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Fleisher, Paul; Ziegler, Donald – Teacher Ideas Press, 2006
For more than twenty years, the Richmond, Virginia Public Schools' program for gifted students has conducted an interscholastic competition similar to the nationally known competition, Destination Imagination. In the featured contest of this yearly event, teams of five students present solutions to engineering problems that they have worked on for…
Descriptors: Competition, Engineering, Problem Sets, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedIsenberg, Cyril – Physics Education, 1985
Presents questions and answers to the 1985 British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) Competition. Comments about the competition (the second year of British participation) and the winners who went to Yugoslavia (and placed second behind the USSR) are included. (JN)
Descriptors: Competition, Physics, Problem Sets, Science Education
Peer reviewedGreitzer, Samuel L. – American Mathematical Monthly, 1978
One hundred and seven students of 365,000 students given the annual High School Mathematics Examination took part in the sixth U.S.A. Mathematical Olympiad. The top eight scores are listed along with comparative Exam and Olympiad scores for the group and individual problem scores. The problems proposed on the U.S.A. Olympiad on an International…
Descriptors: Competition, International Education, Mathematics, Mathematics Education
Rand, David; Kimball, Richard L. – 1984
In April of 1984 the Aroostook (Maine) Computer Educators, in conjunction with the University of Maine at Presque Isle, conducted a computer programming contest for county students in grades 4-12. This document describes the structure of that contest, including grade level groupings (4-6, 7-9, and 10-12); rules for team membership; the schedule…
Descriptors: Competition, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSwetz, Frank; Ying-King Yu – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1979
A short history of mathematical Olympiads in the People's Republic of China is given. Sample problems are included. (MK)
Descriptors: Chinese, Chinese Culture, Competition, Mathematics Education
Download full textArtino, Ralph A., Comp.; And Others – 1982
This volume contains the Annual High School Mathematics Examinations given 1973 through 1982, supplementing three previous compilations. The examinations provide challenging problems which teach, stimulate, and provide enjoyment for both participants and readers. In addition to presenting the ten examinations, consisting of 35 problems for the…
Descriptors: Answer Keys, Competition, High Schools, Mathematical Enrichment
Liu, Andy – 1993
The International Mathematics Tournament of the Towns is a mathematics competition for junior and senior high school students all over the world. The tournament began in 1980 in the former Soviet Union. Participants write contest papers locally, with emphasis on solving within a very generous time allowance a small number of interesting problems.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Competition, Correspondence Study, Foreign Countries
Flener, Frederick O. – 1990
This book is written for coaches of secondary school students involved in mathematics contests. Benefits, of contests and suggestions for coaching mathematics contests are described. Sample questions are presented for the following contests: (1) Open categories, written competition; (2) Identified topics written competition; (3) Eight-person team…
Descriptors: Competition, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Materials
