Developing Mathematical Literacy through Adolescent Literature

Paula Greathouse is an associate professor of secondary English Education at Tennessee Tech University where she teaches literacy courses to all content area pre-service teachers. She was a secondary English and Reading teacher for sixteen years. She has received several teaching awards including the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Teacher of Excellence Award. Holly Garrett Anthony is professor of Mathematics Education at Tennessee Tech University where she teaches mathematics content and methods courses for preservice teachers, as well as doctoral courses in STEM education, qualitative research, and program planning. She has received several honors for teaching and service and is a leader in mathematics education.

INTRODUCTION

Paula Greathouse and Holly Garrett Anthony

CHAPTER 1

The Mathematics of Imagination: Uncovering Math and Meaning in the Graphic Novel The

Magic Fish

Katherine Baker, Summer Melody Pennell and Bryan Fede

CHAPTER 2

Take It to The Limit: Maximizing Mathematical Literacy and (Re)solving Conflict

Holly Garrett Anthony, Paula Greathouse and Kaylee Gentry

CHAPTER 3

Extracting Mathematical Topics Embedded in Holes and Examining the Text Through a Critical

Lens

Marilyn E. Strutchens, Mike P. Cook and Brea C. Ratliff

CHAPTER 4

Reading Like a Mathematician: Exploring Data, Narratives, and Phenomena in A Long Walk to

Water

Suki Jones Mozenter and Robin Keturah Anderson

CHAPTER 5

Exploring All of the Above: Platonic Solids, Scale, Proportions, and Characterization

Jennifer R. Meadows and Amber Spears

CHAPTER 6

Reasoning with Equations and Functions in The 5th Wave

Rebecca Grice Gault and Jennifer Edelman

CHAPTER 7

“Absolute Zeros Solve for Why” Using the Pythagorean Theorem in Island of the Unknowns

Brian Rothbaum and Julie Grasfield Weil

CHAPTER 8

Exploring Math, Culture, and Stories Through Math Girls

Shelly Shaffer and Carlos Castillo-Garsow

CHAPTER 9

Making a Deal with The Number Devil: Scaffolding, Deepening and Extending Students’

Mathematical Literacy

Amanda Huffman, Rachel Colby, Jenna Repkin and Shelly Furuness

CHAPTER 10

Matchmaking Mathematics: Teaching Algorithms and Probability with Nandini Bajpai’s A

Match Made in Mehendi

Jen McConnel and Allen Harbaugh

CHAPTER 11

Simulating Success Based on Societal Odds: A Mathematical Read of The Hunger Games

Robin Keturah Anderson, Melissa Troudt, Candace Joswick and Lisa Skultety

ABOUT THE EDITORS

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

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