RecordNumber
3658
Author
Tollefson, Gail Tang and Alan
Crop_Body
Gail Tang and Alan Tollefson
Title of Article
Constructing Meaning through Making and Creating
Title Of Journal
Bridges
Publication Year
2016
Abstract
Metaphor is frequently used in theatre to convey important messages to the audience. An interdisciplinary honors
class used metaphor and theatre to teach students mathematics. Each group created a tangible object that was relevant
to a mathematical principle of choice and that embodied a metaphor. Each tangible object was presented to the greater
community at an art opening. Two of the projects will be discussed in this paper as well as results from a pre- and
post-course surveys on students’ perceptions of mathematics.