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This chapter is about some of the benefits of incorporating movement into the Mathematics curriculum. The authors offer several activities aligned to the five significant Mathematics areas or strands represented in Common Core Standards that effectively integrate movement into Mathematics to benefit both student learning and physical activity. The Mathematics content areas included in this chapter are: numbers and operations, measurement, data analysis, algebra, and geometry.

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    Dittika Gupta & Sarah Cobb

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Gupta, D., Cobb, S. (2018). Movement in the Mathematics Classroom. In: Miller, S., Lindt, S. (eds) Moving INTO the Classroom. Springer Texts in Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6424-1_10

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