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THE BATTALION Wednesday, May 26, 1971 College Station, Texas Page 3 Graduate student tries new math teaching approach The third “R” has come a long way since the days of hornbooks and ciphering slates. Six third-grade students at Col lege Hills Elementary School are especially happy about new tech niques in teaching mathematics because they are receiving the very newst methods of individual ized instruction as a co-operative project between the College Hills school and Texas A&M Univer sity. Idella Stoob, a graduate educa tion student at TAMU, suggested the project as part of an individ ualized course in mathematics ed ucation which she is taking from Helen Weeks, assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. “I always hated math,” Mrs. Stoob said, “and I knew there must be a better way to teach it. I really started learning math for the first time when I took Mrs. Weekes’ class in teaching elemen tary math. I learned so much in the course,” she continued, “that I didn’t want to stop so I asked for an individualized problems course so that I could apply all that I had learned. Mrs. Stoob had worked at Col lege Hills Elementary the pre vious semester as part of a course in children’s creative dramatics; therefore she decided to discuss the possibility of working with a small group of students who would benefit from individualized instruction in mathematics with Mrs. Willie Leighton, principal. Mrs. Leighton agreed to try the suggestion and provided class room space as well as arranging for six students to come each day from 9:15 to 10:00 a.m. in lieu BATTALION CLASSIFIED WANT AD RATES One day 5<f per word it per word each additional day Minimum charge—75tf Classified Display $1.00 per column inch each insertion DEADLINE 4 p.m. day before publication FOR SALE '65 Mustang convertible, good second car, S450.00. Call 823-1002 after 5 p. m. 122t4 Four specially reduced 1971 mobile homes. 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Much of the program is oriented towards improving the children’s self-con cept and improving their confi dence in attacking math problems. A large poster on the door pro claims that “Can’t Never Could!”, a slogan contributed by one of the children. The students involved in the program range in age from eight to ten years and they are all in the third grade but are working on different levels of math. Most of the equipment in the classroom was designed and made by Mrs. Stoob. A large mat at the front of the classroom invites the children to sit on the floor and relax while they are working on a problem. The bulletin boards are designed to be teaching sit uations and often the children help to make the decorations on them. The current display features self-portraits of the children, each holding a fishing pole made from a drinking straw complete with fishing line and fish that can be attached or removed from the lines with cellophane tape. Each day a new computation problem challenges the children to see how many fish have been caught. Other math problems are ar ranged on a large flannel board. An abacus with a blackboard at tached and a supply of chalk near by encourage the children to work out their own math problems. Shelves in the room are filled with other games and activities Mrs. Stoob made to help the children have fun while learning math. She also relies heavily on the tape recorder. One of the favorite activities using the recorder helped the children learn to tell time. The recording tells a delightful story with frequent references to the time of day amply illustrated with sample clock faces showing the human hand pointing to the numeral. The story moves from the simplest time-telling task to more complex tasks involving both hands on the clock face. TAP symbol gets stiffer regulations AUSTIN — Texas Agriculture Commissioner John C. White was given the duties of regulating the use of the now famous TAP (Texas Agricultural Products) symbol in a bill signed into law last May 17 by Gov. Preston Smith. The Texas Department of Agri culture initiated the TAP pro gram in 1968 and has energetical ly promoted Texas agricultural products since; but prior to the new law White could regulate use of the TAP symbol only as it was used on eggs and their con tainers. The law signed by Smith di rects: “The commissioner of agri culture by rule shall regulate the use of the term ‘Texas Agricul tural Products’ and any symbol connected with that term in the selling, advertising, marketing, and other commercial handling of food and fibers products.” Any person who violates rules governing the use of TAP as promulgated by the commissioner is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $200, according to the new law. White said that the TAP pro gram is trying to make all con sumers—especially Texas consum ers—aware of the fact that Tex as agricultural products are “first in quality, economy and avail ability.” The TAP program promotes Texas foods and fibers throughout the year, using newspapers, tele vision, radio, billboards, direct mailings, in-store placards, dis plays and banners, and demon strations. The new law gives White the authority to prohibit use of the TAP symbol on any products that are not Texas produced and that are not first in quality, economy, and availability. White urged producers to apply for and use the TAP symbol on their packages to take advantage of the promo tional assistance his department is giving. Recreation, Parks head asked to help create pollution rules Dr. Leslie M. Reid, recreation and parks head, has been invited by a National Academy of Sci ences board to participate in es tablishment of water quality and pollution control guidelines for the United States. Reid will participate on the recreation and esthetics panel, one of six established by the NAS environmental studies board for evaluation of water quality criter ia publication. The “green book,” to be pro duced by the Federal Water Pol lution Control Administration of the U. S. Department of the In terior, will serve as a guideline for the states in water quality and pollution control. Reid has been professor and head of the Recreation and Parks Department since coming to Tex as A&M in 1965. His degrees are from Michigan State College of Mining and Technology, Michigan State and the University of Michigan. After the story, the children enjoyed drawing hands on a se ries of time-sheets which had been mounted on cardboard and lami nated so that the children could use crayon to show the designated time and, after correcting their errors, erase so that another child could use the same problem. Another device Mrs. Stoob made for telling time is a set of time flash cards which the children like because they learn the cor rect answer immediately. The tape recorder was used to help the children learn the multi plication tables, also. Each child made a multiplication book using pictures which he cut from mag azines and pasted into his book to illustrate the multiplication facts. When a child completes a task, Mrs. Stoob administers an indi vidual test to determine whether the child has mastered the in formation. “I avoid group tests,” she ex plained, “because they would cause too much competition among the students and the chil dren might become tense.” A complete sense of freedom pervades the classroom. The chil dren choose which activities they wish to work. However, if they select to do a worksheet, they bring their work to Mrs. Stoob for assistance and they work all the problems correctly before they take it home. 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