The magic of theater will combine entertaining stories with interesting mathematical problems

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The script seeks to deliver a new way of learning and loving mathematics.

In the search to facilitate the learning of mathematics in schoolchildren through a playful and recreational way, the Extension Directorate of the University of La Serena and its theatrical cast -Étéuls- has carried out an attractive way of showing exercises and mathematical problems through three works: “In networks with Polígona”, “Zero stress” and “The death of 8”, which make up the theatrical trilogy called “Mathematical Stories to the Cube”. The activity, which is under the direction of its scriptwriter and actress Catalina Cvitanic, will be presented next Thursday, July 3, at 11:30 a.m., in the Aula Magna Ignacio Domeyko of the ULS. 

These mathematical works are open to all types of audiences, especially students and teachers, and their main objective is to recreate mathematical concepts in a playful and very didactic way. “The theater that we do is mathematical theater, which allows us to bring mathematics closer through entertaining stories, where the spectator has the possibility of getting involved with the games and riddles that these pedagogical comedies pose,” stated the theater director, Dr. Catalina Cvitanic.

"The results of these theatrical shorts have been excellent, we know that their reception and the learning achieved by the students has been verified in the classrooms with their teachers, who have taken these works as didactic support to provide a more comprehensive training to their students. This has meant that these pedagogical comedies have excellent reviews. In that sense we have been improving the way we deliver this tool, we have realized that the public is much better served by this type of theater through rather short plays (...) we can quickly see that children do, indeed, get hooked ' with the problems that arise in them and even if the solution is given, there are still questions to be answered and that is the work that the teacher must continue in the classroom, since the children are left wanting to continue working on the problems and with the concern of finding out why this or that formula works,” said Cvitanic.

For all those interested and those who wish to be part of the magic of theater and mathematics, you only have to go to the offices of the Extension Center, at Prat 446, call 051-2-204171 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..