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Lights, Camera, Action On Mister Goodmath:

Welleby Elementary School, in Sunrise, Florida, is proud to be the home of the Mister Goodmath program. This program is a mathematics curriculum that uses the Media Center's closed circuit television station and the World Wide Web to motivate and sustain interest in mathematics. It was initiated to improve students' critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Mister Goodmath (teacher Mike Rooney) broadcasts live and pre-taped programs featuring a variety of math topics. During broadcasts, Mister Goodmath, dressed in a lab coat brightly decorated with numbers and mathematical equations, introduces students to new math strategies or concepts. 

An additional feature of the program is, "Mister Goodmath on the Internet". Students may access the problem of the week via the World Wide Web. By visiting http://mistergoodmath.org, students may enter the "Challenge" problem of the week by simply clicking on the "Cool" button. This allows them to solve any number of problems and e-mail solutions to Mister Goodmath via the internet.

Click to enter this week's "Challenge" problem.

<>A recent component added to "Mister Goodmath on the Internet," involves pairing students from around the world with Welleby students in an attempt to promote collaborative problem solving related to any of the "Cool Challenges<> of the Week".  For students not proficient in other languages, messages are typed in the sender's native language.  Translator software is then used to rewrite it in the language of the recipient before sending.
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"Mom and Dad's Corner" is a way to get valuable information or downloadable material to parents.  This page was added at the request of a number of moms and dads who expressed an interest in being able to help their children with math while at home.  Valuable web links and requested PDF files are shared.  Click on "Mom and Dad's Corner."


In an attempt to involve parents, business, and community leaders Mister Goodmath also provides a page for a "Guest Problem of the Week". By accessing this page, guests are encouraged to submit a problem of the week suitable to children in grades one through five. This feature was added in an attempt to allow students to see first hand how mathematics is used in the real world on a day to day basis by a wide variety of people.

As the school's Mathematics Resource Teacher, Mister Goodmath (a.k.a., Mike Rooney) visits each of Welleby's 40 classes at least once a week. He presents lessons that closely parallel objectives stressed by Florida's Sunshine State Mathematics Standards and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards. All lessons are designed to enhance and motivate students. In a particularly innovative use of technology, Mister Goodmath videotapes himself working with students who are experiencing difficulty with math. These videotapes, along with mathematics manipulatives, are made available to the child's parents and teacher through the school's media center checkout system.  Mister Goodmath also uses a Promethean Active Board to enhance concretely driven lessons using virtual manipulatives as well as a variety of mathematics software applications. 

Another innovative feature of the program is peer tutoring offered by a cadre of high achieving fifth graders (a.k.a. Goodmath Kids), who are available to help students at the request of their teachers. In another type of tutoring, the Goodmath Kids also appear with Mister Goodmath in videotaped Goodmath programs broadcast to classrooms on request. These programs feature problem solving and computational strategies not found in students' texts.

An important role of the Mister Goodmath program is helping teachers become more comfortable with the subject and improving their competency in mathematics instructional techniques. For example, to enable teachers to tailor math lessons for students of all learning styles, the program introduces them to a variety of computational systems and problem solving strategies not readily found in textbooks.

The philosophy behind the Mister Goodmath program is that students can become most proficient in mathematics when they learn critical thinking and problem solving skills. Accordingly, the program teaches specific problem solving strategies and attempts to compensate for the limitations of basal textbooks while accommodating differences in student learning styles.

We would welcome your visit so you can experience the excitement as the Media TV Production Staff announces - "AND HERE'S MISTER GOODMATH!" Start your visit on the World Wide Web or by contacting Welleby on the land-line at (754) 322-8850.

You can also receive information about Mister Goodmath from the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse.