![]() ![]() In this context, negative numbers are the counterbalancing points to their positive counterparts. The shifting weight of their hands controls the tilt of the board. Learners sit on a balance board and move their hands along a number line in front of them. The Balance Number Line introduces negative numbers and absolute value through balance experiences. Balance Graphing activities present discovery-based challenges where children discover and control critical function parameters such as the frequency and amplitude of sinusoidal graphs. Learners generate dynamic graphical displays by rocking on the balance board, “being the graph,” not just “seeing the graph” (Gerofsky, 2011). Activities Balance Graphingīalance Graphing cultivates embodied understandings of graphical representations and function equations. As such, we seek to foster opportunities for the regulatory movement of rocking to serve as a resource for exploring mathematical concepts and representations. In parallel, recent developments in cognitive science suggest that moving in new ways forms the basis for conceptual learning (Varela et al., 1991), and the balance sensory system has been specifically implicated in cognitive development and conceptual reasoning (Antle et al., 2013 Hitier et al. This classroom conflict between self-regulation and student-regulation disproportionately affects sensory seekers: individuals who require high sensory stimulation through movement in order to regulate and attend. Some forms of movement, such as rocking, are common means of sensory self-regulation yet are discouraged in classroom contexts. ![]() This project is also part of the Special Education Embodied Design (SpEED) initiative. Pr oject team: Sofia Tancredi, Helen Li, Julia Wang, Carissa Yao, Genna Macfarlan, Yuqian Liu, Johnny Serrano, Kimiko Ryokai. Balance Board Math (BBM) aims to foster new forms of inclusive math pedagogy by incorporating learner’s experiences of balance. Learners rock on a wooden balance board to explore a range of mathematical concepts including functions, negative numbers and absolute value. ![]()
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