NEWS - A book chapter by Dr. Trakulphadetkrai in a new academic book is published by Springer

A book chapter, titled 'Bringing Mathematics Alive Through Stories', first-authored by Dr. Natthapoj Vincent Trakulphadetkrai (Lecturer in Primary Mathematics Education, University of Reading's Institute of Education) and second-authored by colleagues at the University of Turku (Finland), is published in a new academic book, called 'Story in Children's Lives: Contributions of the Narrative Mode to Early Childhood Development, Literacy, and Learning'. 

Published by Springer, the chapter draws from published and on-going research by Dr. Trakulphadetkrai and other scholars to highlight potential cognitive and emotive benefits of integrating stories in developing mathematical thinking and learning for young children. The chapter also discusses some of the benefits of treating learners not only as consumers of mathematical stories, but also as mathematical storytellers. Finally, the chapter ends with some interesting case studies of practitioners using stories in their mathematics teaching.