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1. A European Commission funded project
(under Comenius MP)
2012-2014
SCIENTIX Conference
WORKSHOP , Brussels 26 October 2014
Version: October 2014
Le-MATH
Learning mathematics through
new communication factors
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2. WORKSHOP OUTLINE (in steps)
•Presentation of the Le-MATH project
•The methods
•Assessment/evaluation tools
•Samples of MATHeatre video plays
•Sample MATHFactor video play (practice assessment together)
Workshop participants become the jury (use Le-MATH marking paper).
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3. Rational…what is the problem?
Many pupils and parents consider mathematics
• As a difficult and a boring subject
• Abstract and non-approachable
• Many pupils instead of studying mathematics
prefer to spend most of their time watching TV or
playing electronic games or exchanging messages
with their mobile phone, exchanging pictures,
exchanging videos, competing etc.
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STEP 1
4. How can we bring pupils back to the
“playing field” of education?
• One way to achieve this is to use similar
tools (“weapons”) as the “opponents”.
– In simple words, to communicate the
learning of mathematics in a non-
traditional way, like a game through
theatre or competitions similar to the
well-known X-Factor and other.
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5. • This project introduces completely
different and new approaches
– Invites teachers and pupils to apply
new communication methods in
learning mathematics, which could be
fun and enjoyable at the same time.
– Brings new ideas under “play and
learn”.
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6. • Le-MATH is:
– Proposing new methodologies in learning and
teaching mathematics to pupils of age 9-18,
which can be used in any school environment
for Making learning more attractive and
enjoyable for all pupils
– Enhances students’ skills for creative thinking.
• The methods could be used for other subjects of
the education curricula and for other ages.
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7. • The use of theatre and oral communication is proposed with
guidelines as a methodology in teaching and learning
mathematics with the creation of support tools that can be
used by teachers and pupils.
• The methods are created in such a way that cane easily be
explained practically through an in-service training course
for teachers who teach mathematics to pupils of age 9-18.
Therefore the two methods are named:
– A. MATHeatre: Teaching and learning mathematics
through math theatre activities
– B. MATHFactor: Teaching and learning mathematics
through oral mathematics communication activities
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8. • Pilot Phase : September 2013 – April 2014
Teachers and pupils were invited to use the method
through the Version 1 of the guidelines(published in
September 2013) and participate in the
European competitions for MATHeatre and
MATHFactor.
The teachers and pupils were asked to participate
in an evaluation process, which has produced a
report of 170 pages. This report has helped to
modify and improve the guidelines available to you
today.
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9. • The project results contribute among other
to:
– The Education and Training 2020 for
enhancing creativity and innovation among
youth.
– The benchmark for decreasing low-achievers
in basic skills (mathematics and science) to
less than15%.
• It promotes the European Cooperation on schools
in the area of competences by supporting and
promoting the key competence for mathematics.
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10. Project main outputs and tools
1. Guidelines for the MATHeater method (printed, pdf, interactive)
2. Guidelines for the MATHFactor method (printed, pdf, interactive)
3. Manual of Good Practices for MATHeatre (web-based with analysis)
4. Manual of Good Practices for MATHFactor (web-based with analysis)
5. Book: “Mathematical Stories for Theatre”
6. Manual of Scripts for MATHeatre (based on a Script writing competition
completed in 2013 (40 scripts from 13 countries worldwide included)
7. Manual of Scripts for MATHFactor (developed by the partners)
8.A course programme for training teachers with specified key learning
outcomes Developed and planned
1st Le-MATH European course , 4-10 December 2014, Protaras, Cyprus
2nd
Le-MATH European course, 25-31 March, 2015 , Athens, Greece
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Connect to Le-MATH siteConnect to Le-MATH site
11. • Project partners and participants
1. Cyprus Mathematical Society(CY- Gr. Makrides, A. Philippou, C. Papayiannis)
2. Thales Foundation of Cyprus(CY- A. Skotinos, P. kenderov, E. Christou),
3. Charles University in Prague-Faculty of Education(CZ- J. Novotna, A. Jancarik, K.
Jancarikova, J. Machalikova ),
4. Loidl-Art (AT- H. Loidl),
5. VUZF University(BG-S. Grozdev),
6. “CALISTRAT HOGAS” National College Piatra-Neamt (RO-N. Circu, L-M Filimon),
7. Lyckeskolan (SE- M. Lydell Manfjard),
8. LEOLAB (ES- M. Munoz),
9. Junior Mathematical Society Miskolc(HU- P. Kortesi),
10. European Office of Cyprus(BE-CY- R. Strevinioti, D. Tsikoudi),
11. Collège Saint Charles(FR- K. Treguer, E. Gueguen, E. Darees),
12. National Technical University of Athens, Institute of Communication and Computer
Systems(GR- K. Karpouzis, A. Christodoulou),
13. Com2go Ltd(CY- G. Economides, N. Nirou).
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12. • STEP 2 The MATHeatre method
Why Mathematics Theatre?
