Bullish on
Engagement, Blogs and Brainy Work
STOCK MARKET HANDBOOK http://tinyurl.com/mlxnjs
Rod Hames
Crews Middle School, Gwinnett County Public Schools, Lawrenceville, GA
Dr. Sherah Carr
Assistant Professor, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA

1. How far back can stock trading be traced in this country?
a. Industrial Revolution b. Civil War c. American Revolution

2. What is a Bull and Bear Market?
a. The Markets going up and down b. The Markets in a down turn c. The Markets in an up turn

3. Why does the stock market use symbols to represent companies?
a. It was a way to visually locate companies b. It was a way to easily identify companies c. It was a way to rank companies

• Our economy in many ways revolves around the ups and downs of the stock market
• Student “get-it” when it comes to the value of learning about stocks
• It provides an element of competition and excitement
• It can be easily simulated in the classroom
• It teaches an endless amount of financial terms and concepts
• It is just fun to learn about
I bet you can think of even more reasons to study this subject

Making it relevant http://tinyurl.com/mlxnjs

Why Save?
http://www.econedlink.org/interactives/interest.html

History and Basic Terms
PowerPoint slides…

PowerPoint
Written Form

PowerPoint
Video Format

Follow up questions from the PowerPoint

Video Reinforcement

Video Reinforcement

Video Reinforcement

Investment Options: Stocks or your local bank?
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/popup.php?lesson_number=335&&flash_name=main.swf

Guess the market through charts?
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/popup.php?lesson_number=333&&flash_name=main.swf

Prepare for the test with some drill and practice http://www.quia.com/rr/187669.html

Give a quiz

Videos…

Stock Market 102
Using NYSE website to find company quote data

PowerPoint Slides

Apply what you learned

Another Quia Website Game http://www.quia.com/cb/412117.html

Final Exam over reading a stock quote

You Earned it… an official
Crews Stock Broker License

http://www.virtualstockexchange.com/

http://www.stocksquest.com/

http://www.weseed.com

Why Blog?

How about a post card?

For more information contact:
Sherah B. Carr, Ph.D.
Mercer University – Tift College of Education
Atlanta, GA
Email: carrs@bellsouth.net
Web site: www.teachingwithpurpose.com

Survey compared student engagement in regular classes
TO
Student engagement in the stock market simulation project www.polldaddy.com

http://ceep.indiana.edu/hssse/index.htm
The High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE, pronounced “hessie”) is an annual survey assesses the levels and dimensions of student engagement
Also a middle school version

Elements of Student Engagement in Literature & Research
• Creativity
• Challenge/higher order thinking
• Interest/excitement/curiosity
• Task completion
• Working hard
• Teachers role
• Lack of boredom
• Choice
• Real life connection
• Competition
• Extra Work
Link to student engagement web sites and references

On 14 of the15 engagement components, students reported higher levels of engagement in the technology business creation & stock market project than in regular classes.
The one component that they reported less involvement was doing extra work beyond class time.
Link to student survey data

60%
Student Survey Question
I feel engaged during the work in my classes.
I felt engaged during the stock market project.
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Very Much Some A Little Not at All
All Classes
Stock Market

Student Interviews about Regular Classes
What kinds of learning situations keep you the most engaged?
•Project based learning
•Hands-on learning
•Having a chance to be creative
•Being involved
What kind of learning situations are the most boring to you?
•Just taking notes or doing only worksheets
•Lectures (especially with PowerPoint)
•Teacher has no enthusiasm
•Teacher characteristics (moody, strict, mean, ignores questions)
Student response “It is so, so boring to just take notes. I take so many notes and I don’t even look at the notes.”
Link to summary of themes reported from student interviews

Student Interviews about Stock Market Project
What engaged you most about the Stock Market Project?
•Creating my own company
•Competing in the stock market challenge
•Using computers and the web
•Being interactive
What did you like the least about the Stock Market Project?
•Losing money in the stock market
•Nothing
•Quizzes
•Lots of work

Main site: http://www.crews.org/curriculum/ex/compsci/8thgrade/stkmkt/
Please contact me if you have questions
Blog site:
Rod_hames@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
http://crewsms.wordpress.com/