References
Index
1. George Lakoff at Commonwealth Club http://fora.tv/2008/06/20/George_Lakoff_on_The_Political_Mind
2. Kinesthetic Learning Activity (Order of Operatiosn): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XroJtR9gQc8
3. Ron Clarke – Order of Operations (Remix): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7smdNMQZKG8
4. Mr. W. – Order of Operations (Song Creation): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIe9fnrg4aA
5. Gym Class Heroes: My Hearts a Stereo (Metaphor): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3E9Wjbq44E
Appendix
Appendix-A
Pre-Test Survey (Needfinding)
1. What is your definition of math literacy?
2. What is your definition of English (written) literacy?
3. Name an activity where you have to use both your math and English literacy skills
4. a) On a scale from 1-10, do you like math? 1 = not at all, 10 = really enjoy doing math, even in my spare time
b) On a scale from 1-10, how do you rank your math skills? 1 = very bad, 10 = very good
c) On a scale from 1-10, how do you rank your understanding of the order of
Appendix-B
Pre-activity and Post-activity (example)
For each problem number the operation in the order that they should be performed.
Do not solve unless told to do so. Read problems from Left-to-Right to determine which operations should come first.
Round 2: (3 operations)
1. 20 ÷ 10 + 13 - 9
2. 13 x 4 + 3 - 2
3. 6 x 3 + 11 - 3
Appendix-C
Pre-Test Survey (example)
1. What is math and math class good for? Answer the question to the best of your ability.
2. What is English and English class good for? Answer this question the best of your ability.
3. What kind of jobs can you get if you are really good at:
4. What do you want to be when you grow up? What is your dream job?
5. Can you explain the order of operations?
6. Can you explain what a verse is in poetry or music?
7. When doing this [list] activity, how often do you listen to music?
Appendix-D
User Experience Survey (example)
1. What were you curious about during this activity?
2. Describe what the tune meant to you during the activity.
3. Did you get any answers wrong? If so, how did you know?
4. Can you guess why you got some answers wrong (if applicable)?
5. What were your actions after you got the problem right or wrong?
6. What did the activity mean to you?
7. What did you wish would happen during this activity?
References
Adriano, Jennifer. (2010). “Teenagers’ reasons for listening to music and the students’ perception of the effects of listening when completing school assignments.” K-12 education. Paper 1. Retrieved from http://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/k12_ed/1/
Ahuja, M. K., and Carley, K. M. (1999). “Network Structure in Virtual Organizations.” Organization Science, 741–757.
Allison Druin. (2005). “What Children Can Teach Us: Developing Digital Libraries for Children with Children.” The Library Quarterly, 20–41.
Baetens, Jan. (1997). “Free Writing, Constrained Writing: The Ideology of Form.” Poetics Today, 1–14.
Breetvelt, Iris, Van Den Bergh, Huub, and Rijlaarsdam, Gert. (1994). “Relations Between Writing Processes and Text Quality: When and How?” Cognition and Instruction, 103–123.
Coleman, Douglas W. (2002). “On Foot in SIM City: Using SIM Copter as the Basis for an ESL Writing Assignment.” Simulation & Gaming, 217–230.
Davies, Chris, and Birbili, Maria. (2000). “What Do People Need to Know About Writing in Order to Write in Their Jobs?” British Journal of Educational Studies, 429–445.
Drury,M .O. (1982). Conversations with Wittgenstein. In R. Rhees (Ed.), Ludwig Wittgenstein: Personal recollections. Oxford: Blackwell.
Dugger, Ronnie. (1976). “Cooperative Learning in a Writing Community.” Change, 30–33.
Ehrenberg, A. S. C (1982). “Writing Technical Papers or Reports.” The American Statistician, 326–329.
Fine, Gary Alan. (1988). “The Ten Commandments of Writing.” The American Sociologist, 152–157.
Wyndham Lewis noted: "It is dangerous to live, but to write is much more so."
Forman, Murray. (2000). “‘Represent’: Race, Space and Place in Rap Music.” Popular Music, 65–90.
Frederic, Gerald J. (2007). “The African Aesthetic in World Creativity: Anthony Braxton’s Philosophy of Vibrational Affinity Dynamics.” Journal of Black Studies, 130–141.
Gray, Jeffrey. (2000). “Beyond the Letter‘: Identity, Song, and ’Strick.” Callaloo, 621–639.
Gym Class Heroes. (2011). My Hearts a Stereo. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3E9Wjbq44E
Halio, Marcia Peoples. (2004). “Teaching in Our Pajamas: Negotiating with Adult Learners in Online Distance Writing Courses.” College Teaching, 58–62.
Harris, K. R., Graham, S., and Mason, L. H. (2006). “Improving the Writing, Knowledge, and Motivation of Struggling Young Writers: Effects of Self-Regulated Strategy Development with and Without Peer Support.” American Educational Research Journal, 295–340.
