Annotated+Bibliography

Curtain-Phillips, Marilyn. "The Causes and Prevention of Math Anxiety." //http://www.mathgoodies.com/articles/math_anxiety.html//. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2010. . Marilyn Curtain-Phillips received her Master’s and undergraduate degrees from South Carolina State University and Cambridge College. In addition, Marilyn speaks nationally, facilitating math workshops and seminars. Marilyn’s works have been cited by math professionals around the world. She has also won numerous awards including the Who's Who Among America's Teachers®, People to People Ambassador Education, Disney Worldwide Outreach Program Teachers Award nominee. The authors main idea is that the wrong teaching style can be detrimental to a students learning in that class. The information is well portrayed and makes a lot of sense. While there are no real facts to back it up it would be hard to put a number on the fact that different learning styles work well for different people. While the author does take a bias towards her idea she also provides information from two good sources. This source is helpful for me in showing that in most classrooms one teaching style will not be more effective than a few different ones.

Gardner, Howard. //Multiple Intelligences//. New York, NY: BasicBooks, 1993. Print. Howard Gardner is Co-Director of Project Zero ant the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Adjunct Proffesor of Neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine. He was awarded the MacArthur Prize Fellowship in 1981 and the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education. He has also written 11 books. Multiple Intelligences is an informational report written by an expert in the field. In this book Gardner shows that there is no one learning style that suits all students, rather a combination of the big four, auditory, kinaesthetic, visual, and tactile, are each used by different kinds of learners. The author's work is clear and logical and the topic is well addressed but the information seems a little bias since there is nothing about one certain learning style that works for most everyone. This source is extremely helpful because it addresses my topic throughout the book and is written by a known expert.

"Math Study Skills : Learning Styles." //http://salsa.missioncollege.org/mss/// //stories/storyReader$38//. Mission College, n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2010. . Since this source is from a well known college it is more than likely a very credible source. This source gives an overview of the four different types of learning styles including tactile, kinaesthetic, auditory, and visual. This bullet-pointed document gives a clear idea of what each of these learning styles entails. This informational seems to be logical and pertains to my topic in every way. Due to this, this is a very good source.

Fliess, Sue Douglass. "Learning Styles: Working With Strengths and Weaknesses." //http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Ed_Learning_Working///. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Oct. 2010. . This author Sue Douglass is a middle school math teacher but also has her degree to teach high school math. The author submits that while each person has a strength in one of the learning styles more than the others talent can be developed by practicing different learning styles. However, in certain situations this can also hinder that same student's ability to learn if he or she can't grasp learning style you are trying to employ for them. The information is clear and logical but some points that the author makes are hard to grasp. Other than that this is a great source.

Hardy, George. "Auditory Learning." //www.mnsfld.com//. Mansfield University, n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2010. . George Hardy's article auditory learning was posted on the Mansfield University private website. Because of the credibility of the website that the article was posted on I assume that auditory learning by George Hardy to be a credible source. Hardy's thesis is that one can learn about math through the use of words. For example, “How I Love a Funky Armadillo in Mexico” (Pi to seven decimal places), obtained by counting the letters in the words. He explains that some learners have a tough time with pictures but will thrive if the idea is explained to him or if he can read it off the paper. While the research is clear and logical it is hard to tell if the information is logical. It is hard to say whether or not the information is accurate because there have been no tests indicate one way or the other. However, the theory still remains that everyone's learning styles are different and for every different learner there is a certain style that suits him or her well. Through this source i got most of my information on what auditory learning is and how it works in kids.

- - -. "A Creativity Taxonomy." //www.mnsfld.com//. Mansfield University, n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2010. . Again this article was written by George Hardy and was posted on a private journal through Mansfield University. Therefore, this source can be assumed to be a credible one. This source deals with all the different types of learning styles in their entirety. It details each one and shows the pros and cons that they all have. This source was very useful in helping me get information on the different styles of learning, and more information on what they're all about. From this information I can glean which one overall is the most effective on the widest range of students. The research was clear and logical but again with theories it is hard to tell how accurate the information is. However, overall this was a great source and gave me a lot of information specifically on my topic.

"Learning Styles." //http://www.mindtools.com/mnemlsty.html//. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2010. . This source has no expressly apparent author but the website has a wide range of reviews from many different people adding up to 90% approval rating. The purpose of the work was to explore what different learning styles are most effective in different situations this source specifically talked about visual learners and their ability to equate pictures into an understanding of the subject. The author submits that learning styles and preferences vary for each of us and in different situations. By understanding this, and developing the skills that help you learn in a variety of ways, you make the most of your learning potential. And because you're better able to learn and gather information, you'll make better decisions and choose better courses of action. The work was clear and logical and easy to understand but still used vernacular to suggest that the author was an expert in this field. From this source I learned that 80% of all students in the K-5 range are predominantly visual learners.

"26 tips for using learning styles to help your kids with math." //http://wildaboutmath.com/2007/11/15/ 26-tips-for-using-learning-styles-to-help-your-kids-with-math///. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2010. . While it's hard to tell out how credible this source is because of the lack of an author, one can assume that the source is credible simply through the language and apparent understanding of the topic. Also the tips are based from curriculum from two well renowned math professors This source had 26 different tips on using learning styles to keep kids interested in math. The information was portrayed clearly and logically with a general unbias.

"Differentiated Instruction for Math." //http://www.k8accesscenter.org/ training_resources/mathdifferentiation.asp//. The Access Center, n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. . I know that this is a credible source because it comes from a scholarly database. The author is saying that students k-8 have not yet emerged as learners and therefore do not know what kind of learners they are. This source says through different assessments and tests a teacher can differentiate learning styles to students. The source is clear and logical and as far as I can tell unbiased. This source taught me that students who know what kind of learners they are thrive more than students who don't.

Devlin, Keith. "Johnny might not be math-challenged; his problem could just be that he's an auditory learner." //http://www.maa.org/devlin/ devlin_1_00.html//. Mathematical Associaltion of America, n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2010. . The author Keith Devlin is well renowned writer for the Mathematics Association of America, a well known organization dealing with math and it's separate learning techniques. This is a persuasive piece about how students who struggle at math may not be bad students or learners but they might have a completely different style then the one being taught. The intended audience for this article are teachers and parents. This article is trying to convince them that their son or daughter who is struggling in math might just be having a mental block because of the way the material is being taught. The author argues that the reason someone could be struggling in math is not their intelligence level but the way that the information is being portrayed. Among males aged between 18 and 25, Miller found, just 17% are suited to learn through reading text. For the remaining 83%, the standard college textbook is little more than dead weight to carry around in their bag. This was a very clear and logical source which I was able to glean a lot of information from. This source also gave me a few stats having to do with students and the percentage of how many like each learning style. The source was unbiased and it was relevant and helpful.