P. Bear's New Year's Party: A Counting Book by Paul Owen Lewis
The Story talks about a polar bear that decides to have a New Year's Eve party and send several invitations to several of his friends. So at 0:00(12) no one arrives. At 1, one whale arrived. And and 2, two horses arrived.
According to this story, I can relate the amount of friends in an equation. I can say that the first point is 0,0 which means that at 0:00 or 12, no body arrived. Then the second point is (1,1) which means that at 1, 1 friend had arrived. Then the third point is (2,2), which means that at 2, two more friends arrived. Using all this information we can set up a linear equation and we can find the slope of such.
Slope:
(1-0)/1-0) = 1
(2-1/2-1) = 1
All these mean that according to the book, there is a linear relationship between time and the amount of guests that arrive which is expressed by the equation F=T, which means that the amount of friends is the amount of time(hours).
3) literature is a very effective way to teach a mathematical concept, because mathematical concepts apply to the world today, and a person can easily relate mathematical concept to real life situations and scenario, due to their familiarity, where ones imagination can be helpful in comprehending such concepts. Giving examples of real life stories gives a person a better way to understand things by the use of logic sense. This logic sense, and easy organization of ideas that stories bring out, makes it easier for people to relate or understand in terms of mathematical concepts. This overall makes it a great effective way of learning.
I like your story. It explains the need for people to be fashionably late, its just part of a linear equation. If only it was first explained to me like this as a child.
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ReplyDeletenice book selection. i like how you gleaned the concept of linear relationships from this text. very creative!
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