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Six-session weaving workshop with graduated math goals from shape recognition to sequence exploration

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Description

A reusable instructional design at the unit level: six one-hour sessions during the school day in which youth use laser-cut frame looms and grid paper to plan and create woven artifacts. Sessions progress from introducing weaving designs and warping looms, through planning on grid paper and completing initial projects, to a second project exploring relationships between materials, number, shape, and sequence, ending with reflection on connections to math. Youth were encouraged to make at least two projects and to try new techniques and styles in their second design.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Frame looms laser-cut from an open-source pattern
  • Grid paper for planning designs
  • Yarn in multiple colors and thicknesses, string for warping, scissors, pencils, tapestry needles

Constraints

  • Youth sometimes created small projects, abandoned projects, or wanted to continue working beyond the scope of the workshop

Target Learners

  • middle-school youth (grades 6-8) in a mixed-age classroom

Learning Goals

  • recognize how shapes, patterns, motifs emerge on grid structure
  • reason about how sequence and shape intersect
  • explore relationships between materials, number, shape, sequence

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Thompson, N. (2024). Weaving in: shifts in youth mathematical engagement through weaving. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10316-y
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id six-session-weaving-workshop-graduated-math-goals
title Six-session weaving workshop with graduated math goals from shape recognition to sequence exploration
description A reusable instructional design at the unit level: six one-hour sessions during the school day in which youth use laser-cut frame looms and grid paper to plan and create woven artifacts.
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