Wild Songs: Finding the Voice of the Land Through Imaginative, Mathematical Compositions

Year: 2022 Authors: Jennifer Whiffin

Core claim

Combining culturally responsive sound-making with proportional music patterns gives 9- and 10-year-olds a concrete referent for fraction equivalence and comparison.

Topics

music composition, fraction learning, culturally responsive teaching, sound classification

Domains

fractions, equivalence, proportional reasoning, music, performance, visual notation, indigenous storytelling

Methods

deep listening, group composition, sorting sounds by note length, paper-based notation

Media

forest and water sounds, colored paper, vocalizations, drum beats

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