Using Competitions to Enhance Learning for Elementary Students Grant Black and Sharon Laux Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education University.

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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 Enhance collaborative learning Build students’ analytical and problem solving skills Develop students’ leadership and teamwork skills Stimulate students’ interest and activity in a subject

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

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

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

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

MO HiStory Correlation with National Standards for Economics

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

Budget Funding Promotion Materials

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

Partner Roles Teachers Judges Judging room coordinators Room Coordinators Graders Funders

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

Orientation Awards

Production Activity Designed around entrepreneurs in MO HiStory

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

Problem Solving Activity Designed around entrepreneurs in MO HiStory

T-Shirt Design Evaluation Activity Sheets

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

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