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RE: "Math is Everywhere" column I help prepare students to take the FCAT and SAT tests. Many of my students believe that math is “something I need to learn” but not something interesting, useful or relevant. CLICK HERE to see more columns about Math Math sites for practice... http://www.frco.k12.va.us/ged/gedscience.htm This site gives... GED sample questions… ==================== practice FCAT MEGA MATH (lots of practice): http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/menu.html All About FCAT A graduate student at Nova University in Davie, FL created this site http://www.nova.edu/~bsonja/ FCAT SAMPLE QUESTIONS http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/fcatsmpl.htm Dr. Math Lots of math questions with explanations. http://mathforum.org/dr.math/dr-math.html FCAT Fitness Course Florida Virtual School created this practice test for FCAT. http://www.flvs.net/_students/fcat.htm Federal Resources for Excellence in Education- FREE Resources from the Federal government are now available at :.. http://www.ed.gov/free/, FL DOE Parents and Students Resources Links for parents and students about the State Education System in Florida http://www.firn.edu/doe/menu/parstu.htm Homework Help.com Free lessons in middle and high school subjects. http://www.homeworkhelp.com High School Hub www.highschoolhub.org Internet Learning Network (ILN) helps learning and self-improvement. http://getsmarter.org/iln/index.html Math.com Algebra, Fractions, Geometry, Calculus, and other topics. www.math.com Seminole County tells you the secret for Success with the FCAT This site contains general information about FCAT, along with hints to answering questions. http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/curriculum/fcat/default.htm << Needs Updating A view of the Sunshine State Standards This website provides the standards for reading and literature that are being addressed by FCAT. http://www.firn.edu/doe/menu/sss.htm FOR TEACHERS Curriculum Planning Tool Mathematics Lesson Plans K-12 Mathematics lessons available for download. http://www.firn.edu/doe/bin00001/cpt/activ.htm Web sites mentioned during New Teacher Academy Many thanks to Joy Rabin and Bardetta Haygood, Alliance Coach, for training us in Room 301, Stranahan High, August 11-15. Thanks also to Linda Whitehead. Education Publications www.ased.org www.edweekly.com www.educationworld.com boards.educationworld.com/boards/wwwthreads.pl Email Lists from FIRSTYEARS for Teachers www.datasync.com/~teachers/email_lists.html Teachers.net Chatboard: teachers.net/mentors GAZETTE with articles for NEW TEACHERS: teachers.net/gazette Discussion Groups and Teachers' Resources www.realkids.com/lounge.htm Managing Classroom Technology www.techtrain.org Surviving in the One Computer Classroom Tips from the Experts: www.educationworld.com Treasure Hunt about Classroom Management students.salisbury.edu Classroom Management Steven-tech.edu List of Articles about Technology lserver.aea14.k12.ia.us Kent School District www.kent.k12.wa.us Teaching Tips www.iloveteaching.com www.blackboard.com www.bigchalk.com www.discoveryschool.com www.marcopolo-education.org Lesson Plans and archives www.backflip.com backflip.com/members/browardnta www.teacherstuff.com New Teacher Academy >>> www.broward.k12.fl.us/etscsds/nta.htm journeyed.com 50% off software NETIQUETTE -- www.iwillfollow.com/email.htm www.albion.com/netiquette Lesson Plan Links www.broward.k12.fl.us/etscsds/nta.htm << "Lesson Plan Links" Best Practices Standards National Educational Technology Standards for Students cnets.iste.org TRAINING HRD www.broward.k12.fl.us/hrd >>> Staff Development Calendar TECHNOLOGY Training >>> CSDS ATOMIC LEARNING www.atomiclearning.com For Teachers! New Teacher Academy in Broward Technology Troubleshooting>>>> web/tlc/technical_resources_websites.htm POLICIES Policy 5306 (use of technology) Instructions: Go to this web page and click on "Sort by Number" http://www.fcae.nova.edu/~kochlany/ Home_Page_Web_Pages/websites.html Teaching web sites collected by Dr. Kochlany web/cab from Intranet in the School www.broward.k12.fl.us/cab is another way to CAB http://webcab.browardschools.com Other Teaching Web Sites Seminole County's Character Site http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/curriculum/index.cfm? fuseaction=chared Find out about your school: greatschools.net (Thanks, Ches) FREE WEB SITES Make a web site for your classroom or for parents and students to visit. www.freeservers.com YourHomework.com Schoolnotes.com scholastic.com teacher.scholastic.com/ homepagebuilder/index.html Geocities.com (you need to start with a YAHOO account -- 30 Meg free) www.angelfire.com (useful in some Mac environments or where it is difficult to download oocities.com) www.tripod.com www.inspiringteachers.com/community/ webpages.html INEXPENSIVE web domain names... around $9 per year with free forwarding... www.godaddy.com Please report broken links to Mr. McCrea at MisterMath@comcast.net |
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| Challenging Problems Here is the list of "challenging problems" described in the "Message to Parents" (below the list). Go to www.nctm.org and download in the challenging problems. Click on the grade level (elementary, middle or high school). Click on PAST PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS. http://nctm.org/elementary/archive.asp http://nctm.org/middle/archive.asp http://nctm.org/high/archive.asp Clever Activities http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/ conway/games.html Interesting software (you need to be connected to the web to use these activities -- or you can order a CD from the university) www.matti.usu.edu Group Activities by eeps Media United We Solve by Tim Erickson, Grades 5-10 Order it from: www.eeps.com Get It Together by Tim Erickson Order it at: http://equals.lhs.berkeley.edu/ equals/EQbkgetTog.htm Answers: http://www.eeps.com/products/ uws_stuff/answerbook/AnswerIndex.html TAKE THE CHALLENGE http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/ index.asp?flash=true Links: To learn more about Cooperative Learning http://www.ed.gov/pubs/OR/ConsumerGuides /cooplear.html http://www.cde.ca.gov/iasa/cooplrng.html This site is on cooperative learning from the California Department of Education. Standards-based Classroom http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/ Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study http://nces.ed.gov/timss www.math-success.com Hello, I'm a tutor for SAT and FCAT. I’ve created a free account… on a web site for students to