• The idea is to make the study of mathematics more attractive through
theatre.
• Theatre activities in maths education have the potential to act as an
important tool for development of students' comprehension, encouraging
their motivation and diminishing their preconceptions that mathematics
is too abstract. The use of these activities in mathematics teaching can
help teachers make maths lessons more enjoyable both for students and
themselves.
• Suggested scripts and concrete examples of theatrical experiences are
available in the Le-MATH Guidebooks and in the Le-MATH Manual of
Good Practices.
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13. Past-Present-Future
•Since ancient times great mathematicians have used oratory to communicate their
knowledge. Through the rhetoric and the forum, they shared their knowledge and
enabled the diffusion of major theories. Also staging concepts and characters would
allow our students a better understanding of concepts that seem often intangible.
•Theatrical techniques are often used in special pedagogical or socio-cultural
situations such as the learning of a foreign language, for personal development, or to
aid enthusiasm of a group, so why not in a mathematics session?
• The universality of mathematics allows every mathematics teacher to use such a
method, as a tool to succeed in teaching their subject.
•You will be able to write your own scripts or use published ones.
•The teacher becomes the stage director. In this way you can create dynamism in the
group where each student can exchange ideas, give input, listen and share with the
pleasure of working together.
•Each student can also develop a socio-cultural awareness, autonomy, an open mind,
imagination, creativity and self-discovery with the help of the teacher and learn to
cope with the experience of performing in public and improving their self-confidence
and self-expression.
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14. • Theatre reinforces the notions of sharing and collaborative learning. Acceptance
of authority is integrated in a playful frame. Given instructions are more easily
accepted.
• That's why the creation of communication situations and a real exchange (initial
preparatory work in the class, rehearsals, final production, and the performance)
around a mathematical theme, as a pretext to using a specific language can be
practised in a theatrical context.
• Students will learn to bring out, unlock and fluidize their speech, improve their
memorization during rehearsals, and will be enabled to think and reason by using
the language of mathematics, rendering this subject less “foreign” by working
intensively with it. This approach will consolidate learning, enable work on
rhythm, melody and intonation, sounds and tonalities (Multiple Intelligences:
musicality), learning in general and especially for younger children there will be
improvements in attention, concentration and listening to each other.
• Theatre is an art which mixes, amongst others, music, dance, comedy, and leads
to a discovery of the related jobs of sound control, lighting, set building,
costumes, make-up...
• And more than that...the pleasure, the game!
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15. 15
That is the reason why teachers need to take account of the following points in order
to succeed:
•The first point should be the heterogeneity of groups
•Just in case…
There may be students who still resist this technique itself: students who don’t like
theatre, who are too shy or have other reasons for refusing to be actors: (Fear of being
ridiculous, fear of being judged or a fear to deceive the learners.)
They can still be involved in other important roles bringing out their strengths as
offering technical support, writing, directing, costume, set, makeup and so on.
16. Other points for teachers:
•The aim of such activities is not that they should be carried out continuously throughout the
year but maybe once, or as a workshop where you are not confined by the curricula.
•Some teachers worry about a lack of training or information in these practices:
There may be different problems to deal with than those we are used to in the
classroom: too much noise, disturbances, excitement from the young ones.
So what qualifications are needed to begin this theatre practice?
•It is certainly an advantage if the teacher has had experience in theatre but it is not
necessarily a requirement. Most people have seen at least one play or have read a play.
•It is not so difficult for teachers to become actors or stage directors: We teachers are like
actors on stage as soon as we enter our classroom! We have our “public” and we must
convince our “audience” of the truth of our knowledge using rhetoric, drama etc. Just in the
way that famous mathematicians, thinkers or philosophers have done for centuries...
•The role of the teacher is to create a fun atmosphere beneficial to the game, to reassure the
learners and to encourage their participation. The teacher needs to instil a sense of mutual
respect, to establish a non-judgemental atmosphere where humility and collectivism are
important as well as allowing imagination to thrive.
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17. Different types of theatrical activities
•It is possible to set up a theatre activity in the mathematics lesson in different ways depending on
the objectives, but also depending on the number of sessions the teacher chooses to use for the
work.
a) To discover a new concept:
•The setting of a theatrical activity can help the teacher to introduce a new concept. In this way, the
teacher can prepare a discovery activity that will allow students to become familiar with new
content.
•Role plays are appropriate to explain mathematical methods where each student has a specific role
in the game, e.g. exploring proper or improper fractions and mixed numbers, simplifying fractions,
or solving equations …
•Pallascio and Lajoie (2001) study role-playing as an efficient tool for making students active in a
given situation. The objective of theatre activities, similarly to role-playing, when used in teaching
contexts, is to lead student-actors and other student spectators to learn something from the given
situation. When dramatizing a mathematical concept, pupils use facial expressions, role-playing,
improvisation etc. They work in groups and improve their understanding of mathematics through
writing scripts and playing the theatre.
