By Zalman Usiskin

This PDF file presents a chapter of Motivation and Disposition: Pathways to Learning Mathematics (73rd Yearbook) in a downloadable file that preserves the design and layout of the book while allowing users to search and print selected pages.

Chapter 18: Venturing into Storybooks: Motivating Teachers to Promote Mathematical Problem Solving. Jane Wilburne and Jane Keat (Penn State Harrisburg) share a framework for how teachers became motivated to use the playful and imaginative language and setting of storybooks to pose mathematical problems that give their students authentic and purposeful mathematical experiences.

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