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Show JUNE 17, 1986 L, Students trying new math program By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON - Mention mathematics to the average public school student and the response is usually The negative - Its boring. teacher doesnt explain things." I dont understand how to do the We just do the same problem. thing over and over again. At Adams Elementary School in -- -- Layton, student response to Rock yn Roll memories mathematics is very different. - Several weeks ago I was planted on the bleachers of a gymnasium in an elementary school. It was there received a of one of the history lesson-a- nd thought cultural transformations in American life. great This community is one of the most conservative and d areas in all of Utah. The city fathers report that 93 percent of all residents are LDS...The local high school sends 90 percent of its studentbody to nearby LDS seminaries. ..The second-largechurch in the city is a demonination of conservative Born Again evangelicals. ..Liberalism is so weak that the Democratic mass meeting could be held in a telephone booth. And yet several yards away on the gymnasium floor, I saw a milk-febevy of youngsters wiggling their lower torsos and displacing their fannies to the raucous beat of Jefferson Starship. The amplifier belched out the chords of We Built This City while several hundred adoring parents smiled and cooed at the physical gyrations of slimly-claIt happens in cities throughout Utah. conservatives have accepted rock n roll as an integral part of their children's entertainment. A few bumps and grinds is no longer a jerk of the devil; its an aerobic fitness form to be instilled in children long before they can even spell the word puberty. I have no problem with rock music; my Vic Damone records have collected dust for many years now, But the dancing of the children and the acceptance by the parents brought back memories. it was an infancy Rock 'n roll was then in its infancy--an- d fraught with controversy. Love ballads and strains of How Much Is That Doggie in the Window had been replaced by men 1 self-impos- first-han- d family-oriente- st fresh-face- d d, d God-fearin- with ducktail haircuts grunting All rootie ! T seven-year-old- non-grade- s. g ! ! fleet of gleaming pastel Cadillacs. But as he screamed for his shrieking fans, the parents of the young were also screaming. A New York Times television critic, Jack Gould, urged in 1956 that CBS ban Elvis from television appearances since a olds curiosity can be overstimulated by Presleys distasteful movements of his tongue. ..Frank Sinatra, himself the idol of an earlier generation, called rock music imbecilic reiteration and sly, lewd, dirty lyrics played by cretinous goons, the martial music of every delinquent on earth. ..Eddie Condon, a reporter for the New York Journal American, wrote that Presleys kindness to his parents isnt a free ticket to behave like a sex maniac in public before millions of impressionable kids. ..Ed Sullivan was roasted by a minister who told readers of the Catholic Sun that Your Catholic viewers, Mr. Sullivan, are angry that you are promoting Presley and his voodoo of frustration and defiance; you cannot compensate for this moral inar side-burn- ed jury. A noted psychiatrist told a New York newspaper that rock n roll would pass on just as the blackbottom, jitterbug and other vogues have passed. And the popular singer and comedian Jackie Gleason told a reporter that Elvis Presley cant ck n.roll music simply cannot last! It lasted, although it has gyrated through different forms. It lasted not only with 50s teenagers now bumping into their own 50s, but with subsequent generations of students who now peg Elvis as more of a wimp than an icon. The elementary students I saw probably view the Beatles and the Rolling Stones as easy listening artists, the type playing music for elevators. Yes, rock has lasted. And for the parents I sat with in the bleachers, the controversy has been expunged from the music, much as the butterfat is released from 2 percent milk. Thirty years ago Dont Be Curel was the number one song of the entire year. Elvis had arrived then for the youngsters ...Hes arrived now for the grown-up- non-grade- last-ro- s. . data-base- Miss Kaysville set for Miss Utah contest KAYSVILLE-She- rri is the only daughter of Col. Raymond A. and Janice K. Seaman. She graduated with high honors from Davis High School and Valedictorian from the Bryman School of Dentistry with a cumulative grade point average of 4.0 and perfect attendance. Sherri was crowned Miss represented Kaysville 1985-8Davis County in the Miss Utah State Fair Pageant and was chosen as a finalist in that pageant. She received the talent award and first attendant at the Miss Miami Valley Pageant. Sherri was also selected as a finalist in the National Jantzen Swimwear Smile Contest with the opportunity to become an official is Jantzen Swimwear Model.