practice with… Step one… go to www.number2.com --- it's a free tutorial web site. Step two (it’s really easy to sign up a free account, but I’ve done it for the students) The username is: floridasat The password is catcat Your child can begin using this free service (without needing to register)! Steve McCrea, FCAT and SAT teacher I'm not affiliated with www.number2.com (named for the pencil). I'm interested in showing parents how to assist their children in doing better on standardized tests. I have a method that works with many students -- it involves parents as coaches. I"m happy to share my "secrets" (they are standard test-taking tips found in most SAT prep books). ------------------------------------------------------------- SCHOOL GROUPS and HOMESCHOOLING GROUPS My presentation is between 15-30 minutes (depending on the interest of your group). I give a free sample of materials from at least 5 web sites and I list the web sites so parents can take advantage of these effective sites. I've found that 75-to-80% of parents can learn to be their children's coaches, reducing the cost of SAT tutoring services. (The other 20% decide to hire a tutor.) If your group is interested in my free presentation, please contact me at 954 646 8246 or email at englishlesson@mail.com ------------------------------------------------------------ People (especially busy parents) usually look at photos and at some parts of a page until they get bored and move on. Most people give a page less than 15 seconds to catch their attention... If you don’t have time to read the full document that follows, please read these three statements: ? Math is more than formulas and memorizing multiplication. ? Math problems can be interesting. ? Group activities can help many students who don’t learn much from a lecture. The goal of this paper is to motivate you to visit web sites (start now with www.nctm.org), print interesting problems, and work with your child (student). If you have questions, write to me. Steve McCrea englishlesson@mail.com Why do parents need to know about NCTM? By Steve McCrea SAT tutor I am certified to teach mathematics in the public schools of Florida. I scored 800 (a perfect score) on the SAT in 1975. Since then, I’ve tutored students in the test-taking skills of math tests like the SAT, FCAT and GRE. And yet…I went back to university to learn about new teaching methods. There is a new way of looking at math in the classroom. NCTM The National Council of Teachers of Math collected suggestions on how to improve the teaching of math and you can read the suggestions at www.nctm.org -- but here’s the essence: ? Don’t let students use calculators. TEACH them how to use calculators. (Read that sentence carefully.) Teach students when to use a calculator. It can be used as the “what if?” machine to help students explore patterns. ? Math is more than rote memory. Yet if you need to use a calculator to divide 6 into 42, then you need to memorize those tables! ? Teach to several learning styles. Some students need to watch, some need to manipulate objects, others need to do something while learning, others need to discover. ? Don’t lecture. Don’t talk at students. Don’t teach out of a textbook. (Huh? That’s how my teachers taught me and I scored 800 on the math SAT.) ? Let groups of students discover the answer. Give challenging and interesting problems and create a structured way of working in groups. (Huh? That’s not the way I learned math.) When I told a 50-year-old engineer about these new “Math Standards” and the new way of teaching, he scoffed, “Math is about the teacher, the student and the book. Eventually, it’s just the student and the problem on the paper.” That’s PRECISELY the traditional attitude that NCTM is trying to expand. Yes, most students will have to confront math problems on paper. But NCTM wants teachers to offer different ways of presenting the information… and NCTM wants teachers to allow students to discover math. Consequences for schools 1. More training for teachers (it’s difficult to change teaching methods) 2. More materials for the classroom (it’s not just textbooks) 3. More preparation before the class (group activities and pair work require preparation time) 4. Activities on computers require preparation by the teacher (it’s tough to remember the right web addresses) OBSTACLES 1. Most teachers don’t want to spend the extra time to prepare for class (This new method is very tiring! I’ve tried to integrate these new standards and it requires more preparation time than I imagined.) 2. Most students consider the cooperative activities to be games. 3. Most cooperative activities are not in one book – so it takes a lot of time to find the activities. 4. Many classrooms don’t have enough computers. 5. It’s difficult to schedule students to rotate through a program (so that every student has a change to try the program) 6. Many students don’t have computers at home. That’s why the list above is compiled for you. – just click on the web sites and navigate through the problems and simulations. REPEAT: Web Sites The most important sites above are the lists at matti.usu.edu and at www.nctm.org... and the FREE SAT COURSE offered by www.number2.com -- Parents can have a sure way of making math fun and interesting. These web activities are interesting. Your student's teachers are gettting the basics of math across to your child. You don't know if the teacher is using these "challenging problems," but you can make suret hat your child is exposed to these challenges. Do not assume that time spent on the web sites is time well-spent. “Mom, I just spent two hours on those stupid math activities. I hate them.” “Oh, sure, I looked at every simulation.” PARENTS: sit next to your child and explore with her or him. Learn with your child, especially if the student is a social learner (and likes learning by talking). |
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| Highlights The "What if?" machine -- Know when and how to use a calculator How do Japanese and German teachers conduct their math classes? p. 245 and p. 343 Homework is Individual Practice (not performance) More homework than 2 hours per night results in no improvement in achievement. (total homework, covering all subjects) After School Job: Up to 10 hours per week has a positive impact on grades, but when work east up more tan 10 hours, grades tend to fall. (Perhaps students who work a frew hours a week learn to manage their time bettter...but students who work 20 hors or more simply can not find enoug time to give to homework.) |
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