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Curtis Gay Collection Evaluation and Development Plan FRIT 7134 Spring 2010 March 3, 2010 Description of Site/Environmental Scan I work at Vidalia Comprehensive High School. It is an AA grades 9-12 school with a current enrollment of 672 students and 46 faculty members. There is an administrator along with two assistants. The school building was built in the early seventies, and this is also evident upon entering the media center. It is a large open room with old wooden tables, narrow aisles between the book stacks, and makeshift computer stations. A quantitative analysis of the Vidalia High School Media Center was conducted in February of 2010 with the following results: Data integrity was in good standing with 99.45% of the holdings recognized using the Follett Title Wise Collection Analysis. A total of 11,911 holdings were analyzed with the average age of 1996. The average number of books per student is 17.63. This is considerably higher than the SACS recommendation of 10 books per student. The books in the media center are in average to good condition. The media center provides information that supports the curriculum to all students in both a traditional and electronic format. There are many resources available to students and teachers other than just books in the media center as well. Vidalia High currently subscribes through EBSCO subscription to 42 periodicals and professional journals that serve all grade levels. The majority of the print magazines in the media center are for pleasure reading. GALILEO provides direct access to scholarly journals. There are also TVs, VCR/DVD players, and LCD projectors in each classroom. Many classrooms (including the entire math and science departments) are also equipped with an interactive white board: either a SMART

Board or a Promethean Board. Teachers also have access to the computer lab next door to the media center that seats 30 students. There is also one laptop cart that contains 16 machines that can be brought to the classroom. The math department alone has 2 carts for department use only. I have chosen to focus my evaluation and collection efforts on the new Georgia Performance Standards in the subject area of math. The new curriculum is integrated, which means that each year, students learn a section of each branch of mathematics. This means that the entire subject of geometry for example is taught over the course of many grades as opposed to being covered in one school year. This means that the resources that I would like to add to the media center would not be used by just one section of students, but would in theory (after the entire Math GPS rollout is complete) be used each year by all four grades. Currently all 9th and 10th graders are under the new GPS Math standards, so I will be concerned with all the geometry standards that are in those two classes (Math I and Math II). There are 22 classes of Math I and Math II at Vidalia High this year. Three of them are accelerated classes and 6 are support level classes. There are 14 students with IEPs that are enrolled in both a regular math class and a support class concurrently. There are an additional 4 students with 504 plans, and no students enrolled in Math I or Math II are considered ESOL. In fact there are only 3 ESOL students total enrolled at Vidalia High. The reading levels of the students are varied throughout. Nine students are marked for help with reading when they are to complete an exam. The ethnic composition of the students is fairly balanced with 48% Black, 50% White, and 2% Other.

Curriculum Review/Mapping In the area of geometry, there are 2 units of study in Math 1 (taught in the 9th grade) and 2 units of study in Math II (taught in 10th grade). Listed below are the standards: MATH I: Students will explore, understand, and use the formal language of reasoning and justification. Students will apply properties of polygons and determine distances and points of concurrence. MM1G1. Students will investigate properties of geometric figures in the coordinate plane. a. Determine the distance between two points. b. Determine the distance between a point and a line. c. Determine the midpoint of a segment. d. Understand the distance formula as an application of the Pythagorean theorem. e. Use the coordinate plane to investigate properties of and verify conjecture related to triangles and quadrilaterals. MM1G2. Students will understand and use the language of mathematical argument and justification. a. Use conjecture, inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, counterexamples, and indirect proof as appropriate. b. Understand and use the relationships among a statement and its converse, inverse, and contrapositive. MM1G3. Students will discover, prove, and apply properties of triangles, quadrilaterals, and other polygons. a. Determine the sum of interior and exterior angles in a polygon. b. Understand and use the triangle inequality, the side-angle inequality, and the exterior-angle inequality. c. Understand and use congruence postulates and theorems for triangles (SSS, SAS, ASA, AAS, HL). d. Understand, use, and prove properties of and relationships among special quadrilaterals: parallelogram, rectangle, rhombus, square, trapezoid, and kite. e. Find and use points of concurrency in triangles: incenter, orthocenter, circumcenter, and centroid. MATH II: Students will explore right triangles and right-triangle trigonometry. They will understand and apply properties of circles and spheres, and use them in determining related measures.

