Reading/Writing/Math & counseling Learning

Transcript:Reading/Writing/Math & counseling Learning:
Reading/Writing/Math & counseling Learning community A model for developing a career- contextualized, cross-disciplinary learning community Jenny Nolen, Reading Joan Ahrens, Writing Corey Manchester, Math Sarah Moore, Counseling Instructional Team Learning Communities at Grossmont Grossmont College has a rich history of learning communities with 30 years of Project Success In Spring 2016, there will be over 30 linked courses, including basic skills links, transfer-level links, and contextualized links for Allied Health, AOJ, Psychology, and History Math links in Spring 2016 include Allied Health Learning Community (basic skills level) and a transfer level LC that links Statistics with a Composition course Campus wide learning community—One Theme, One Campus: allows contextualized integrated learning without being in a “formal” linked course format Teamed with Dean of Nursing Identified Basic Entrance Skills for Nursing Program Determined Educational Goals of Students Assessing into English 98 and Math 90 Worked together to create integrated assignments and timelines Forming an Allied Health Contextualized Learning Community Staying Healthy Coping with Death and Dying Exploring the Medical Professions Themes Non-fiction Essays and Texts: The Ideal v. The Reality of Nursing Reading Strategies using Nursing Textbooks Vocabulary – roots, prefixes, suffixes geared toward biology/medical terminology Summary Writing Technical Editing Math – Ratios and proportions, linear functions, systems of equations, functional relationships Contextualized Learning Mathematical Analysis of pre- and post-reading surveys on “Kids and Caffeine” Ratio and proportions – From a student’s healthy food recipe, create and use an algebraic equation for expanding the recipe multifold BMI Chart – write equations of the line that would be used for predicting overweight cutoff points based on height Convert height in feet to inches Use a given mathematical function for predicting values Construct and use systems of equations for solving more than one unknown Mathematical Applications HOW IS BODY MASS INDEX RELATED TO MATH? When the doctor tells someone they’re at the “ideal weight” for their height, how do they know? The charts below are commonly used by doctors to determine ranges of weights that are healthy for various heights. The tabled relationship between height and weight tends to be linear. Now, let’s take your sentence above and turn it into a math formula people could use for figuring out how their height in inches. Now use your formula to convert the heights of 5 feet tall and 5 feet, 8 inches into units of inches. D. Let x represent a female’s height in