Connecting Mathematics Across the Curriculum
Description:... One of the four cornerstones of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics" asserts that connecting mathematics to other subjects in the curriculum and to the everyday world is an important goal of school mathematics. This yearbook is designed to help classroom teachers, teacher educators, supervisors, and curriculum developers broaden their views of mathematics and suggests practical strategies for engaging students in exploring the connectedness of mathematics. Following are the section and chapter titles. Part 1: General Issues: (1) "The Case for Connections" (A. F. Coxford); (2) "Connections as Problem-Solving Tools" (T. R. Hodgson); (3) "Connecting School Science and Mathematics" (D. F. Berlin & A. L. White); and (4) "Using Ethnomathematics To Find Multicultural Mathematical Connections" (L. Shirley). Part 2: Connections within Mathematics: (5) "Connecting Number and Geometry" (L. Leake); (6) "Using Functions To Make Mathematical Connections" (R. P. Day); (7) "Making Connections with Transformations in Grades K-8" (R. N. Rubenstein & D. R. Thompson); (8) "Transformations: Making Connections in High School Mathematics" (M. L. Crowley); (9) "Using Transformations To Foster Connections" (D. B. Hirschhorn & S. S. Viktora); and (10) "Connecting Mathematics with Its History: A Powerful, Practical Linkage" (L. Reimer & W. Reimer). Part 3: Connections across the Elementary School Curriculum: (11) "Learning Mathematics in Meaningful Contexts: An Action-Based Approach in the Primary Grades" (S. L. Schwartz & F. R. Curcio); (12) "Measurement in a Primary-Grade Integrated Curriculum" (L. Rhone); (13) "Connecting Literature and Mathematics" (D. J. Whitin); (14) "Connecting Reasoning and Writing in Student 'How to' Manuals" (N. F. Grandgenett, J. W. Hill, & C. V. Lloyd); and (15) "Connecting Mathematics and Physical Education through Spatial Awareness" (D. V. Lambdin & D. Lambdin). Part 4: Connections across the Middle School Curriculum: (16) "Seeing and Thinking Mathematically in the Middle School" (G. M. Kleiman); (17) "Projects in the Middle School Mathematics Curriculum" (S. Krulik & J. Rudnick); (18) "Carpet Laying: An Illustration of Everyday Mathematics" (J. O. Masingila); (19) "Mathematics and Quilting" (K. T. Ernie); and (20) "Randomness: A Connection to Reality" (D. J. Dessart). Part 5: Connections across the High School Curriculum: (21) "Connecting Geometry with the Rest of Mathematics" (A. A. Cuoco, E. P. Goldenberg, & J. Mark); (22) "Forging Links with Projects in Mathematics" (J. W. McConnell); (23) "Baseball Cards, Collecting, and Mathematics" (V. P. Schielack, Jr.); (24) "Experiencing Functional Relationships with a Viewing Tube" (M. R. Wilson & B. E. Shealy); (25) "Breathing Life into Mathematics" (K. M. Johnson & C. L. Litynski); and (26) "Students' Reasoning and Mathematical Connections in the Japanese Classroom" (K. Ito-Hino). (MKR)
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