Using Artwork to Explore Proportional Reasoning

Autor/inn/en	Bush, Sarah B.; Karp, Karen S.; Nadler, Jennifer; Gibbons, Katie
Titel	Using Artwork to Explore Proportional Reasoning
Quelle	In: Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 22 (2016) 4, S.216-223 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1072-0839
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Middle School Teachers; Mathematics Teachers; Grade 6; Mathematics Instruction; Mathematics Education; Art Teachers; Art Education; Partnerships in Education; Painting (Visual Arts); Mathematical Concepts; Mathematics Activities; Art Activities; Integrated Curriculum; Teaching Methods; Computer Oriented Programs; Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Mathematics; Mathematik; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Mathematische Bildung; Art teacher; Kunsterzieher; Kunsterzieherin; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Malerei; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Computerprogramm
Abstract	Having an answer to "When are we ever going to use this in real life?" is important to middle school mathematics teachers. The activity described in this article awakened sixth graders' understanding of how artists use mathematics. By exploring ratio and proportionality in different paintings, students realized the use of proportional reasoning in artistic compositions. In this article, they share a lesson created for middle-grades students using a new game app called Keys to the Collection, developed by the Barnes Foundation in partnership with Drexel University's School of Education. This lesson was implemented in an urban sixth-grade class as well as during a sixth-grade field trip to the Barnes Foundation. The catalyst for this activity was an ongoing partnership formed between mathematics educators and art educators at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This partnership began with an email in which the authors asked the Barnes Foundation for access to diagrams used when the Barnes Foundation relocated from a suburban home to a large building in Philadelphia. Since that time, they have collaborated with art educators to develop field trip lessons and conduct workshops integrating mathematics with art in ways that align to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) (CCSSI 2010). (A bibliography is included.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. 1906 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191. Tel: 800-235-7566; Tel: 703-620-9840; Fax: 703-476-2570; e-mail: NCTM@nctm.org; Web site: http://www.nctm.org/publications/mathematics-teaching-in-the-middle-school/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01