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- Includes replicable lessons for lower elementary/primary and upper elementary/primary classrooms
- Provides sample quests in a digital format
- Demonstrates aligned national and international standards for each chapter and grade band in a range of disciplines
- Additional multimedia content accessible in browser or via SN More Media App
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This unique volume begins with engineering marvels that span across centuries and locations. The eight chapters focus on the following marvels in chronological order: Great Pyramid of Giza, Stonehenge, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, Panama Canal, Golden Gate Bridge, and International Space Station. By focusing on these specific examples of human ingenuity, opportunities are created to delve into the historical and social aspects of each chapter’s focus. There are also occasions to explore the artistic merit and the art created about and around each focus. Additional teaching opportunities lie in understanding the science, engineering, technology, and math embedded in all featured marvels.
Each chapter features an adventure roadmap in the form of a narrative quest set against the chapter’s marvel that guides teachers and student players through embedded activities. Activities are designed for lower elementary school (grades K-2 or ages 5-8) and upper elementary school (grades 3-5 or ages 8-11). Instructional support for both novice and career teachers is provided through differentiation strategies, resource materials, and teaching tips.
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Authors and Affiliations
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Division of Education and Counseling, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, USA
Leslie Haas
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School of Education, Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, USA
Michelle Metzger, Jill T. Tussey
About the authors
Dr. Michelle Metzger’s experiences include working as a classroom teacher, adjunct professor, professional development facilitator, research coordinator, and department chair. Her research interests include spatial thinking, problem solving, critical thinking, and STEM learning. As a National Ongoing Assessment Project Facilitator, Dr. Metzger believes in teaching math for understanding through modeling, which takes her to various places across the United States engaging teachers in deep mathematical thinking within a professional development setting. She believes students must hold math in their hands before they can hold it in their heads, hence the need for visualization and conceptual understanding.
Dr. Jill Tussey’s career in literacy education has provided a variety of experiences in curriculum and instruction across K-12, undergraduate, and graduate courses. Her areas of interest include student engagement and motivation with targeted focus on digital literacy, poverty impacts, and social-emotional learning. Service leadership is important to Dr. Tussey and can be clearly seen in her current work as the Division Chair for Literacy, TESL, and Early Childhood at Buena Vista University. She has authored and edited books, chapters, and journal articles. Additionally, she has presented at local, state, national, and international settings over a variety of literacy topics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Disciplinary Literacy and Gamified Learning in Elementary Classrooms
Book Subtitle: Questing Through Time and Space
Authors: Leslie Haas, Michelle Metzger, Jill T. Tussey
Series Title: Springer Texts in Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80349-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-80348-3Published: 05 February 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-80349-0Published: 04 February 2022
Series ISSN: 2366-7672
Series E-ISSN: 2366-7680
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 173
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Teaching and Teacher Education, Learning & Instruction, Curriculum Studies, Science Education, Mathematics Education