Harris, Mary Dee. (1989). “Analysis of the Discourse Structure of Lyric Poetry.” Computers and the Humanities, 423–428.
Hodgson, Amy., and Bohning, Gerry. (1997). “A Five-Step Guide for Developing a Writing Checklist.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 138–141.
Hull, Glynda A. (1981). “Effects of Self-Management Strategies on Journal Writing by College Freshmen.” Research in the Teaching of English, 135–148.
Katayose, Haruhiro, and Inokuchi, Seiji. (1993). “Learning Performance Rules in a Music Interpretation System.” Computers and the Humanities, 31–40.
Krumhans, Carol. (2002). “Music: A Link Between Cognition and Emotion.” Current Directions in Psychological Science, 45–50.
Cognition and emotion are closely linked in music.
Lande, T. S., and Vollsnes, A. O. (1994). “Object Oriented Music Analysis.” Computers and the Humanities, 253–257.
Leahy, Richard. (2002). “Conducting Writing Assignments.” College Teaching, 50–54.
Levitin, Daniel J. (2006). This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession. Dutton Adult.
Louhivuori, Jukka. “Memory Strategies in Writing Melodies.” Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education 141 (1999): 81–85.
Massoudi, Mehrdad. (2005). “Can Scientific Writing Be Creative?” Journal of Science Education and Technology, 115–128.
Mavrogenes, Nancy, and Bezruczko, Nikolaus. (1993). “Influences on Writing Development.” The Journal of Educational Research, 237–245.
McKay, Sandra. (1979). “Communicative Writing.” TESOL Quarterly, 73–80.
Myhill, Debra, and Jones, Susan. (2009). “How Talk Becomes Text: Investigating the Concept of Oral Rehearsal in Early Years’ Classrooms.” British Journal of Educational Studies, 265–284.
New Hot Fire. (2010). “Don’t Fall Asleep, Instrumental.
High Level Metaphor
“If Peter Pan can make the kids believe, yal can just imagine what will happen when they get a load of me" - TB from NHF
Newell, George. (1984). “Learning from Writing in Two Content Areas: A Case Study/Protocol Analysis.” Research in the Teaching of English, 265–287.
Nida, Eugene. (1992). “Sociolinguistic Implications of Academic Writing.” Language in Society, 477–485.
Papert, Seymour A. (1993). Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas. 2nd ed. Basic Books.
“This use of computers is rapidly becoming adopted wherever adults write for a living (Papert, 30).” There’s a need for this technology because writers are naturally found in the creative space, and they are identified as: musicians, storytellers, and poets.
Parkinson, Debra. (2005). “Unexpected Student Reflections from an Underused Genre.” College Teaching, 147–151.
Pea, Roy D., and Kurland, D. Midian. (1987). “Cognitive Technologies for Writing.” Review of Research in Education, 277–326.
Ludwig Wittgenstein: "It is only the attempt to write down your ideas that enables them to develop (Drury, 1982).
Pennington, Martha. (1993). “Exploring the Potential of Word Processing for Non-Native Writers.” Computers and the Humanities, 149–163.
Reif-Lehrer, Liane. (1992). “Teaching Good Communication/Proposal-Writing Skills: Overcoming One Deficit of Our Educational System.” Journal of Science Education and Technology, 211–219.
Roberts, Peter. (1995). “Defining Literacy: Paradise, Nightmare or Red Herring?” British Journal of Educational Studies, 412–432.
Schellenberg, E. G. (2005). “Music and Cognitive Abilities.” Current Directions in Psychological Science, 317–320.
Spaulding, Cheryl. (1989). “The Effects of Ownership Opportunities and Instructional Support on High School Students’ Writing Task Engagement.” Research in the Teaching of English, 139–162.
Sweeny, Sheelah. (2002). “Writing for the Instant Messaging and Text Messaging Generation: Using New Literacies to Support Writing Instruction.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 121–130.
Torrance, M., Thomas, G. V., and Robinson, E. J. (1994). “The Writing Strategies of Graduate Research Students in the Social Sciences.” Higher Education, 379–392.
Trimbur, John. (2002). “Composition and the Circulation of Writing.” College Composition and Communication, 188–219.
Turner, Haley. (2006). “Brief Daily Writing Activities and Performance on Major Multiple-choice Exams.” The Journal of General Education, 221–246.
Vygotsky, L.S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. (M. Cole, V. John-Steiner, S. Scribner, & E. Souberman, Eds.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
Womelsduff, Deborah. (2005). “The Paradox of Structure and Freedom: An Experiment in Writing Poetry.” The English Journal, 23–27.
Woltz, Dan.(1996) “Memory for Order of Operations in the Acquisition and Transfer of Sequential Cognitive Skills.” Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 438–457.
