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"Math Counts
in the Real World: Resources to Promote Math Skills in the FACS
Classroom" is a project funded through a 2004-2005 South Dakota Carl
Perkins Reserve Fund Grant. A group of ten Family and Consumer Sciences
teachers from nine South Dakota
schools worked on the project. The involved school districts had a combined
enrollment of approximately 1400 students in grades 9-12 and over 1000
students in grades 6-8 with 30-43% of their students classified as
economically disadvantaged. Approximately 1050 students in these schools were
enrolled in grades 6-12 family and consumer sciences classes.
The demographic
targeted by the project was the achievement of students in the math subtest
from the 2002-2003 SAT 10 test. The results of this test showed from 12% to
43% of the students, grades 9-12, in these schools tested at the basic or
below basic level and 0-48% of students in grade 8 tested at the basic or
below basic level. Math was chosen as the target for the project because of
these demographics and because of increased concern locally and state-wide
with the math skills demonstrated by career and technical education students
in secondary education and work-place environments.
The teachers
involved in the project developed learning activities and assessments to
verify achievement of both technical and academic standards. The project also
provided math "toolboxes" to all family and consumer sciences
teachers in South Dakota
to enable the teachers to use the appropriate equipment and technology in the
delivery of the learning activities developed for the project.
Teachers involved
in the project include the following:
- Jean Clarke, Emery School
District, Emery, SD - Project Facilitator and Activities Developer
Carol Lingemann, Ethan School District, Ethan,
SD – Activities Developer
- Cindy Gerlach,
Corsica School
District, Corsica,
SD - Activities Developer
- Coleen Globke,
Parkston School
District, Parkston,
SD - Activities Developer
- Ellen Hohbach,
Plankinton School District, Plankinton, SD
- Activities Developer
- Joni Lowe, Irene School
District, Irene, SD and Wakonda School
District, Wakonda, SD - Activities Developer
- Charlotte Mohling, Wessington
Springs School
District, Wessington
Springs, SD -
Website Developer
- Suzanne Skinner, Mitchell School
District, Mitchell,
SD - Activities Developer
- Joan Stekl,
Mitchell School
District, Mitchell,
SD - Activities Developer
- Tom Berg, Mitchell School
District, Mitchell,
SD - Math Consultant
- Darla Kotrba,
Ethan School
District, Ethan,
SD - Math Consultant
If you have any
questions about the website or the project, please contact the webmaster.
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