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Using Competitions to Enhance Learning for Elementary Students

Using Competitions to Enhance Learning for Elementary Students. Grant Black and Sharon Laux Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education University of Missouri-St. Louis. Benefits of Student Competitions. Motivate students to apply knowledge in a competitive format

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Using Competitions to Enhance Learning for Elementary Students

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  1. Using Competitions to Enhance Learning for Elementary Students Grant Black and Sharon Laux Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education University of Missouri-St. Louis

  2. Benefits of Student Competitions • Motivate students to apply knowledge in a competitive format • Enhance collaborative learning • Build students’ analytical and problem solving skills • Develop students’ leadership and teamwork skills • Stimulate students’ interest and activity in a subject

  3. Student Competitions and the Common Core • Address Common Core standards related to language arts, math, higher-order thinking skills, and problem solving • Student competitions motivate and enhance learning

  4. Connections to Classroom • Competition is tied to what students are learning about economics, geography and entrepreneurship • 4th grade students learn about Missouri • MO HiStory is an online curriculum that supplements 4th grade curricula

  5. MO HiStory – Free Online Curriculum • MO HiStory supplements social studies curriculum by integrating economics, entrepreneurship, geography, history, and Missouri heritage • MO HiStory includes stories of 20 Missouri entrepreneurs • Historical maps • Lesson plans for teachers • Fun learning games • http://mohistory.umsl.edu/

  6. MO HiStory Common Core Connections • Reading for informational text • Speaking and listening • Math

  7. MO HiStory Correlation with National Standards for Economics

  8. Teacher Workshop • Training on curriculum, MO HiStory • Recruitment for Meet Me in Missouri • Outline teacher responsibilities for participating in competition • Give examples of competition activities

  9. Budget • Funding • Promotion • Materials

  10. Partners • Teachers • School volunteers • University faculty • Council members • Center faculty and staff • The Magic House, St. Louis Children’s Museum

  11. Partner Roles • Teachers • Judges • Judging room coordinators • Room Coordinators • Graders • Funders

  12. Registration • Orientation • Production Activity • Test • Problem Solving • T-shirt design • Evaluation • Awards

  13. Orientation • Awards

  14. Production Activity • Designed around entrepreneurs in MO HiStory

  15. Test • Covers state standards for 4th grade social studies • Economics • Geography • History • Government and civics • State symbols • MO HiStory curriculum

  16. Problem Solving Activity • Designed around entrepreneurs in MO HiStory

  17. T-Shirt Design • Evaluation • Activity Sheets

  18. 9:30-10:00 Registration 10:00-10:10Orientation 10:15-10:45 Production Activity 10:50-11:10 Test 11:15-11:45 Problem Solving 11:30-11:45 Judges Meeting 11:50-12:40 Judging of problem-solving T-shirt design (Students may work on this before or after their problem-solving is judged) Lunch Student evaluation 12:40-1:00Awards

  19. Questions and Comments? http://pcs.umsl.edu/econed econed@umsl.edu 314-516-5248

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