What Is SMS? The stock market Simulation is well suited for students from grades four through twelve and The SMS can also be used as an extracurricular activity. http://nwitimes.com/nie/sms.php
Extractions: Presented by the Indiana Council for Economic Education Get your students excited about learning! Using actual data from the Stock Markets, teams are given a hypothetical $100,000 to create and manage a portfolio of stocks and mutual funds. Before they know it, students are learning about financial markets such as the New York Stock Exchange, understanding the basics of personal investing and enhancing skills learned in math, reading, and technology. Using the SMS in the classroom The Stock Market Simulation is well suited for students from grades four through twelve and fits into many different disciplines and activities such as social studies, business education, and mathematics. Teachers can organize the simulation to fit their particular needs. The SMS can also be used as an extra-curricular activity. NEXT PAGE: Goals of the SMS
Vol 37 No 4, October - December 1999 Page 29 In teaching English for specific purposes (ESP) to students in the business stock market vocabulary activity. University teachers often believe that http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol37/no4/p29.htm
Extractions: by Maria Jose Garcia Berzosa In teaching English for specific purposes (ESP) to students in the business school at the university, one of the most common problems has been that of learning technical vocabulary. For example, a well-known term in business English is turnover, a word referring to the total value of the goods or services a company has sold during a particular period of time. However, this word also refers to a delicious small piece of pastry. This is an example of a vocabulary problem in language activities. Our objective has been to minimize these confusions by using visuals with written and spoken words, and to find effective ways of promoting learning and generating motivation. In this article I outline an activity that has helped our students learn by association and has allowed them to enjoy the activity as they do it. Stock market vocabulary activity University teachers often believe that learners may find a task childish if it involves using imagination, games, or drawings. However, we discovered that the more amusing the exercises, the better and more successful were the learning results. Since our preliminary goal has been to introduce students to the specific meanings of business vocabulary and to avoid confusions, we have used visual illustrations.
A Math Activity Book - A Mathematical Mystery Tour And Tour Guide A mathematics teaching, multiple intelligence Mystery Tour book centered on the connected to fractals, the stock market, the musical scale and more!) http://www.markwahl.com/mathematical_mystery_tour.htm
Extractions: +Tour Guide Newspaper + the new Millennium Supplement Check out the Millennium Supplement , printed April 2001. It has another 22 power-packed pages that bring the Mystery Tour book into the 21st Century: mysterious numbers connected to fractals, the stock market, the musical scale and more!) This book (and supplement), based in large part on the Fibonacci Numbers and the golden ratio (golden mean) has grown to be somewhat of a math teaching classic and resource book in its sixteen years of existence. Three teachers recently offered these unsolicited endorsements: I teach a 6-7-8th grade gifted and talented class in Socorro, New Mexico. This book is fabulous! It is my full sixth grade curriculum! I branch from it to literature, writing, poetry, science and other subjects. I have never seen a book so student-friendly, and subject-inclusive. It pulls math concepts through all subject areas. Kim Berlat Three years after retirement (I taught middle school gifted kids in the "hood"), I still miss the classroom and our favorite teaching/learning experience...The
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Extractions: How to Find the Best ESL Jobs Today ESL employment Partner Links TEFL Jobs - facilitates academic ,language and cultural exchange among international and Chinese students, teachers and any individuals through various organized programs. AAC - A decent site geared towards teaching ESL in Taiwan, Japan, Korea and China. It also has useful info on classroom lesson plans, a jobs board and teacher training courses for ESL teachers. For ESL students, info on farm stays, holiday study tours to Australia and English courses. It caters to both ESL teachers interested in Asia and ESL students looking to experience Australia. International Teacher Training Organization - International Teacher Training Organization is part of a global network of teacher training institutes dedicated to providing high quality, highly practical TEFL / TESL certificate courses where participants develop their teaching skills through a combination of morning input sessions and afternoon teaching practices.
Extractions: news community diaries shop A Good Investment Teaching Kids How to Invest in the Stock Market By Doris Keeler Bethany Murphy, an 11-year-old in Mt. Laurel, N.J., is as comfortable around the stock market as most kids her age are around video games. She got her interest in the market from a fourth-grade school project two years ago when she entered the local newspaper's stock contest. "We chose five stocks, and the newspaper tracked them for us," says Bethany. Even after the contest was over, Bethany kept an eye on "her stocks" and eventually bought shares in one of the companies. For Bethany's parents, their daughter's investment venture is about more than just making money, it's about teaching her the value of money. Tom and Marie Murphy opened an account for her with Stein Roe Young Investor Fund, a custodial account geared toward teaching kids about investing. "I set out with the investment with the objective of her learning," says Tom Murphy. "Every quarter Stein Roe sends out a newsletter written where children can understand it." The newsletter includes investing terms, games and company profiles. It's information that has piqued Bethany's interest. Since her initial investment, Bethany has won an essay contest with the company, which added another $5,000 into her portfolio. Her dad says the money in Stein Roe will stay there for the next eight years and will help with his daughter's college costs.
