{"id":4364,"date":"2023-10-19T13:06:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T12:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/?p=4364"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:39:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:39:52","slug":"improving-mathematical-talk-of-key-stage-2-children-through-co-creating-mathematical-story-picture-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2023\/10\/19\/improving-mathematical-talk-of-key-stage-2-children-through-co-creating-mathematical-story-picture-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Story Picture Books Boost Mathematical Dialogue?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What is\/was the project about?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Between 2022 and 2024, Dr. Natthapoj Vincent Trakulphadetkrai leads a research project which sets out to explore the extent to which mathematical talk of Year 5 children (9-10 years old) can be fostered through children co-creating short mathematical story picture books. Altogether, around 120 children in the Southeast of England are part of this study. The findings of the study will be useful for school leaders and mathematics teachers as mathematical talk has been found to be able to help develop children\u2019s mathematical thinking.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Who is running the project?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Natthapoj Vincent Trakulphadetkrai<\/p>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p><strong>Project Timeline: Nov 2019 \u2013 April 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>Who funded the project?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The British Academy \/ Leverhulme Trust[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigating the power of storytelling in fostering mathematical discussions in Key Stage 2 children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":4549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can Story Picture Books Boost Mathematical Dialogue? 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