Art and Mathematics in Education

Draw Your Physics Homework? Art as a Path to Understanding in Physics Teaching

“…(Female art major, 2007) Aesthetic Education as a Means of Facilitating the Language of Math I suggest that the incorporation of cognitive strategies and ways of knowing from the arts in concept development in physics can help students learn how to visualize the relationships that are described by the unfamiliar language of mathematics. Hickman and Huckstep (2003) compared math to a language, in that once taught the rules of grammar, a student should be able to extract meaning from symbolic sentences (equations) and construct his or her own syntactically correct sentences, follow logical arguments, and apply descriptors to new situations. Mathematics in physics education can be compared to Bourdieu's langue in the sense that facility with math-as-alanguage represents not only linguistic competence in physics but also represents the symbolic capital that defines a student's position within the social hierarchy of a physics class.…”

“Reading” Paintings: Evidence for Trans-Symbolic and Symbol-Specific Comprehension Processes

“…For instance, there Hickman and Huckstep (2003) compared math to language in that once taught the rules of grammar, a student should be able to extract meaning from symbolic sentences (i.e., equations) and construct his or her own syntactically correct sentences, follow logical arguments, and apply descriptors to new situations. Likewise, Wakefield (2000) suggests a number of characteristics of mathematics that overlap with characteristics of language (e.g., abstractions are used to communicate, translations and interpretations are required for novice learners, and meaning is influenced by the order of symbols).…”

Implementation the project-based learning using the context of Batik art in elementary mathematics learning

“…In the results of his research, Gerdes found that art and mathematics have a close relationship; this can be seen from the similarity in form between the art of artistic decoration of handbags, hats, mats, and other basket products from several regions in Mozambique with geometric shapes (Gerdes, 2011). On the other hand, in terms of learning, Hickman and Huckstep found that art can be integrated through examples of historical artifacts and implemented on the artistic value of mathematical forms or models (Hickman & Huckstep, 2003). Furthermore, Pumfrey et al apply art to geometry, focusing more on design aesthetics from tile drawings using design programming (Pumfrey et al, 2002).…”