-Shvery excited to represent Kaysville in the Miss Utah Pageant which is being held in Orem, Utah on June 18 through the 21. Sherri has been singing all of her life. She has performed solos in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, Symphony Hall, at the Utah State Fair, KSL Radio, and on Eugene Jelesniks 6, This show will have a patriotic learning management system that is daily charted on the schools computer system. The continuous progress mathematical program works smoothly once it is put into place. Teachers are trained to teach different concepts such as fractions, multiplication, ratio percent, intergers, etc. Students are placed at a starting level through testing and teacher observation. Each day between 10:45 and 11:35, the students attend a math session with the teacher assigned to teach the level concept the students need to learn. During one math period, a teacher may teach one or several concepts or levels. The number of students varies from a low of 5 students to a high of nearly 30. PALMER, PRINCIPAL Forest Barker, and KAYLA Clive Tuckett is the coordinator of the program. He works daily with a computer print out that places the students in their approp-riat- e learning terminal. Rob Bramhall is the leader. Mrs. Shanna Sevy is in charge of curriculum. The program relies heavily on PTA volunteers, coordinated by Diana Simmons, PTA president. About 75 volunteers have been used to correct test papers. Norman Bennington, school custodian monitors the testing center which is set up in the school multipurpose room. Mrs. Mary Lou Elliott records scores into the computer. It takes about a half hour each day to get things ready for the next day. After a student has received instruction from a teacher and completed a significant number of mathematical problems associated with the learning concept, the pupil goes to the testing center and completes a test on the concept. The test is corrected and if the student passes with a high level of achievement, the score is put into the computer and the student is allowed to move on to a new terminal and a new concept. Some terminals can be completed in less than one day while most take longer. If a student is , Observing their fifth year in celebrating the 4th of July the Kaysville Davis County Daughters of Utah Pioneers will once again have their annual Ring a Bell for Talent Showcase. Sherri finds it to Freedom morning services in be a great honor to represent Kaysconjunction with the week long ville and would like to express her activities in Kaysville. appreciation for all of the love and Citizens are invited to attend -support she has received from her and bring a bell and a lawn chair. family and friends. There will be a flag raising ceremony and guest speakers to deliver one-on-o- useful suggestions. There are frequent reviews and tests. Students may need to repeat terminals for review if it is evident as they advance that they have not mastered a basic concept. There are many terminals used to teach a concept. For example, under the heading of Geometry 9 there are 15 separate concepts to learn before a student moves into another general area. Since the first of the year, 15 sixth graders have reached the beginning algebra level. The continuous program is especially useful in identifying students who need special help. Paul Draper, resource teacher who is also conducting an evaluation of the program, explains that those who fail to learn a concept in a reasonable amount of time are quickly discovered and placed in special learning centers. While the teachers, students and administrators feel very positive about this innovative mathematical program, the final strength of the program will be determined in several ways - first, Dr. Keen from the State Department of Education is conducting a special evaluation; second, an evaluation is being put together by the BYU statistical department; third, teachers, parents and students are constantly asked -- - 544-141- Lucas Erasmus family of Farming-towho are fighting for freedom from extradiction from the USA after fleeing for their lives from will be the speakers. Because of the street construo tion this year the services will be held on the front steps of Davis n, Zim-babwa- High School. If you are unable to attend, you are invited to step outside and ring your bells of Freedom at 8 a.m. struments in good condition, they would like to donate for use by students on a junior high or high school level, please contact the Office at Davis High School or call Items can be for pick-u2 dropped off at the high school before 1 p.m. on weekdays. 