Hello everyone:
Here are the responses I have received over the last three-four weeks on
this subject:
From Jeri Calcote:
I just finished reading Nickle and Dimed (and "Not" Getting By in =America)
by Barbara Ehrenreich. Every librarian in a junior high or high =school
should recommend this book to their math teachers and even social =studies
teachers. It brings home the point that you really do need to =
stay in school because it's hard to make ends meet out there in those
=low-wage jobs. It also offers a scathing review of work at Wal-Mart.
It also gives rise to several topics kids could research in the library
=relative to work life that could relate to math.
Jeri Calcote
Poolville (Texas) ISD
calcote@cox-internet.com
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A couple of weeks ago someone posted a request for ideas for =
collaboration with math teachers. I sent that person a somewhat cynical
=reply about the difficulty of collaborating with "math people". I'm =sorry
for the comments, but I had several run-ins with a math person =last year
and I was still feeling the sting of the wounds! I want to =apologize by
sending you to a great site I just discovered: =
http://mathforum.org/ It has some wonderful resources including information
on collaboration.
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Diane King suggested math videos by Jaime Escalante
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Try this book:
Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in
Mathematics.
Greenwood Press, 2001 0-313-31327-X
Terrence E. Young,Jr.,M.Ed., M.L.S.
NetWorth Editor, Knowledge Quest
Writer/Reviewer: Book Links,
Library Media Connection [LMC]
(combining The Book Report and
Library Talk), Science Books &
Films, School Library Journal
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Mary Melaugh
Marshall Middle School Librarian
Billerica, MA
mmelaugh@comcast.net
This is a great lesson that she sent as an attachment!
Charting the Value of Using Indexes - Mary Melaugh
Grade Level: 6 Length: 45-minute class Subjects: Math/Library
Student Outcomes/Goals:
1) Provide real-life use of math graphing to verify a hypothesis, ie., that
using indexes saves time. 2) Prove that using indexes saves time for real,
not just because teacher said so.
Lesson Description/Overview/Summary:
Students use math charts to prove whether indexes save time in finding
information or not.
Instructional Approach (Activities):
First, in Table Teams, students asked to participate in an experiment where
they flip through the almanac to find the section on Iran. Times are
recorded on whiteboard.
Next, students write down 3 things they know about Indexes – location,
content, usefulness, etc… Librarian guides discussion of what they wrote.
Main points are recorded on whiteboard. As a class, look up definition in
Dictionary.com –“That which guides, points out, informs, or directs” and
students include that on their papers. Students theorize if using an index
will speed location of information – show of hands if they think it’ll be
faster or slower.
Then, students use the same almanac to find section on Brazil, this time
using the index. Times are recorded.
With the students, the 2 sets of times are manipulated to find average,
mean, median. Students create a chart of the 2 averages with a title and
labels for the axes.
Follow-on if there is time - Students are asked to think about indexes in
non-traditional ways:
1. Show MS Word document - Edit/Find function
2. Internet search engines - Show View Source and discuss algorithms
(detailed sequence of actions performed to accomplish task) search engines
use to pull up web pages in a search.
Related State Standards/Frameworks:
· Math – Using graphical representations - guiding philosophy and throughout
the framework (In particular 6.P.4 - Represent real situations and
mathematical relationships with graphs)
· Library – Using indexes, using search engines, evaluating search
strategies
Resources – Technology – Equipment:
1. Stopwatch or clock with second hand
2. 5 copies of the same almanac – one on each of 5 tables
3. Paper and pencils for the students
4. Whiteboard and Computer screen visible to all the tables
5. Long document in MS Word with specific words for which to search
6. Internet connection to View Source code of a web page (Internet
connection can also be used to look up definitions in dictionary.com)
Assessment/ Evaluation:
Students’ papers contain: 1) What they wrote about Indexes & definition from
Dictionary.com, and 2) Mean, median, average times for the 2 exercises, 3)
accurate chart of the 2 averages with title and labelled axes.
Hope this helps a lot of you in the same boat as I am!
Jerol King
Media Specialist
Washington High School
Atlanta, GA
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