MATH COACHING Derek Stice Amanda Stice Assistant Coach

Struggles Students are intimidated You don’t consider yourself a “math person” Knowledge builds MUST

Help!!!!!!! Where can I get help? Other Teachers Other Coaches Former Players/High School Students

Practice Math every day!!!!! Everyone can do math Write down the problem Write down

Practice (cont. ) Write questions (especially students) Make notes in an Academic Team notebook

Coaching Strategies How do I increase my team’s speed? Get a book on speed

Coaching Strategies (cont. ) How do I increase the accuracy of my teams calculations?

Coaching Strategies (cont. ) Quick Recall questions are normally written to be done quickly

Where can I get questions? KAAC Subject Area Packets Definitions from textbook glossaries Students

Written Assessment Tricks may not work All variations of a problem must be taught

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MATH COACHING Derek Stice Amanda Stice Assistant Coach Edmonson County Middle School derek. stice@edmonson. kyschools. us amanda. stice@edmonson. kyschoo ls. us

Struggles Students are intimidated You don’t consider yourself a “math person” Knowledge builds MUST BE TAUGHT!!!!!!!!!

Help!!!!!!! Where can I get help? Other Teachers Other Coaches Former Players/High School Students KAAC Summer Camp Internet Apps How can I get them to help? Ask them to write down how to do a specific problem Ask them to write more questions just like this one Send students

Practice Math every day!!!!! Everyone can do math Write down the problem Write down the Units Memorize common knowledge Glossaries Formulas Frequently asked questions

Practice (cont. ) Write questions (especially students) Make notes in an Academic Team notebook

Coaching Strategies How do I increase my team’s speed? Get a book on speed calculations All tossups are math Memorize common knowledge Must check and see if students learned the information Must check and see if students retained the information

Coaching Strategies (cont. ) How do I increase the accuracy of my teams calculations? All bonuses are math Quizzes/Practice Worksheets No time limit (very risky) Go over missed questions

Coaching Strategies (cont. ) Quick Recall questions are normally written to be done quickly Numbers are chosen to simplify calculations Specific cases are only used if easily recognizable If a problem seems to take too long to calculate, then there is probably a “trick. ”

Where can I get questions? KAAC Subject Area Packets Definitions from textbook glossaries Students (best way to practice) Other teachers Write down misses from season and compile a list

Written Assessment Tricks may not work All variations of a problem must be taught Requires more in-depth knowledge More memorization creates more time for calculations Graphing calculators for middle/high school Must be taught to use

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