《十八手高》:从数学角度解读《动物庄园》

IF 0.3 Q4 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
Liveness Mwale, W. Mwakapenda
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《动物农场》中的这些摘录是书中使用数学思想的许多例子,尤其是那些与数字有关的思想。作者用他对数学的“常识”和他熟悉的语言,用明示或暗示的数学思想讲述了《动物农场》的故事。作者的意图可能不是为了展示数学或数学思想,但由于一些故事情节需要使用数学语言,他无法在不使用数学的情况下做到这一点。这篇文章来自一项研究,该研究评估了学习者解读所读内容的能力,尤其是“看到”《动物农场》一书中数学方面的能力。这项研究试图了解学习者的数学阅读能力,因为数学是一门需要专业实践领域的专业语言。《动物农场》是2015学年南非10-12年级高中生的英语家庭语言文学书籍之一。根据基础教育部(2014)的数据,其他英语家庭语言小说有《了不起的盖茨比》(Fitzgerald,2008)和《傲慢与偏见》(Austen,2008)。向学员展示了动物农场的摘录,如上文所述。他们被要求识别摘录中的数学部分,并解释摘录的含义。在第一段节选中,数学部分是“十八手高”。根据转换率,一只成年手的长度约为0.1016米。因此,Boxer的身高(米)约为1.83米。对于学习者来说,理解这一数学方面以理解摘录是很重要的。如果没有这种理解,“十八只手高”的说法在印刷媒体上读起来就没有意义。了解一个人在读什么以及需要如何阅读是一项关键技能,这与教育中的学习和成就有关,尤其是数学教育。
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‘Eighteen hands high’: A narrative reading of Animal Farm from a mathematical perspective
These excerpts from Animal Farm are examples of the many instances in which mathematical ideas, especially those connected to number, are used in the book. The author used his ‘common’ knowledge of mathematics and his familiar language to present the story of Animal Farm using mathematical ideas explicitly or implicitly. It is possible that the author’s intentions were not to present mathematics or mathematical ideas, but because some storylines needed the use of mathematical language, he could not do so without using mathematics. This article emerges from a study that assessed learners’ abilities to interpret what they read and in particular, to ‘see’ mathematical aspects in the book Animal Farm. The study sought to find out learners’ abilities to read mathematically since mathematics is a specialised language that requires a specialised domain of practice. Animal Farm was one of the English Home Language literature books for high school learners in Grades 10–12 in South Africa in the 2015 academic year. According to the Department of Basic Education (2014), other novels for English Home Language were The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald, 2008) and Pride and Prejudice (Austen, 2008). Learners were presented with excerpts from Animal Farm such as the ones quoted above. They were required to identify the mathematics part of the excerpts and to interpret what the excerpts meant. In the first excerpt, the mathematics part is ‘eighteen hands high’. According to conversion rates one adult hand is approximately 0.1016 m long. Therefore, Boxer’s height in metres was approximately 1.83 m. It was important for learners to understand this mathematical aspect in order to make sense of the extract. Without this understanding, the statement: ‘eighteen hands high’, does not make sense as one reads it in the printed media. Understanding what one is reading and how one needs to read is a critical skill required in relation to learning and achievement in education generally and mathematics education specifically.
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Pythagoras
Pythagoras EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES-
CiteScore
1.50
自引率
16.70%
发文量
12
审稿时长
20 weeks
期刊介绍: Pythagoras is a scholarly research journal that provides a forum for the presentation and critical discussion of current research and developments in mathematics education at both national and international level. Pythagoras publishes articles that significantly contribute to our understanding of mathematics teaching, learning and curriculum studies, including reports of research (experiments, case studies, surveys, philosophical and historical studies, etc.), critical analyses of school mathematics curricular and teacher development initiatives, literature reviews, theoretical analyses, exposition of mathematical thinking (mathematical practices) and commentaries on issues relating to the teaching and learning of mathematics at all levels of education.
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