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Andrew T.
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Registered: February 2005
Location: Manitowoc, WI
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 Posted - 08/28/2006 : 17:43:37
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Today I combed through the library catalog of my university to see if there was any material there that might be vaguely related to Square One TV, and came across a handful of microfilms with the following records:
Title: SQUARE ONE TV [microform] : using television to enhance children’s problem solving / Edward T. Esty and Shalom M. Fisch.
Publisher: [Washington, DC] : U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center, [1991]
Title: Back to square one [microform] : interrelationships among problem solving, attitudes toward mathematics, and SQUARE ONE TV / Shalom M. Fisch, Eve R. Hall.
Publisher: [Washington, DC] : U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center, [1991]
Title: Children’s problem-solving behavior and their attitudes toward mathematics [microform] : a study of the effects of SQUARE ONE TV / Eve R. Hall ... [et al.].
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Children’s Television Workshop ; [Washington, DC] : U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center, 1990-
So... what do you think? Is it worth checking these out?
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Andrew Turnbull
"Mind if I use your phone, Mr. Tedge? I want to call for a backup unit, and have you arrested." -Kate Monday |
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Andrew T.
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Registered: February 2005
Location: Manitowoc, WI
USA
Posts: 250 |
Posted - 08/29/2006 : 18:04:24
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I took a look, and the microforms were simply lengthy write-ups about the structure of "Square One TV" and its effectiveness in reinforcing mathematical concepts in case studies.
Here's a lengthy blurb about "Mathnet" I copied down from one of them, if anyone's interested:
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The "Mathnet" format
This study investigates three main issues in the "Mathnet" format included in each Square One program.
"Mathnet" is a tongue-in-cheek Dragnet-type spoof that is extremely popular with the
Square One audience. It features Kate Monday and George Frankly, members of the Mathnet Squad who are purportedly summoned by citizens of Los Angeles when there are problems to be solved.
The problems themselves are humorous and even outlandish, for example, locating a kidnapped rock star or solving a series of strange thefts committed by a gorilla. A daily "Mathnet" segment lasts from five to thirteen minutes (average of about nine minutes), and a series of five of these episodes makes up each weekly dramatic narrative.
In each weekly serial, a thematic problem is introduced (Where is the missing baseball? Is a gorilla really committing those robberies?), elaborated, explored, and solved by the Squad and their helpers, who accumulate and evaulate relevant clues and evidence.
The thematic problems are typically not mathematical or other formal problems (although they provide the context for the presentation of mathematical problems); rather, they involve the resolution of motivational and dramatic incidents. The characters make frequent use of mathematics and mathematical tools as they attempt to solve the problems.
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Square One microforms?