1. George Lakoff at Commonwealth Club http://fora.tv/2008/06/20/George_Lakoff_on_The_Political_Mind
2. Kinesthetic Learning Activity (Order of Operatiosn): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XroJtR9gQc8
3. Ron Clarke – Order of Operations (Remix): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7smdNMQZKG8
4. Mr. W. – Order of Operations (Song Creation): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIe9fnrg4aA
5. Gym Class Heroes: My Hearts a Stereo (Metaphor): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3E9Wjbq44E
Appendix
Appendix-A
Pre-Test Survey (Needfinding)
1. What is your definition of math literacy?
2. What is your definition of English (written) literacy?
3. Name an activity where you have to use both your math and English literacy skills
4. a) On a scale from 1-10, do you like math? 1 = not at all, 10 = really enjoy doing math, even in my spare time
b) On a scale from 1-10, how do you rank your math skills? 1 = very bad, 10 = very good
c) On a scale from 1-10, how do you rank your understanding of the order of
Appendix-B
Pre-activity and Post-activity (example)
For each problem number the operation in the order that they should be performed.
Do not solve unless told to do so. Read problems from Left-to-Right to determine which operations should come first.
Round 2: (3 operations)
1. 20 ÷ 10 + 13 - 9
2. 13 x 4 + 3 - 2
3. 6 x 3 + 11 - 3
Appendix-C
Pre-Test Survey (example)
1. What is math and math class good for? Answer the question to the best of your ability.
2. What is English and English class good for? Answer this question the best of your ability.
3. What kind of jobs can you get if you are really good at:
4. What do you want to be when you grow up? What is your dream job?
5. Can you explain the order of operations?
6. Can you explain what a verse is in poetry or music?
7. When doing this [list] activity, how often do you listen to music?
Appendix-D
User Experience Survey (example)
1. What were you curious about during this activity?
2. Describe what the tune meant to you during the activity.
3. Did you get any answers wrong? If so, how did you know?
4. Can you guess why you got some answers wrong (if applicable)?
5. What were your actions after you got the problem right or wrong?
6. What did the activity mean to you?
7. What did you wish would happen during this activity?
References
Adriano, Jennifer. (2010). “Teenagers’ reasons for listening to music and the students’ perception of the effects of listening when completing school assignments.” K-12 education. Paper 1. Retrieved from http://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/k12_ed/1/
Ahuja, M. K., and Carley, K. M. (1999). “Network Structure in Virtual Organizations.” Organization Science, 741–757.
Allison Druin. (2005). “What Children Can Teach Us: Developing Digital Libraries for Children with Children.” The Library Quarterly, 20–41.
Baetens, Jan. (1997). “Free Writing, Constrained Writing: The Ideology of Form.” Poetics Today, 1–14.
Breetvelt, Iris, Van Den Bergh, Huub, and Rijlaarsdam, Gert. (1994). “Relations Between Writing Processes and Text Quality: When and How?” Cognition and Instruction, 103–123.
Coleman, Douglas W. (2002). “On Foot in SIM City: Using SIM Copter as the Basis for an ESL Writing Assignment.” Simulation & Gaming, 217–230.
Davies, Chris, and Birbili, Maria. (2000). “What Do People Need to Know About Writing in Order to Write in Their Jobs?” British Journal of Educational Studies, 429–445.
Drury,M .O. (1982). Conversations with Wittgenstein. In R. Rhees (Ed.), Ludwig Wittgenstein: Personal recollections. Oxford: Blackwell.
Dugger, Ronnie. (1976). “Cooperative Learning in a Writing Community.” Change, 30–33.
Ehrenberg, A. S. C (1982). “Writing Technical Papers or Reports.” The American Statistician, 326–329.
Fine, Gary Alan. (1988). “The Ten Commandments of Writing.” The American Sociologist, 152–157.
Wyndham Lewis noted: "It is dangerous to live, but to write is much more so."
Forman, Murray. (2000). “‘Represent’: Race, Space and Place in Rap Music.” Popular Music, 65–90.
Frederic, Gerald J. (2007). “The African Aesthetic in World Creativity: Anthony Braxton’s Philosophy of Vibrational Affinity Dynamics.” Journal of Black Studies, 130–141.
Gray, Jeffrey. (2000). “Beyond the Letter‘: Identity, Song, and ’Strick.” Callaloo, 621–639.
Gym Class Heroes. (2011). My Hearts a Stereo. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3E9Wjbq44E
Halio, Marcia Peoples. (2004). “Teaching in Our Pajamas: Negotiating with Adult Learners in Online Distance Writing Courses.” College Teaching, 58–62.
Harris, K. R., Graham, S., and Mason, L. H. (2006). “Improving the Writing, Knowledge, and Motivation of Struggling Young Writers: Effects of Self-Regulated Strategy Development with and Without Peer Support.” American Educational Research Journal, 295–340.
