Re: LOGO-L> Lesson Plans

["prkosuth" <prkosuth@mychoice.net>]

Is there a web site or other contact indformation for Expert Mathematician
? Anyway that others of us can get some demo's ?

Paul
prkosuth@mychoice.net
OPINIONS ARE MY  OWN
Brehm Preparatory School
Carbondale IL


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> 
>     The following is the best available for the middle school years.
> The Expert Mathematician:
> 
>       Courseware Description and Philosophy
> 
>      The Expert Mathematician Version 3.0 is a 196 lesson courseware
> package that teaches the Logo programming language step by step integral
> with sequenced math lessons.  Logo programming is a mathematical language
> that gives students access to powerful math forms (concepts, notation,
> operations) using easily learned commands in a user friendly medium.
>     Lessons--each designed to be completed in about 40 to 120
> minutes--address the range of concepts, cognitive activities, and
procedural
> recommendations of the NCTM Standards  (For a review and favorable
> recommendations to use the curriculum, see The Mathematics Teacher,
> October, 1993).
>     The one, two, or three year Expert Mathematician curriculum has been
> under development for more than a decade to provide a meaningful,
engaging,
> hands-on experience that develops students' interest and ability to think
> mathematically.  Recent studies suggest that The Expert Mathematician is
> achieving these goals.
>     Through computer and workbook activities, students examine the
origins and
> applications of arithmetic, geometry, and variation; and construct,
apply, and
> vary working models of mathematical concepts from general math through
> algebra I. All of the concepts and computational skills recommended by the
> National Council of Teachers of Mathematics are learned in this
progressive
> series.
>     This is carefully designed curriculum built by professional math
> educators with students in the classroom.  We use it every day, so we know
> it works.  Students achieve and our studies show their interest in
learning
> math is much higher than comparable students learning from a textbook.
> 
>     There are problem-solving activities for applying new conceptual
> knowledge,
> careful guidance through each step of using the Apple or Macintosh
operating
> systems, and introductory exercises in data base and spreadsheet.  The
program
> can provide three years of sound, applied math and technology education
for
> students reading at or above a high sixth grade level.  Fifth grade and
> high-reading fourth graders have succeeded in a pilot test, with reading
> support.
>     Expert Mathematician lessons also promote achievement by providing an
> open-ended computer language environment for exploration beyond given
lessons.
>    Some study results are presented in slides on this disk.  Data from a
> recent scientific evaluation also showed significant increases; over the
> school year, girls and boys showed mean gains of 21% to 25% on
mathematical
> concepts.  In another recent study, empirical comparison between The
Expert
> Mathematician and University of Chicago Transition Mathematics, mean gains
> on concepts for both groups increased significantly and were about the
> same. Attitudes were low for all students on the pretest and increased
> *only* for the Expert Mathematician students.  The teacher was experienced
> with Transition Mathematics, but had not previously taught The Expert
> Mathematician program.
> 
>    I can send you a Macintosh demo-pak via e-mail if you would like to see
> a few sample lesson materials.
>    Jim
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> Jim Baker
> Understanding begins with finding first principles.
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