544-985- p. MARY ELLIOTT, A program aide at Adams Elementary, works with Troy Martin and Adrienne Gillespie, putting scores into the computer program. LOU for input. Finally, test scores and student retention and achievement as they move from Adams Elementary into a junior high school setting will ulti mately evaluate the worth exciting, motivational non system of teaching that maximum use of time to tea e clearly defined con on-on- Letter To Editor the message of Freedom. The DHS Band needs donations KAYSVILLE John Yoon, new director, Davis High Band is theme, featuring both groups and sending out a plea to Davis individuals. Those wanting to par- area residents to look in High baseticipate are welcome to perform. ments, attics and students rooms Simply contact the chairman of the for musical instruments, music and evening activities, Eric Orton at uniforms belonging to the band. 1 by June 30. Also, if anyone has musical in- - JONI CISNEY SELECTS a new math concept to study! She just completed Geometry 9, a series of 15 geometry concept. Joni is a sixth grader. having problems learning some concept, the teacher is available for instruction. Text books offer additional help and Bell services slated Kaysville JCs seek talent for 4th show JCs. d d, 1 e July 4th is fast approaching! For one hour before the fireworks begin in Kaysville, there will be a preshow sponsored by the Kaysville d non-grad- Awopbopaloobop utti-fruit- d non-grade- ti All rootie ! A young Memphis truckdriver was the center of this musical birth. Elvis Presley wiggled, wailed and cashed in handsomely. By 1960 he had sold $120 million worth of records, sheet music, movie tickets and merchandise; the and tight dungarees he had worn as a poor kid in Tennessee had given way to $ 10,000 gold lame suits; the truck he had driven had been replaced by a alapbamboom-Tutti-frui- tti We Comments are all positive meet new people every day." The book doesnt go into enough detail but we get help from our We dont have to do teachers. something we dont understand. As soon as you learn how to do something, you can move on. The difference in attitudes about mathematics can be easily explained by describing a new math program that has been used since the first of the year at Adams Elementary. Dr. J. Forest Barker, Adams Elementary School Principal, was instrumental in adopting this continuous mathematics program into one elementary school. This year, fourth, fifth and sixth grade students and 11 teachers have been involved in the program. Next year the approach to teaching mathematics will be expanded into the primary grades. The philosophy behind a teaching program can be stated by quoting S. Alan Cohen of the University of San Francisco who explains John Carrolls model of school learning. What a student learns in a classroom is a mathematical function of the amount of instructional time allowed divided by the amount of instructional time needed. ..Somehow the school must vary the amount of instructional time according to the individuals need... in some cases, the amount of allowed time could be reduced and still provide sufficient instruction for mastery. Dr. Carroll further explains that the amount of time needed to leara a concept can be reduced significantly if the learner has a clear picture of the expected instructional outcome. For the past year and a half the faculty at Adams Elementary School have been studying a mathematics program developed in New Canaan, Conn, that uses the idea of varying instructional time. The individualized learning program was adopted in three schools in Sanpete County, Utah and has proven to be very successful. New Canaan teachers taught the Sanpete teachers who in turn instructed the Adams Elementary teachers this past summer. continuous The program states all kids can learn. The variables that limit learning are brought into line with time. Letter grades are eliminated. A student stays with one concept until it is mastered whether it takes one day, two weeks or longer. When the concept is mastered, the student moves ahead and works up through a maze of terminals and concepts that begins with identifying size, counting numbers and moves through quadratic equations. It took 15 years to develop this Hierarchy of Mathematical Objectives and organize them into a ; Wants Layton to have its own city library The board members of the HeritLayton have a vital interest in the plans for a library in Layton City to be located in the same beautiful park. We do not favor Laytons rejoining the Davis County library system because the initial cost to Layton City would exceed one million dollars and the proceeds of our library tax levy thereafter would be used by the county to maintain this and other libraries. age Museum of Considering Laytons growth potential, our annual revenues are quite sure to increase, and if retained by the city, could enrich the resources, and when necessary, j : the size of the library. Also, an interesting possibility, which we definitely favor, is having the library connected to the museum building, an arrangement that would surely increase the patronage of both institutions and might in the future grow into a mufti-use cultural center, a plan that would not be feasible under joint : ownership. We hope that interested citizens will attend the budget hearing id Laytons city hall, Thursday, Jun$ 19 at 7:30 p.m. : Audene D. Lewis President |