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Think Math Contests!
by Howard and Susan Richman
Picture this. A group of six junior-high homeschoolers are bent over my large dining room table, pencils flying on scratch paper, working away at a sample set of math problems. In a few minutes time is called, and they burst out talking excitedly about how they solved many of these very tough problems - or groaning about the ones they couldn't quite get yet.
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Pros and Cons of Math Competitionsby Richard Rusczyk
...Kids love games, and many will turn just about any activity into a contest, or in other words, something to get good at. Math contests thus inspire them to become good at mathematics just like sports encourage physical fitness.
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Contests in Your Curriculum
by Laurie Bluedorn
Contests are an educational experience especially suited for homeschooled students. What can contests do for your child academically? Consider: Contests are Great Motivators...
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Contests for Homeschoolersby Sue Richman
Molly, my ten-year-old, has just completed a lovely mixed media drawing. It's of a group of children playing tag, and the whole large page is full of life and color and little wonderful details...Do my kids always do these types of pictures, fully developed ideas that they've spent days on? ...Why did they work so hard this time? Because they were entering a contest, the International Children's Art Competition.
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Teaching Teens to Tolerate Math
by Lee Binz
The key to choosing a high school math program is recognizing that
your preferences and learning style may not be the same as your teens.
They may learn differently, and require a different program than you
would choose for yourself.
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