MM2G1. Students will identify and use special right triangles. a. Determine the lengths of sides of 30-60-90 triangles. b. Determine the lengths of sides of 45-45-90 triangles. MM2G2. Students will define and apply sine, cosine, and tangent ratios to right triangles. a. Discover the relationship of the trigonometric ratios for similar triangles. b. Explain the relationship between the trigonometric ratios of complementary angles. c. Solve application problems using the trigonometric ratios. MM2G3. Students will understand the properties of circles. a. Understand and use properties of chords, tangents, and secants as an application of triangle similarity. b. Understand and use properties of central, inscribed, and related angles. c. Use the properties of circles to solve problems involving the length of an arc and the area of a sector. d. Justify measurements and relationships in circles using geometric and algebraic properties. MM2G4. Students will find and compare the measures of spheres. a. Use and apply surface area and volume of a sphere. b. Determine the effect on surface area and volume of changing the radius or diameter of a sphere. There are also process standards that are attached to each of the Math courses in the new GPS curriculum. They are meant to ensure that critical thinking/reading skills, problem solving skills, and using the correct mathematical language are emphasized while moving through the curriculum. The units of study that are covered in the new GPS curriculum are assessed in various ways. There are the traditional quizzes and tests, but teachers are also trying to emphasize more diverse techniques to evaluate a students learning. These have included performance tasks that require students to not only answer/work questions about math concepts, but also requires them to support their responses with evidence that they have come up with. A performance task also asks students to make predictions and inferences about the mathematics while they are working with it. More

written assignments are showing up in the math classroom as well. Things like journal writings, reports, and student created presentations like a PowerPoint are being used to measure a students learning. Because of the more assorted assessment techniques that are being required of teachers and students, more resources are needed in the media center to accommodate these changes. Textbook companies are not meeting the needs of the teachers with the textbooks that they have sewn together by pulling pieces from older texts and compiling them together as a new text that corresponds to the new standards. Because of this, teachers are literally creating curriculum from scratch, and would greatly benefit from an addition of math resources to the media center just as much as the students would. Collection Evaluation My evaluation of the collection began with a visual inspection of the media center. All of the reference materials are located on short shelves that wrap around the 2 walls of the media center. They are not easily accessible either due to all of the tables being mostly located near the shelves, and this greatly prohibits a student from getting down low to browse the shelves. The non-fiction books are located in the first 5 shelves/stacks on the other side of the media center, and I must confess that in my 2 years of working at the school, I have never seen a student browsing through these shelves. The sections for the nonfiction shelves were not clearly marked either. They had the call number ranges on the tops of the shelves, but nowhere in the library could I find a chart or display explaining to the students what the numbers represented.

After searching through the media center look-up system, I could only find books related to my topic in the 500s (Sciences and Mathematics section). There were no other places that I could find where I might find a book about mathematics, much less geometry in particular. The books that were in the 500s were all specifically located in the 510s. The books were in very good condition, which meant that they were rarely, if ever, used because the books were not new recent titles. The average age of the entire 500 section was 1997, and accounted for 4.29% of the entire collection in the media center. When I compared this number to the Follett and Wilson criteria, it is evident that VHS was lacking in the amount of materials needed in the 500s. Balanced Dewey Comparisons: Wilson and Follet The Hundreds Division 500s Avg. Age 1997 Item s 508 % of Collectio n 4.29% Wilson Balanced Dewey 7.6% Diff. Follett Balanced Dewey 8.0% Diff.

-3.31%

3.71 %

After realizing that the 510 section was the only viable place to locate books relating to my topic, I began to analyze that subsection a little more closely. The 510 section contains 45 items with an average age of 1997*** that accounts for 0.38% of the entire VHS collection. I also ran a circulation statistics report for the year of 2009 to determine how many items had been checked out of the 510 section throughout the whole year. The report would only provide information for the entire 500 section; it did not divide the section into 10s. However, the report provided plenty of information!! In the entire 500 section of Sciences and Mathematics, only 3 of the 508 items had been checked out in the entire year of 2009. Regardless of the fact that I could not determine

if any of the three items came from the 510 section, this statistic was very disheartening. Circulation Statistics for 500 Section as of 12/31/2009 Range 500-599 Total Circs 345 Yearly Circs 3 Monthly Circs 0 Collection 508