•The activity is conducted before the lectures. Its length is relatively short.
b) To reinvent a concept:
•The use of theatrical activity could also be used after studying a concept following the theory and
the classical training exercises. Acting a play or writing a script is a good way to master a concept.
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18. • Theatrical approach
in the classroom (read the guidelines)
• Theatrical approach
on a real stage (read the guidelines)
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19. • Before writing a script, it's useful to look at theatrical terminology -(read the guidelines)
Many examples of scripts in the Guidebook, the Manual of Scripts, the Book Mathematical
Stories for theatre. Free to download.
Ideas for Costumes (read the guidelines)
Feedback
• Discussions between the student-actors and the student spectators about the
mathematical notion or the play are a good way to verbalize and clarify any difficulties.
• Self-evaluation: videos can be used and are a good way to realize the mistakes and help
the students improve.
Useful templates (profile of play in class, record sheet for teachers) – (read the guidelines)
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20. MATHFactor method
Why Mathematics Communication?
•Improving communication skills is very important as these are a form of social skills.
The communication of mathematical ideas requires a special approach as the theories
initially seem abstract or symbolic and oral explanation is sometimes problematic.
Learning to communicate mathematical theories orally is a positive challenge for
teachers and pupils.
•Communicating with classmates, communicating with the teacher or communicating
with a non-specialist audience brings many advantages to school pupils. The self-
esteem and confidence of the pupils will increase, which will assist them later in life in
job searching and in many professions such as teaching, researching, reporting,
managing, marketing, etc.
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21. Why communicate mathematics to the public?
•To promote a mathematically and technology literate workforce
•To enable citizens to play an informed role in their democracy
•To ensure that mathematics are an integral part of everyday experience
Important attitudes to mathematics to be considered during communication of
mathematics:
•Fascination: -seek out mathematics in the media
- I am amazed by mathematics and how its application is making our lives
healthier and safer
•Tolerance: -passive but generally supportive
- Mathematics is making our lives easier and more comfortable
•Fear: -distrust of motives of mathematical scientists and their funders
- Rules will not stop researchers doing what they want behind closed doors
•Indifference: -low priority concern, out of reach
-Mathematics is too specialized for most people to understand it
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22. Mathematics Communication Factors for learning mathematics in the school
environment and beyond
Motivation
What is the motivation?
•It is the force that activates and addresses the behaviour
•It is the fuel that allows us to carry out what we propose
“If we want to build a ship, it is not enough to get a group of workers together and
give them instructions and distribute the work to them. We must inspire them to
want to discover the far seas.”
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
For what motivation is useful?
•An individual on many occasions needs a stimulus or a "booster". Motivation acts
as such, in order to encourage us to fulfil our aims or to satisfy the needs of the
person. For this reason motivation is useful to stimulate someone to do what they
need to or should do for their own benefit and that of others.
•(more details on motivation in the guidelines)
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23. Content
The field of mathematics is very wide and its applications are unlimited. Content
which may be particularly useful, for a short oral presentation could be:
•Abstract mathematics to make it easier to understand using paradigms and parallels
from everyday life
•Applications of mathematics that explain how science and technology work and how
mathematics is involved.
•The explanation of physical phenomena using simple mathematics
•History of mathematics and story about mathematicians
Many such examples can be viewed in the You-tube video data base for MATHFactor
2012, 2013 and 2014 found in the sites, www.euromath.org and www.le-math.eu
•Basically, almost any topic of the curriculum could be used , as long as we are
creative enough to communicate it in an interesting and attractive way.
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24. A. Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication
•Know your audience
•Use the room as a stage
•Prepare
•Speak loudly and clearly
•Modulate the tone, pitch, and speed of your speech.
•Use gestures and facial expressions to help you explain, emphasize, and
communicate.
•Develop a presentation persona.
•Show passion and enthusiasm for the topic.
•Do not read your notes or slides.
•Interact with and pay attention to your audience.
•Do not take yourself too seriously.
•Keep track of the time.
B. Effective Use of the Visual-Aids in the concept of a classroom
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25. C. Effective and Meaningful Organization of Content
•Plan the content.
•Provide a structure.
•List objectives or provide an outline at the beginning of the presentation.
•Organize the content with a theme or storyline.
•Allow for pauses and “wait-time.”
D. Dealing with presentation nervousness, especially in live presentations
•Its ok to be a little nervous
•Breathe
•Hold on to something
•Go slow
•Trust yourself
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26. Making a presentation
• Research your audience
• Prepare your talk
• Audio-visual aids
• Rehearse [but not forever]
• How to behave and move
• Keep it varied
• Use illustrations
Being filmed or recorded
•Where to look
•Arm waving
•What to wear for TV
•Get comfortable
•For Radio, consider Scripts
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27. Attracting Media attention when public event is organized
The journalists’ questions
•Who?
•What?
•Where?
•When?
•Why?
•How?
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28. STEP 2 The Guidelines for the Methods
•MATHeatre Guidelines
•MATHFactor Guidelines
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