MATH COACHING
Derek Stice
Amanda Stice
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
Edmonson County Middle School
Edmonson County Middle School
derek.stice@edmonson.kyschools.us
amanda.stice@edmonson.kyschools.us
Struggles
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Students are intimidated
You don’t consider yourself a “math person”
Knowledge builds
MUST BE TAUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Where can I get help?
Other Teachers
 Other Coaches
 Former Players/High School Students
 KAAC Summer Camp
 Internet
 Apps
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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
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Practice
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Practice Math every day!!!!!
Everyone can do math
 Write
down the problem
 Write down the Units
 Memorize common knowledge
 Glossaries
 Formulas
 Frequently
asked questions
Area, Perimeter, and Volume Formulas
Triangle
Parallelogram
Area: Given the base and height
Area: Given base(c) and height(h)
Trapezoid
Area: Given the bases and the
height.
Perimeter: 2(a+b)
Perimeter: a + b + c
Perimeter: a + b + c + d
Rectangle
Area:
Circle
Area:
Perimeter:
Square
Area:
Perimeter: 4S
Circumference:
Rectangular Prism
Pyramid
Volume:
Volume*:
Right Cylinder
Volume:
Surface Area:
Right Circular Cone
Sphere
Volume:
Volume:
Surface area:
Practice (cont.)
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Write questions (especially students)
Make notes in an Academic Team notebook
Answers
1 The length of one edge of a cube is 4 cm. What is the surface
area of the cube?
2 The length of one edge of a cube is 5 meters. What is the
surface area of the cube?
3 The surface area of a cube is 54 sq. in. What is the length of
one of the edges?
4 The surface area of a cube is 24 sq. cm. What is the length of
one of the edges?
5 The length of one edge of a cube is 4 in. What is the volume
of the cube?
6 The length of one edge of a cube is 6 cm. What is the volume
of the cube?
7 The volume of a cube is 8 cubic meters. What is the length of
one edge of the cube?
8 The volume of a cube is 27 cubic feet. What is the length of
one of the edges?
9 The length of one edge of a cube is 10 feet. What is the
surface area of the cube?
10 The length of one edge of a cube is 10 feet. What is the
volume of the cube?
96 sq. cm.
150 sq. m.
3 in
2 cm
64 cubic in.
216 cubic cm
2m
3 ft
600 sq. ft.
1000 cubic ft.
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
M a t h M in u t e
122=
93=
103=
3
8=
2
14 =
2
4=
3
15 =
2=
3=
2
222=
102=
2
11 =
3
15 =
19 =
2
232=
33=
182=
7=
2
14 =
3
13 =
13 =
17 =
2
8=
112=
3
12 =
2
16 =
20 =
2
21 =
242=
252=
23=
42=
52=
62=
3
6=
3
7=
3
5=
2
9=
2
3
2
2
3
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
Surface Area & Volume of Spheres
Name: _________________
1. Find the surface area of a sphere with a radius of 5 ft.
2. Find the surface area of a sphere with a diameter of 18 in.
3. Find the volume of a sphere with a radius of 3 m.
4. Find the volume of a sphere with a diameter of 6 cm.
5.
Find the volume of a sphere with a diameter of 12 mm.
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?
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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
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Tricks may not work
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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
Video Calculus by Thinkwell
MathBlaster
Khan Academy: Pre-Algebra
Math Skills