Submitted by: Kadie Parsley
Collaborators: Beth Toy, Rosemary McCullough
School: Tuckahoe Elementary School
Summary
Students were given the opportunity to explore the Dewey Decimal System and how its organization correlates to the decimal number system. Students generated three questions which guided their research of the Dewey Decimal System. They were able to explore the library and recognize trends and patterns with call numbers. Students were also given a real-world task of cateloging a book based on their knowledge of the Dewey Decimal System. They then had to explain their reasoning in a podcast. Each step in the process challenged students to apply their understanding of the decimal number system to a meaningul task. The lesson required the collaboration of the classroom teachers, Math TR, school librarian, and ITRT.
TIPC Ratings
Approaching: This lesson falls into the low-end of the approaching domain of the TIP-C. Students constructed their own questions about the Dewey Decimal system to research. They were provided with some print and digital resources to use for research, but were given OneSearch to use to locate information and images as well. The project was framed as an authentic task.
Approaching: This lesson falls into the low-end of the approaching domain of the TIP-C. Students worked in teacher-selected teams due to mathematical and reading ability; however within these teams students established group norms and organized roles to address an authentic task. They utilized a blog to facilitate group collaboration as well as communicate with the school librarian on various elements of the project.
Approaching: This lesson falls into the high-end of the approaching domain of the TIP-C. Students generated and responded to their own purposeful questions. They were required to not only justify their decision-making but how they as a group arrived at that decision. They applied digital tools to solve an open-ended authentic task that required higher-order thinking skills and reflected upon their role as a problem solver and critical thinker.
Approaching: This lesson falls into the high-end of the approaching domain of the TIP-C. Students had to analyze trends they found in the Dewey Decimal system and the connections they found in the decimal system as a whole. In addition, they were required to predict where an unknown book could be shelved using this newly acquired knowledge. This inspired a new solution to an authentic task, creating meaningful work using appropriate digital tools.
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