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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?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Numeracy:Math Across the Curriculum
Norman High School- Norman, OK
School Improvement PlanJulie 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?
•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”?
Numeracy Vocab.
Horizontal/Vertical Variable Parallel Linear Domain/Range Mean/Median Function Slope/Rate of Change Intercepts
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
Building Academic Vocabulary
by 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…
“Taboo”
Parallel
StraightNever Cross
IntersectTrain tracks
Two linesSame Slope
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)
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
t PTime (yrs.)
Principle
5 10 20 30 40 50
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?
e -Day Celebration(Bell work activity)
e-Day Celebration, Feb. 7th
Sudoku & Fraction Squares posted in
the halls Developing
Mathematical Fluency
Grayson Wheatley –Florida State Univ. & George Abshire –
Jenks Public Schools
Hall Decorations:-words of the month-Pascal’s Triangle-Sudoku’s-Art-math bulletin board
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29% 27%
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89% 88%
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NORMAN HIGH ALGEBRA I EOI PASSING & ADVANCED LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE
REGULAR STUDENTS2003 - 2010Passing Advanced
Cut scores changed in 2007
89% 88%82% 83%
90% 89%
66%
90%87%
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Alg I '08 Alg I '09 Alg I '10 Geo '08 Geo '09 Geo '10 Alg 2 '08 Alg 2 '09 Alg 2 '10
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HIGH SCHOOL MATHS/SCHOOL YEAR
NORMAN HIGH SCHOOL MATH EOI PASSING & ADVANCED LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE
REGULAR POPULATION 2008 - 2010
Passing Advanced
Math Attitude Survey ResultsStudent & TeacherValu
eSelf
Conf.Enjoyment
Motivatio
n
Value
SelfConf.
Enjoyment
Motivatio
n
April 2006 69% 63% 51% 54% 45% 31% 29% 26%
May 2007 66% 69% 53% 52% 88% 60% 57% 45%
May 2008
80% 64% 61% 61%
May 2009
84% 73% 62% 63% 94% 69% 72% 64%
May 2010
81% 72% 60% 66% 92% 76% 68.6%
67.5%
Math Analysis Enrollment(pre-calculus with trigonometry)
More students are taking higher level mathematics.
Number of AP Calculus Tests taken (only one section taught till 2008 and having 3
sections 2010-11)
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.