Extractions: EDO-FL-01-10 During a National Public Radio broadcast in the United States in March 1999, a sixth grader explained what she was learning from playing the Stock Market Game, an activity designed to help children become familiar with how the stock market functions. She said, "This game makes me think how to think" (Prakash, 1999). What this statement reveals is that this young learner was beginning to understand the real key to learning; she was engaged in metacognition. Metacognition can be defined simply as thinking about thinking. Learners who are metacognitively aware know what to do when they don't know what to do; that is, they have strategies for finding out or figuring out what they need to do. The use of metacognitive strategies ignites one's thinking and can lead to more profound learning and improved performance, especially among learners who are struggling. Understanding and controlling cognitive processes may be one of the most essential skills that classroom teachers can help second language learners develop. It is important that they teach their students metacognitive skills in addition to cognitive skills. Rather than focus students' attention solely on learning the language, second language teachers can help students learn to think about what happens during the language learning process, which will lead them to develop stronger learning skills.
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Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education Bloomington IN. World Wide Web Resources for Teaching and Learning Economics. ERIC Digest. We live in an information-rich society, one in which, via various forms of technology, information on almost any topic can be obtained nearly instantaneously. The proliferation of such information technology has begun to make its way into the nation's schools in the form of, among other things, instructional resources such as videodiscs, CD-ROMs and other computer-driven materials, and the nearly ubiquitous World Wide Web (WWW). Indeed, in 1996, 64% of schools nationwide had WWW access (Coley et al., 1997). INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS Teachers who use the WWW as an instructional resource are interested in acquiring knowledge of economic concepts and principles (e.g., supply and demand, marginal cost, etc.) and in identifying instructional plans that might be used to teach these various economics concepts. The following WWW sites are excellent examples: * THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION (NCEE) WEBSITE INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS When students use the WWW to acquire knowledge and gather information, they can "expand their understanding of important concepts and communicate these ideas more effectively" (Leu, et al. 1997, 14). Indeed, one of the most powerful aspects of the WWW is its ability to provide access to the most up-to-date information available. Carr (1994) indicated that the use of current information about economics found in newspapers and magazines could enhance all students' understanding and appreciation of economics. Several of the following student resource sites provide access to, in some cases, up-to-the minute economic information.
EconEdLink | WebLinks This site has a section on teaching economic concepts using the Internet. SMS stands for stock market Simulation. The word simulation means that the SMS http://www.econedlink.org/weblinks/
Extractions: Toronto Stock Exchange's Market Data Web site gives you quick access to important historical information. Toronto Stock Exchange also provides valuable historical products that range from index information and historical pricing to corporate actions and corporate issue information. For more information or to order any of these products, e-mail marketdata@tsxdatalinx.com File specifications are available in the Library Market Data Web site The Market Data Web site lets you order and download historical and same-day trading information. You can buy historical data online or subscribe to products that will be e-mailed to you. Obtain further details on features by selecting Custom Queries Standard Files or Index Notices
Extractions: Get your students excited about learning! Using actual data from the stock markets, teams of students are given a hypothetical $100,000 to create and manage a portfolio of stocks and mutual funds. Before they know it, students are learning about financial markets such as the New York Stock Exchange, understanding the basics of personal investing and enhancing skills learned in math, reading, and technology. WWW.INDIANASMS.COM Registration and Team Fee Information Teacher's Guide NEW! Lessons and Activities Chase Grant Information For over ten years, the Indiana Stock Market Simulation (SMS) has been used by teachers in grades four through twelve. The SMS is popular because it fits into many different disciplines and activities such as social studies, business education, and mathematics. Teachers can organize the simulation to fit their particular needs. The SMS can also be used as an extra-curricular activity.