From a visual inspection of the 510 section, there were only 2 books that were related to geometry, and there were one or two more items that could be linked to the process standards that were mentioned in the previous section of this report. I then completed a visual inspection of the other resources in the media center that pertained to math, to see how well they matched the GPS curriculum. There were no DVDs pertaining to math, and all of the VHS cassettes that I located were on very basic topics such as fractions, decimals, and percentages. They were very outdated for the needs of our students. These materials need to be transferred to the upper elementary and middle schools because these concepts are covered at a much earlier level than they previously were. ***NOTE: While completing my collection evaluation, I encountered a report that was not consistent with all other information. According to my reports, the average age of the 510 section should be 1997, BUT on my detailed report, the years were not listed for all 45 items.. Only 18 items

had a year beside them. The average of those years was 1997, but I manually checked the years in all 45 books and concluded that the average age is actually 1981!! If that was a true error, then all other data may be inaccurate,

HOWEVER I alone did not have the time, resources, or knowledge to further investigate this mystery. The overall summary of my collection evaluation is exactly what I had predicted it would be. The VHS media center has inadequate materials to support the Georgia Performance Standards math curriculum that is currently being rolled out in all Georgia high schools and will not be completed for another two years. Because of the changing curriculum, there is room and opportunity for improvements if budget circumstances will allow. Materials Ordered

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501 Math Word Problems Angles and Angle Measures Angles and Segments of a Circle Angles Untangled: Learning Geometry Applications of Trigonometry in Geometry The Circle As a Whole and Its Parts Concepts in Geometry and Measurement: Coordinate Geometry Congruence of Triangles Cylinders, Cones, and Spheres Flatland Geometry Geometry: Lesson 13 Parallelograms Geometry: Lesson 9 Congruence of

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Learning Express TMW Media Group TMW Media Group Cerebellum TMW Media Group TMW Media Group Discovery School TMW Media Group TMW Media Group Flat World Productions Saddleback Educational Publications TMW Media Group TMW Media Group

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10.34 34.95 34.95 9.99 34.96 34.95 59.95 29.95 34.95 161.9 6 30.95 34.95 34.95

9 Triangles Geometry Success in 20 Minutes a Day The High School Geometry Tutor A Higher Geometry Homework Helpers: Geometry The Humongous Book of Geometry Problems: Translated for People Who Dont Speak Math!! Inductive Reasoning and Deductive Reasoning Math Vantage: II, Spatial Sense. A World of Quadrilaterals Measurement: Circles, Volume Math Vantage: II, Spatial Sense. Going Around In Circles, Curves & Spheres Math Vantage: II, Spatial Sense. Trusting Triangles More Theorems Related to Congruent Triangles Polygons and Their Angles Preparing Logical Reasons For a TwoColumn Proof Princess In Training Princess In Training Quadrilaterals and Other Polygons Rectangles, Rhombuses & Squares Rene Descartes Right-Triangle Trigonometry (Geometry: The Print Print Print Fiction Print Print Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Good for students with an IEP Booklist, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal Learning Express The Association Holt Career Press Alpha 13.60 14.40 15.26 14.99 16.10

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TMW Media Group GPN Educational Media Educational Video Network GPN Educational Media GPN Educational Media TMW Media Group TMW Media Group TMW Media Group Horn Book, School Library Journal Horn Book, School Library Journal Harper Collins Perfect Bound Films for the Humanities & Sciences TMW Media Group Morgan Reynolds Pub. TMW Media Group

34.95 34.95 39.95 34.95

DVD DVD DVD DVD Print Fiction EBook DVD DVD Print DVD

Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Horn Book

34,95 34.95 34.95 34.95 17.89 5.99 59.95 34.95 31.26 34.95

10 Complete Course #21) Special Right Triangles Special Triangles String, Straightedge, and Shadow: The Story of Geometry Tangents, Arcs, and Chords Of a Circle Taxicab Geometry: An Adventure In NonEuclidean Geometry The Thirteen Books of Euclids Elements. Volume I, Introduction and Books I,II The Thirteen Books of Euclids Elements. Volume II, Books III-IX The Thirteen Books of Euclids Elements. Volume III, Books XXIII Trapezoids, Isosceles Trapezoids, and Kites The Trigonometry Tutor Using Congruent Triangles and Isosceles and Right Triangles Theorems Variations of Congruent Triangles 99 Points of Intersection: Examples-PicturesProofs Advanced Euclidean Geometry Algebra and Geometry Amusements in Mathematics Analyzing Architecture The Analytical Art: Nine Studies in Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonmetry from the Opus Restitutae

DVD DVD Print

Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Horn Book, School Library Journal, Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books

TMW Media Group Goldhil Educational Whole Spirit Press TMW Media Group Dover Publications Dover

