Thursday, November 19, 2015

Inquiry Project - Primary Sources

1. Edelson, R.J., & Johnson, G. (2003). Music Makes Math Meaningful. Childhood Education, 80, 65-70. doi:10.1080/00094056.2004.10521259
This is one of the articles that we, as a group, will focus on for concluding our inquiry project, i.e. implementation. One of the things we, as educators, want to learn and bring forth is how to make Math fun and accessible, this articles does exactly that. It presents ways, activities, and ideas that we, as Math  teachers, can use to add rhythm and fun in the form of music to teaching and learning Mathematics. 

2. Daniel, T., Margaret, C.M., & Song, A. (2013). Elementary Teachers Integrate Music Activities into Regular Mathematics Lessons: Effects on Students' Mathematical Abilities. Journal for Learning through the Arts, 9, 1-21 
This article will be another primary source, as it examines the results and outcomes of integrating musical activities into teaching Elementary Math. A study including two classes of first grade and third grade students are observed to have positive effects on multiple mathematical ability areas after having covered a variety of music-math interdisciplinary lessons.
 
3. Burgin, J.S., Pearson, L.C., & Szirony, G.M., (2008). Hemispheric Laterality in music and math. Learning Inquiry, 2, 169-180
The article mainly deals with the hemispheric laterality, i.e. the common perception that left hemisphere is for logic and reasoning, whereas the right hemisphere is for emotions, etc. While this article does not serve as the primary source for our research question, it will be useful in exploring the concept of Musical Mathematics and drawing extensions.
 
 
 

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