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ContentsRandom House Book Fair Set for Saturday, March 5, 2011 College Prepares for Middle States Team Visit in April Carroll Students Mentor Shiloh Middle School Students History Class Inspires Students to Go Above and Beyond F.S. Key Senior and Concurrent Student Earns Two College Degrees
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More than 20 Carroll Community College students, along with five faculty and staff members, generated excitement about studying mathematics by engaging Shiloh Middle School students in a morning of fun and interactive mathematics activities. The middle school students benefited from the expertise shared by the college students, while the college students received hands-on experience with the teaching process. Carroll students taking mathematics and science classes and students majoring in education worked with over 200 middle school students in more than ten classrooms from 9 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 5th. The Carroll students rotated every fifteen minutes to a new group of middle school students. "I was thrilled to see our students serving as role models to middle school students by encouraging them to consider mathematics as part of their future career planning," said College President Dr. Faye Pappalardo. "My impression of this project was that students saw a connection between what they may wish to do in the future, to where to go to learn how. They realized they can go to college and can choose a career in this field. The hands-on experience in this project helped students set goals for the future," said James Carver, principal of Shiloh Middle School. "The concentration in this collaborative effort was on mathematics," said Maria Burness, department chair of Mathematics at Carroll. "Our students had pre-assigned work that they took with them. An example was to compare simple and compound interest bank accounts." "Another example was to show how ratios are important in chemistry, such as in production of slime, super balls and lava lamps, which the middle school students made," said Anne Davis, department chair of Sciences at Carroll. "The Shiloh Middle School project was a great opportunity for our math and science Education majors to work first-hand with students, as well as interact with teaching professionals," added Susan Sies, department chair of Education at Carroll. Parents were invited to observe the student interaction. "We wanted parents to encourage their children to see the value of mathematics in the fields that specialize in science, technology, engineering, and other math-related fields," said Vicki Weiland, mathematics teacher at Shiloh Middle School.
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