennifer R. Meadows and Amber Spears
CHAPTER 6
Reasoning with Equations and Functions in The 5th Wave
Rebecca Grice Gault and Jennifer Edelman
CHAPTER 7
“Absolute Zeros Solve for Why” Using the Pythagorean Theorem in Island of the Unknowns
Brian Rothbaum and Julie Grasfield Weil
CHAPTER 8
Exploring Math, Culture, and Stories Through Math Girls
Shelly Shaffer and Carlos Castillo-Garsow
CHAPTER 9
Making a Deal with The Number Devil: Scaffolding, Deepening and Extending Students’
Mathematical Literacy
Amanda Huffman, Rachel Colby, Jenna Repkin and Shelly Furuness
CHAPTER 10
Matchmaking Mathematics: Teaching Algorithms and Probability with Nandini Bajpai’s A
Match Made in Mehendi
Jen McConnel and Allen Harbaugh
CHAPTER 11
Simulating Success Based on Societal Odds: A Mathematical Read of The Hunger Games
Robin Keturah Anderson, Melissa Troudt, Candace Joswick and Lisa Skultety
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