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Numeracy: Math Across the Curriculum

Numeracy: Math Across the Curriculum. Norman High School- Norman, OK School Improvement Plan Julie Bonner and Debra Baum. Research Question. Will a school-wide Numeracy Campaign change the school’s attitudes toward math and improve understanding?. What is Numeracy?.

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Numeracy: Math Across the Curriculum

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  1. Numeracy:Math Across the Curriculum Norman High School- Norman, OK School Improvement Plan Julie Bonner and Debra Baum

  2. Research Question Will a school-wide Numeracy Campaign change the school’s attitudes toward math and improve understanding?

  3. What is Numeracy? How we use math in the real world. You would never be proud to say, “I can’t read.” So why is it ok to say, “I don’t do math”?

  4. Numeracy Vocab. • Horizontal/Vertical • Variable • Parallel • Linear • Domain/Range • Mean/Median • Function • Slope/Rate of Change • Intercepts

  5. Vocabulary - word of the monthexample: Art class using Mean • Posted in each room with picture & definition • Daily bulletin • Posters in halls • Explanations at faculty meetings • Articles written in PTA news letter, Tiger Tribune & local papers • Assessment: April 2006, May 2007 & May 2008

  6. Building Academic Vocabularyby Robert J. Marzano • State Department had meeting in Oct. 2007 • Teaching vocabulary by connecting it to prior knowledge • Play games with the words: Taboo, crossword puzzle, charades…

  7. Changing attitudes through Celebrations • Teachers not saying “I don’t do math” • Problem Solving/Logic activities in advisory • Pi Day celebration (3.14) • e - day celebration (2.17) • AP Night, 2006 • Mu Alpha Theta, MAӨ • EOI assemblies/pep rally • Sudoku puzzles • Metric Week (10/10)

  8. Pi Day! • March 14th (3.14) • T-shirt contest • Mu Alpha Theta has sold pie since 1999 • $1, goes to senior math scholarships • Pi posters in the hallways (Pi-Thon, Apple-Pi) • Classroom activities: discover where pi comes from, sit in circle, write on paper plates, unit circle activities… • Yearbook page dedicated to who could memorize the most digits (07-08) • Oklahoman came and wrote an article

  9. t P Time (yrs.) Principle 5 10 20 30 40 50 e -Day Celebration (Bell work activity) 100 Grand A = Pert 100,000 = Pe.0 6t How much $ would you have to start with to make $100,000 if you had a 6% interest rate compounded continuously?

  10. e-Day Celebration, Feb. 7th

  11. Sudoku & Fraction Squares posted in the halls • Developing Mathematical Fluency • Grayson Wheatley –Florida State Univ. & George Abshire – Jenks Public Schools

  12. Hall Decorations: -words of the month -Pascal’s Triangle -Sudoku’s -Art -math bulletin board

  13. Math Attitude Survey ResultsStudent & Teacher

  14. Math Analysis Enrollment(pre-calculus with trigonometry) • More students are taking higher level mathematics.

  15. Number of AP Calculus Tests taken (only one section taught till 2008 and having 3 sections 2010-11)

  16. Conclusion • We hope using and posting math vocabulary and having activities and celebrations will improve attitudes towards math, understanding of the vocabulary and improve problem solving. • We have seen improvement in Teachers’ and Students Attitudes toward math, Math EOI scores and math participation.

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