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 4 th grade students learn about Missouri MO HiStory is an online curriculum that supplements 4 th 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 4 th 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. 9:30-10:00Registration 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

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