The Stock Market Game
Teach your students serious skills in a fun, engaging way, with The Stock Market Game. This comprehensive, real world program advances your students’ core math skills while enhancing an understanding of investment concepts.
Teaching the Math Behind the Market
Fully funded by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Math Behind the Market supports math learning through The Stock Market Game.
Math Behind the Market provides students with multiple “real world” opportunities to practice the mathematic skills they are taught in the classroom. The activities in Math Behind the Market are correlated to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Principles and Standards in School Mathematics.
These activities address four main mathematical strands:
- Thinking Algebraically – Recognizing patterns, developing formulate, and executing algorithms efficiently.
- Interpreting Statistics – Reading and interpreting statistical information quickly and accurately.
- Communicating Quantitatively – Representing information through the creation of graphs, charts, and tables as well as speaking clearly about mathematics.
- Tackling Complex Problems - Honing critical thinking skills through multi-step computations and word problems.
