CEC is a consortium of teacher from 14 western states dedicated to improving the quality of education in the rural, western, United States, and particularly the quality of math and science Education. CEC uses Big Sky Telegraph as the hub of their telecommunications network that allows the participating teachers to stay in contact with their trainers and peers that they have met at the Workshops.
Problem solving is a daily, lifetime skill.
A goal of problem solving is to help students develop strategies in order to become independent problem solvers. To encourage my students to understand problem solving techniques and strategies, I designed an activity using box scores from the sports page. It is definitely a high interest area, and motivating the students to participate in the activity has been easily accomplished. The first session of each new sport serves to explain the abbreviations used, what the terms mean, and fundamentals of scoring of the sport. Research skills are used to locate information concerning the history of the sport.