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A Mathematical Murmuration
Abstract
We give a summary of a large group activity presented to primary school children as part of a STEAM (STEM plus The Arts) event. We describe the routine we demonstrated, this was based upon the tutting dance form, and the murmuration of starlings. Indeed, this demonstrates movement/dance as both a viable and engaging form of teaching mathematics.
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BibTeX
@misc{knight2026mathematical,
title = {{A Mathematical Murmuration}},
author = {Mathison Knight and Shanti Pise},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.35487},
eprint = {2610.35487},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.35487},
note = {CC BY-NC-SA 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - A Mathematical Murmuration
AU - Mathison Knight
AU - Shanti Pise
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/26
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.35487
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.35487
AB - We give a summary of a large group activity presented to primary school children as part of a STEAM (STEM plus The Arts) event. We describe the routine we demonstrated, this was based upon the tutting dance form, and the murmuration of starlings. Indeed, this demonstrates movement/dance as both a viable and engaging form of teaching mathematics.
ER -