TEACHING TEXAS: The TEKS On The WEB What conclusions can the students draw from this activity? Have the students look through the stock market listings and compare the value of various http://web.reporter-news.com/nie/curr/Middle_sch_files/Math_Sci.html
Extractions: The students can categorize television shows in the TV listings into humorous, educational, sports, drama and informational. Have them make circle graphs showing how many programs are in each category. Or they can graph the number of G, PG, PG13, and R movies playing in theaters. Have them write three observations about their graph. Skill: 6.7 Geometry and spatial reasoning Have the students find a map in the newspaper. They should use a ruler to make a grid over the map, making sure that the lines of their grids are equidistant from one another. Have them label the horizontal and vertical lines with a letter. Then they can identify five places on the map by the coordinates or the names of the intersecting lines. Skill: 6.2 Number, operation and quantitative reasoning Have the students work in pairs and use the professional sports standings to determine the win/lose percentages of their favorite teams. One student can give his/her partner the number of victories and defeats for the teams while covering the percentages listed in the paper. They can both check the answers against the newspaper. They can round off the numbers to the nearest tenth and hundredth. Skill: 6.11 Underlying processes and mathematical tools
Teaching With The Internet Good News Bears, a yearlong stock market game for middle school Here, students participate in a contest using on-line stock market data as they do http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~djleu/sites08.html
Extractions: About Today's Date Math Problem of the Week Past Notable Women of Mathematics History of Mathematics ... Helping Your Child Learn Math Central Sites for Math Education Eisenhower National Center for Mathematics and Science Education Math Forum , at Swarthmore College, funded by National Science Foundation. In addition to links to useful math sites on the web, the Math Forum maintains chat areas and listservs/mailing lists for students and teachers to share ideas and questions about math. Dr. Math is also on call to answer questions from you or your students. Dr. Math is a great resource for homework! Math Archives . Located at the University of Tennessee, this site has an especially good collection of interactive math experiences and free software you may wish to download and use in your classroom. Resources section of Canada's SchoolNet may also be useful as you begin to explore links to math resources. This location contains a number of links to math sites you will find useful. Math section of Web Sites and Resources for Teachers is also a very useful as a jumping off point into the web for math education. These sites are located at California State Northridge and maintained by two professors in the School of Education.
Teaching With The Internet TEACHING WITH INTERNET WORKSHOP, INTERNET ACTIVITY, INTERNET PROJECT, AND INTERNET A stock market activity for high school or middle school students. http://web.syr.edu/~djleu/sites4.html
Extractions: TEACHING WITH THE INTERNET: MARC ERICKSONS CLASS The guest book of the web page for Teachers Helping Teachers is a location to post messages for other teachers about Internet activities in the classroom. Marc received several e-mail messages from teachers sharing great dinosaur locations on the WWW: Tours Through Time
ACICIS - Study Islamic Business A great deal of teaching and education activities require extensive use of computing Located in the Faculty main building is a stock Exchange Corner. http://www.acicis.murdoch.edu.au/hi/uii4.html
Extractions: The IP provides a special computer lab with free internet access to its students. This internet access is accessible 15 hours a day. Its opening hours are 8 a.m. until 11 p.m. IP management also provides students with quick on line access to the Pro Quest journal. Modern library providing various data in business and economics The Economics faculty library has an impressive collection of thousands of books. This includes 9,697 book titles in the Indonesian language and 2,353 book titles in the English language. The FE-UII library is equipped with a computer based electronic catalogue which provides easy access when searching for books or references required by students. This library has two sections: the loan section and the reserve reference section.
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SMCNWS: Internet-Based Lesson Plans Includes a simulated stock market game, the connection between math and music, Silver Burdett Gin Ready to use math activity descriptions, activity http://www.col-ed.org/smcnws/msres/curriculum.html
Extractions: Secondary Math Elementary BasketMath Interactive An interactive approach to learning many different math concepts. It is designed for grades 4-10. Exploring Data: K-8 Lesson Plans on the Web Lots of interactive lesson plans compiled by the Math Forum/Urban Systemic Initiative. MegaMath Experiment and play with unusual and important mathematical ideas. Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies A free educational website featuring interactive lessons that use a problem-solving approach and actively engage students in the learning process. MSTE Mathematics Lessons Database A searchable, K-12 database of only lessons that use the Internet in some way. Online Math Applications Simulations that apply math to real world situations. Includes a simulated stock market game, the connection between math and music, the history of math, math concepts involving science, and how math can help you save money and drive safely. Silver Burdett Gin Ready to use math activity descriptions, activity sheets and answer keys for grades K-6.
Extractions: Adams, Paul, Brian Kluger, and Mark McBride (1998) Illustrating the Capital Asset Pricing Model: A Classroom Asset Market, Miami University of Ohio, Discussion Paper, presented at the Fall 1998 ESA Meeting. Keywords: experiments, classroom games, asset markets, capital asset pricing. Email Contact: brian.kluger@uc.edu Anderson, Lisa, and Charles A. Holt (1996) Classroom Games: Information Cascades, Journal of Economic Perspectives , 10:4 (Summer), 187-193. Keywords: experiments, classroom games, decisions, information cascades, Bayes' rule. Abstract: This paper describes a simple classroom game in which students rely on others' information as cascades form. The experiment can be used to stimulate discussions of Bayes' rule and informational inferences in interactive contexts. Email Contact: lrande@mail.wm.edu Anderson, Lisa, and Charles A. Holt (1996)
