The Stock Market Game Program

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The Stock Market Game Program
www.stockmarketgame.org
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What is it?
The Stock Market Game (SMG) is a proven tool
for schools to improve the learning experience in
the classroom
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• Did you know?
• Students entering college are offered an
  average of eight
• credit cards the first week of school
• University administrators state they lose more
  students
• to credit card debt than to academic failure
• College students borrowed in the 90s what they
  
• borrowed in the 60s, 70s, and 80s combined

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Did you know?

• Approximately 40,000,000 Americans, the
  unbanked are not using mainstream, insured
  financial institutions
• 48 of credit card owners only pay their minimum
  monthly payment each month
• One in four women currently retires on an income
  below the poverty level

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SMG Basics
-Teams of three to five students invest a virtual
100,000 in common stocks and mutual funds listed
on NYSE, AMEX, or Nasdaq -SMG stock prices are
based on real world prices
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SMG Basics
-True portfolio trading system -A 2 brokers
fee charged for each transaction (hidden math
problem!) -Interest paid on cash balances
(another hidden math problem!) -End of day/real
time pricing
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• Can I Do This?
• Do I need to be a financial whiz?
• How much time does it take?
• How does it fit into my curriculum?

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Most importantly,
The Stock Market Game Program instills an
understanding of the need to save and invest at
an early age.
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Why Does The Stock Market Game Work?

• Engagement in school includes behaviors (
  persistence, effort, attention) and emotions (
  enthusiasm, interest, pride in success)
• Emphasis on high order thinking requires students
  to engage with new concepts, pushed to understand
  or explore alternative strategies or solutions
• Active participation requires students to engage
  in real world tasks and projects rather than
  remain passive learners projects
• Engaging Schools, Fostering High School
  Students Motivation to Learn
• National Research Council, Institute of Medicine,
  2004

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Teacher Support Center
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Also appears as a pop-up on the main page.
New Teachers Click Here
Seasoned Teachers Click Here
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Organized by Unit and Topic
Click on Lesson Name to access Lesson
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Lesson Design

• Teacher Background
• Vocabulary
• Lesson Standards
• Performance Objectives
• Springboard
• Leveled activities
• Assessment
• Application
• Enrichment

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Classroom Strategies That Work

• Identifying Similarities and differences
• Summarizing and note taking
• Reinforcing effort and providing recognition
• Homework and practice
• Non-linguistic representation
• Cooperative learning
• Setting objectives and providing feedback
• Generating and testing hypotheses
• Cues questions and advanced organizers

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Launch New Curriculum Tools

• Math Behind the Market Intermediate, Advanced
• How Does the American Economy Grow and Change?
• U.S. History Reconstruction through the Modern
  Age, A Survey

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Next Steps

• SMG Sessions
• Fall 2007 Spring 2008
• 9/4-12/14 1/14-4/25
• 9/24-11/30 1/28-4/4
• 10/8-12/14 2/25-5/2
• Offered at no cost!!

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Registration

• www.stockmarketgame.org
• Click Registration
• Follow the prompts to the Greater New York
  program or you local coordinator

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I think were at a place where theres enough
research and theory out there that validates what
teachers have been doing for years.
Robert Marzano, McREL
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Thank you!

• Elizabeth Reidel
• New England Regional Director
• 860.308.2494 or ereidel_at_sifma.org