Maths4Kids: telling stories with Maths
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In this paper, we describe a novel approach to teaching early mathematical concepts to young children. This approach aims to merge storytelling and Maths. Evidence show that through dramatic games and role-playing activities young children (aging from 5--7 years old) learn to master new knowledge, to fit in a new school setting and to socially relate with their peers. So taking this evidence into account, it is possible to devise an innovative collaborative learning scenario that teaches early mathematical concepts by telling and creating stories. More than doing it in the traditional formats (oral or theatrical form), we are investigating the possibility to take this scenario to an innovative computerised platform -- Microsoft Surface™.
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A large body of HCI research has explored technologies supporting children's or families' storytelling and storymaking outside the settings of expressive arts therapy.
“However, a large body of HCI research has explored technologies supporting children or families' storytelling and storymaking outside the settings of expressive arts therapy [3, 102, 103, 110, 132].”
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- Authors
- Alexandre, I. M., Jardim, D., & Lopes, P. F.
- Affiliations
- Instituto de Telecomunicações & ISCTE -- IUL, Lisboa, Portugal
- Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (PT)
- ORCID
- Lopes, Pedro Faria
- Venue
- Proceedings of the Intelligent Narrative Technologies III Workshop
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2010-06-18
- Pages
- 1-6
- OpenAlex
- W2011674217
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › Digital Storytelling and Education
- Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
- Keywords
- early childhood mathematics education, storytelling, dramatic play, role play, cooperative learning, young children, Microsoft Surface, educational technology, peer socialization
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