Harris, Mary Dee. (1989). “Analysis of the Discourse Structure of Lyric Poetry.” Computers and the Humanities, 423–428.
Hodgson, Amy., and Bohning, Gerry. (1997). “A Five-Step Guide for Developing a Writing Checklist.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 138–141.
Hull, Glynda A. (1981). “Effects of Self-Management Strategies on Journal Writing by College Freshmen.” Research in the Teaching of English, 135–148.
Katayose, Haruhiro, and Inokuchi, Seiji. (1993). “Learning Performance Rules in a Music Interpretation System.” Computers and the Humanities, 31–40.
Krumhans, Carol. (2002). “Music: A Link Between Cognition and Emotion.” Current Directions in Psychological Science, 45–50.
Cognition and emotion are closely linked in music.
Lande, T. S., and Vollsnes, A. O. (1994). “Object Oriented Music Analysis.” Computers and the Humanities, 253–257.
Leahy, Richard. (2002). “Conducting Writing Assignments.” College Teaching, 50–54.
Levitin, Daniel J. (2006). This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession. Dutton Adult.
Louhivuori, Jukka. “Memory Strategies in Writing Melodies.” Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education 141 (1999): 81–85.
Massoudi, Mehrdad. (2005). “Can Scientific Writing Be Creative?” Journal of Science Education and Technology, 115–128.
Mavrogenes, Nancy, and Bezruczko, Nikolaus. (1993). “Influences on Writing Development.” The Journal of Educational Research, 237–245.
McKay, Sandra. (1979). “Communicative Writing.” TESOL Quarterly, 73–80.
Myhill, Debra, and Jones, Susan. (2009). “How Talk Becomes Text: Investigating the Concept of Oral Rehearsal in Early Years’ Classrooms.” British Journal of Educational Studies, 265–284.
New Hot Fire. (2010). “Don’t Fall Asleep, Instrumental.
High Level Metaphor
“If Peter Pan can make the kids believe, yal can just imagine what will happen when they get a load of me" - TB from NHF
Newell, George. (1984). “Learning from Writing in Two Content Areas: A Case Study/Protocol Analysis.” Research in the Teaching of English, 265–287.
Nida, Eugene. (1992). “Sociolinguistic Implications of Academic Writing.” Language in Society, 477–485.
Papert, Seymour A. (1993). Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas. 2nd ed. Basic Books.
“This use of computers is rapidly becoming adopted wherever adults write for a living (Papert, 30).” There’s a need for this technology because writers are naturally found in the creative space, and they are identified as: musicians, storytellers, and poets.
Parkinson, Debra. (2005). “Unexpected Student Reflections from an Underused Genre.” College Teaching, 147–151.
Pea, Roy D., and Kurland, D. Midian. (1987). “Cognitive Technologies for Writing.” Review of Research in Education, 277–326.
Ludwig Wittgenstein: "It is only the attempt to write down your ideas that enables them to develop (Drury, 1982).
Pennington, Martha. (1993). “Exploring the Potential of Word Processing for Non-Native Writers.” Computers and the Humanities, 149–163.
Reif-Lehrer, Liane. (1992). “Teaching Good Communication/Proposal-Writing Skills: Overcoming One Deficit of Our Educational System.” Journal of Science Education and Technology, 211–219.
Roberts, Peter. (1995). “Defining Literacy: Paradise, Nightmare or Red Herring?” British Journal of Educational Studies, 412–432.
Schellenberg, E. G. (2005). “Music and Cognitive Abilities.” Current Directions in Psychological Science, 317–320.
Spaulding, Cheryl. (1989). “The Effects of Ownership Opportunities and Instructional Support on High School Students’ Writing Task Engagement.” Research in the Teaching of English, 139–162.
Sweeny, Sheelah. (2002). “Writing for the Instant Messaging and Text Messaging Generation: Using New Literacies to Support Writing Instruction.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 121–130.
Torrance, M., Thomas, G. V., and Robinson, E. J. (1994). “The Writing Strategies of Graduate Research Students in the Social Sciences.” Higher Education, 379–392.
Trimbur, John. (2002). “Composition and the Circulation of Writing.” College Composition and Communication, 188–219.
Turner, Haley. (2006). “Brief Daily Writing Activities and Performance on Major Multiple-choice Exams.” The Journal of General Education, 221–246.
Vygotsky, L.S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. (M. Cole, V. John-Steiner, S. Scribner, & E. Souberman, Eds.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
Womelsduff, Deborah. (2005). “The Paradox of Structure and Freedom: An Experiment in Writing Poetry.” The English Journal, 23–27.
Woltz, Dan.(1996) “Memory for Order of Operations in the Acquisition and Transfer of Sequential Cognitive Skills.” Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 438–457.