Numeracy: Math Across the Curriculum

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NumeracyMath Across the Curriculum

• Norman High School- Norman, OK
• School Improvement Plan
• Julie Bonner and Debra Baum

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Research Question

• Will a school-wide Numeracy Campaign change the
  schools attitudes toward math and
• improve understanding?

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What is Numeracy?

• How we use math in the real world.
• You would never be proud to say, I cant read.
• So why is it ok to say,
• I dont do math?

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Numeracy Vocab.

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

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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

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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

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Changing attitudes through Celebrations

• Teachers not saying
• I dont do math
• Problem Solving/Logic activities in advisory
• Pi Day celebration (3.14)
• e - day celebration (2.17)
• AP Night, 2006
• Mu Alpha Theta, MA?
• EOI assemblies/pep rally
• Sudoku puzzles
• Metric Week (10/10)

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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

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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?
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Sudoku Fraction Squares posted in the halls

• Developing Mathematical Fluency
• Grayson Wheatley Florida State Univ. George
  Abshire
• Jenks Public Schools

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Norman High School E.O.I Algebra I (percent
Advanced and Satisfactory)
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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 Attitudes
  toward math, Algebra I EOI scores and Math ACT
  scores.