numeracy: math across the curriculum

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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REGULAR STUDENTS2003 - 2010Passing Advanced

Cut scores changed in 2007

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NORMAN HIGH SCHOOL MATH EOI PASSING & ADVANCED LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE

REGULAR POPULATION 2008 - 2010

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Math Attitude Survey ResultsStudent & TeacherValu

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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.