34.95 29.99 16.95

DVD Print Print

Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave

34.95 3.87 12.70

Print Print

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Dover Dover

14.40 12.70

DVD DVD DVD

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TMW Media Group TMW Media Group Films for the Humanities TMW Media Group Mathematic al Association of America Dover Publications Cambridge University Press Dover Publications Routledge Dover Publications

34.95 39.95 59.95

DVD Print

Titlewave Titlewave Science Books and Films

34.95 56.10

Print Print Print EBook Print

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15.26 56.16 10.96 44.95 21.20

11 Mathematicae Analyseos, Seu, Algebra Nova Apollonius of Pergas Conica: text, context, subtext The Art and Craft of Problem Solving Crop Circles: The Bones of God Developing Thinking in Geometry

Print Print Print Print

Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave

Good resource for accelerated classes

Brill Wiley Frog Books Open University in Association With Paul Chapman Pub. Dover Publications Hungry Minds Wiley Clockroot Books Bantam Books Research and Education Association Wiley

261.3 6 66.95 13.56 45.30

Famous Problems of Geometry and How To Solve Them Geometry Geometry The Geometry of God The Geometry of Sisters The Geometry Problem Solver: A Complete Solution Guide to Any Textbook Geometry Workbook For Dummies Great Feuds in Mathematics: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever Master Math: Geometry Master Math: Trigonometry The Mathematics of OZ: Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the Edge Michael Taylor: A Geometry of Meaning The Ten Greatest Puzzles of All Time

Print EBook EBook Print Fiction Print Fiction Print

Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Titlewave Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Annex Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly

5.90 9.99 17.95 16.20 6.79 22.06

Print Print

Titlewave Titlewave Choice, Science Books and Films

14.44 21.20

Wiley

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Course Technology PTR Course Technology PTR Cambridge University Press Hudson Hills Press Wiley

19.99 19.99 18.99

Print EBook

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50.96 15.95

12 Ways To Think About Mathematics: Activities and Investigations for Grade 6-12 Teachers Women, Art and Geometry in Southern Africa The Works of Archimedes How to Solve Word Problems in Geometry Groovy Geometry: Games and Activities That Make Math Easy and Fun The Math Teachers Book Of Lists Geometry Teachers Activities Kit: Readyto-Use Lessons & Worksheets for Grades 6-12 Mathematical Olympiad Challenges Hands-On Geometry: Constructions With Straightedge and Compass Geometry Grades 612 (Ti-Nspire Strategies) Unfolding Mathematics with Unit Origami The Joy of Pi Patty Paper Geometry Circle Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions/ Sphereland Flatland: The Movie Flatterland Print Titlewave Corwin Press 42.06

Print Print Print Print

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Multicultural

Africa World Press Dover Publications McGraw-Hill

84.95 21.20 17.05 10.10

Good resource for students with IEP or low reading levels

Wiley

Print Print

Amazon Amazon

Jossey-Bass Jossey-Bass

21.75 21.86

Print Print

Amazon Amazon

The Mathematical Gazette

Birhauser Boston Prufrock Press Shell Education Pub. Key Curriculum Press Walker & Company Key Curriculum Press Alphascript Publishing Harper Collins Publishers Princeton University Press Basic Books

40.42 14.95

Print

Amazon

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This book will accompany the calculators that are available in the math classroom. Good resource for low level reading ability students. Good resource for low level reading ability students. Novel and its sequel in one book.

26.59

13.57 10.08 16.47 45.90 13.67 28.76 11.48

New York Times, Publishers weekly, School Library Journal,

13 A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper Mathematics and Humor Divine Geometry Print Fiction Print Print Fiction Computer Software Barnes and Noble Barnes and Noble Barnes and Noble Amazon Booknews Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booknews New York Times, New Scientist, Los Angeles Book Review Knopf Doubleday Publishing University of Chicago Press Schiel & Denver Publishing Limited Key Curriculum Press 10.04 14.40 8.99

The Geometer's Sketchpad: Dynamic Geometry Software for Exploring Mathematics GeoGebra Math Magazines Grades 9-12 The Elements of Coordinate Geometry Donald in Mathmagic Land Alice in Wonderland

31.96

Computer Software Online Subscripti on Print DVD DVD

www.geoge bra.org www.math ematicsma gazines.co m Barnes and Noble Best Buy Best Buy Performance task in GPS frameworks modeled after the story

FREE 90.00 per year Nabu Press Disney Disney 26.46 9.99 19.99

GRAND TOTAL: $2,906.95

***I attempted to locate resources on Delaney Educational and Bound to Stay Bound as well, but couldnt find anything relevant to my topic.

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