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<\/p>\nCreative Math – Thinking of math as a creative subject doesn\u2019t mean reinventing what 2 plus 2 equals, but instead looking at innovative ways to engage students in math. One way to spice up the subject is by bringing storytelling into lessons.<\/p>\n
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Storytelling can help turn math into something fun while kick starting a student’s interest in numbers. Storytelling in particular,\u00a0spoken aloud rather than being read from a page or in a book,\u00a0can help embed lessons more deeply. From making \u201cconstant eye contact\u201d \u2014\u00a0as opposed to \u201creading from a book,\u201d where someone\u2019s head is down \u2014\u00a0this different style of engagement can help students connect more to a storyteller and to the lesson at hand, as detailed by educators Mary Barr Goral and Cindy Meyers Gnadinger\u00a0in\u00a0a 2006 piece titled \u201cUsing storytelling to teach mathematics concepts<\/a>.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Storytelling may also boost social-emotional learning capabilities in children, particularly those around creative and critical thinking.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a 2018 paper<\/a>, \u201cPromoting Creativity and Critical Thinking Though Digital Storytelling: Perceptions of Undergraduate Students,\u201d Ohio Northern University education faculty member and researcher Albert Akyeampong noted that college students stated they needed to use critical thinking skills to consider how to tell a story using the tools at hand \u2014\u00a0in their case,\u00a0digital technology. With K-12 students, critical and creative thinking skills would also be tapped in considering how to follow or even create a narrative around math problems.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n H\/T: K12dive<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"Student](\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/playfactoschool.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2-5-300x210.png\" "\\"Student")
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