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To: LindyBill who wrote (183723)	10/23/2006 10:54:22 AM
From: ig	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793927

<iThe student scoring highest on a final algebra test will get $250, while the person who finishes 15th gets $25. It's called "Algebra Palooza." My 3rd-grade teacher, Miss Vermette, awarded a dime every Friday to whichever kid won her weekly math competition. The competition was like this: there were six rows of kids in the class, with five kids in each row. A row of kids would go uo to the blackboard, each kid would pick up a piece of chalk, and Miss Vermette would dictate a math problem. the first kid to finish the problem correctly would be the winner of that row. After each row had competed, the winners from each row would go up to the board and compete in the final round for the Shiny New Dime. What made it fun was that these weren't hard problems; they were very basic, so everyone felt s/he had a chance to win. There was lots of cheering and applause and fun. Everyone really got into it. I've told this story to many people over the years, and it surprises me that many people disapprove of Miss Vermette's approach to motivating kids to enjoy math. I've always thought it was brilliant.