Degree Name
MS (Master of Science)
Program
Mathematical Sciences
Date of Award
8-2009
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Frederick Norwood
Committee Members
Jeff R. Knisley, Michel Helfgott
Abstract
My experience teaching in Virginia schools, pacing and aligning instruction to the Virginia Standards of Learning, caused me to recognize the need for a mathematics tool to simplify and transition K-3 mathematics vocabulary usage and instruction. The language of mathematics uses three linguistic tools: words, symbols, and diagrams. Within this thesis I developed an instructional tool, a "Mathematics Pictionary", to accommodate primary grades K-3 and transition mathematical language and vocabulary skills between the primary grades aligned to the instruction and guidelines of the Virginia Standards of Learning. The Pictionary may be used coherently with lesson plans, available from the Virginia Department of Education, for instructional use in teaching mathematical vocabulary usage throughout the primary grade levels, K-3.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Collins-Browning, Amanda Rashelle, "The Language of Mathematics: Virginia Standards of Learning Mathematical Pictionary for Grades K-3." (2009). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1874. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1874
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.