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

Taboo Parallel Straight Never Cross Intersect Train tracks Two lines Same Slope
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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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e-Day Celebration, Feb. 7th
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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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Hall Decorations -words of the month -Pascals
Triangle -Sudokus -Art -math bulletin board
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Math Attitude Survey ResultsStudent Teacher
Value Self Conf. Enjoyment Motivation Value Self Conf. Enjoyment Motivation
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
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Math Analysis Enrollment(pre-calculus with
trigonometry)

• More students are taking higher level mathematics.

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Number of AP Calculus Tests taken (only one
section taught till 2008 and having 3 sections
2010-11)
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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 and
  Students Attitudes toward math, Math EOI scores
  and math participation.