AÇI SCHOOLS
Istanbul, Turkey
Math Challenge 2024-2025Contact person for MC Program at Aci Schools : Gokben Baykal at [email protected]
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General Information
- Math Challenge is free and no-sign up is necessary.
- All students Grade 1 through 6 are invited to participate.
- Refer to the Schedule Calendar for dates on when the challenges and their solutions will be available on this webpage.
- This program is not a competition but a development and enrichment program, aiming to provide a joyful learning experience.
- The priority is to enhance our students' learning motivation, help them recognize the value of making an effort to learn, and develop their problem-solving skills.
"Math in Action Challenges" offer a great opportunity to improve students' problem-solving and critical thinking skills in mathematics and help students face mathematical challenges to find their own creative solutions. The advantages of this program;
- Developing Problem-Solving Skills: Students enhance their ability to analyze and solve real-world problems. These activities allow students to relate abstract mathematical problems to concrete and meaningful situations.
- Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills: Students evaluate different solution methods and choose the most effective one. This can improve their critical thinking and analytical skills.
- Collaboration and Teamwork: Mathematical problem-solving activities provide opportunities for students to work together, exchange ideas, and share problem-solving processes. This can improve their collaboration and teamwork skills.
- Increasing Passion for Mathematics: Learning mathematics through real-world applications can make math more interesting and meaningful. This can increase students passion for mathematics and encourage them to engage more in the subject.
- Encouraging Creative Thinking: Mathematical problems provide students with the opportunity to find creative solutions and combine different mathematical concepts. This can contribute to development of their creative thinking skills.
- To Read And Understand Instructions In English: In addition to problem-solving skills, they will have the opportunity to use and improve their English while solving given problems.
The program provides 15 sets of challenges throughout the school year; each set is published every other week starting in late September or early October and ending in May. These math challenges cover problem solving strategies such as drawing a picture or model, making an organized list, looking for a pattern, working backward, and guessing and checking. Each challenge presents 10 to 18 problems ordered by level of difficulties, which enables students from various grades to participate.
How to Participate
- Accept the challenge: The math challenge sheets will be in Math Challenge Boxes at Math Corners to take and at your Math or Homeroom teachers. You can also view and print the challenges on this site or you can ask for it from your homeroom or Math teacher.
- Solve the problems. Every grade has a minimum number of problems to solve. You can solve in any order, and skip around. Solve as many problems as you can and ask for help if you need it. We encourage you to discuss your strategies and solutions with your parents and siblings.
Please consider the following information for the minimum number of problems to be solved.
Kinder & First Grade: solve at least 3 problems.
Second & Third Grade: solve at least 7 problems.
Fourth Grade and above: solve at least 12 problems.
Kinder & First Grade: solve at least 3 problems.
Second & Third Grade: solve at least 7 problems.
Fourth Grade and above: solve at least 12 problems.
- You can submit your Math Challenge papers in the designated Math Challenge Box located at the Math corner, or you can give them to your designated teacher by the due date listed. You are expected to provide not only the answers but also show your work on paper for each problem.
- Be recognized for your hard work!
- Students who submit at least 5 sets of completed challenges in either the fall or spring semester this school year will be recognized with a certificate. Students who wish may participate in both semesters and qualify to receive a certificate. Some small surprises will be awarded to our students who complete each challenge by correctly solving the appropriate number of problems for their age level.
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