One question I have is about me submitting my PowerPoint
slide. Should I try to submit the slide to our instructor or should I summarize
the slide. I also wanted to know if a good way of receiving feedback is to have
a question and answer session immediately following the presentation. I would
ask the parents and teachers to take about five minutes and write down some things
they do in their daily routine that require mathematics. Do you think this is a
good way to elicit feedback? My feedback would also require them to make a
journal about their experiences, journaling for a week. Is this a good for
feedback?
I am looking for inexpensive material to add to the classroom
to enhance the mathematics in the classroom. I am not just looking for items
for the math and science area but throughout the classroom. For example in the
dramatic play area I will go to the goodwill and purchase small, medium and
large pots to for the dramatic play area. Most of my material will be real material and
will come from the goodwill or some kind of garage sale.
Below is a list of resources I used to learn more about mathematics
literacy.
National Numeracy for Everyone. (2013). Retrieved from What
is Numeracy: http://www.nationalnumeracy.org
Bynner, J., & Parson, S. (1997). Does Numeracy Matter.
New Oxford Street, London: Commonwealth House.
Developing early math skills. (n.d.). Retrieved from Birth
to Three: National Centers for Infants , Toddlers and Families:
http://www.zerotothree.org/child-development/early-development/supporting-early-math-skills.html
Feeney, S., Doris, C., & Moravcik, E. (2006). Who Am I
in the Lives of Children. Upper Saddle River, New York: Pearson Education.
Hogan, J. (2012). MAthematics and Numeracy has anything
changed: Are we any clearer? Are we on Track? Australian Mathematics Teacher,
8-11.
Mayesky, M. (1998). Creative Activities: for young children.
Albany, New York : Delmar.
Mullan, Y., & Travers, J. (2010). Early Interventions in
Mathematics. Reach, 95-105.
NAEYCE. (2002). Early Childhood Mathematics: Promoting Good
Beginings .
Steen, L. (1989, September). Teaching Mathematics for
Tommorow's World. Retrieved from St. Olaf College:
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/steen/Papers/edl.html
Steen, L. (2013). The Case for Quantitative Literacy.
Retrieved from Mathematical Association for America:
http://www.maa.org/ql/001-22.pdf
This is a blogger who talks about mathematics literacy and
how it has helped him over the years and when he taught how it applies to his
everyday life.
http://blogs.plos.org/scied/2013/02/11/mathematical-literacy-a-necessary-skill-for-the-21st-century/
I used this site as a resource. Ways to incorporate it in
the classroom and at home. I will have parents journaling and this has a
terrific form of journaling.
http://pinterest.com/luvbcd/math-literacy/
For getting materials for the classroom, you could ask the families for donations of toys, books and/or other materials. Math and science are present in all classroom learning centers. As for the slide presentation, it explains on the Application Assignment breakdown to submit detailed notes or a copy of your presentation. I was planning on submitting an outline for that section. Best of luck in your presentation!
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Shawntay,
ReplyDeleteyou can also get materials from your house that you do not use. I think you should submit the whole slide so you can get the correct feedback from the instructor. The best way to receive feedback from your group is to involve a question and answer session, which you can learn their needs as well.I hope I was able to help you in anyway. Good luck!
About the feedback, you could have a question and answer session at the end of your presentation. That way you know you would get your feedback you need. I was going to give them a copy of my plan at the end with the feedback questions attached so that they can think about it but now that I think about it, what if no one brings it back? If you do it your way then you are sure to get some feedback.
ReplyDeleteAs for some inexpensive materials, I was thinking of just have some clipboards, rulers and tape measures so that they can go around the classroom and measure different items.