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10. The main reason for coaches participate is not to increase test scores but to increase their students’ interest in and excitement for STEM.

Increasingstudents' interest/

excitement

Helping studentslearn/increasing

confidence

Giving studentswith an interest in

math a socialsetting

Studentsadvancing as far

as possible

Other goals Diversifyingstudents

interested inmath/STEM

35.8%

31.6%

17.7%

11.4%

1.8% 1.6%

Main Goal for Coaching

9. Most teachers hear about MATHCOUNTS from other teachers or administrators – not from MATHCOUNTS direct mailings, social media, or other methods.

From principal/otherteacher

Other source

I found it on my own

Email fromMATHCOUNTS

Don't know

Hard copy mail fromMATHCOUNTS

A brochure/free materials

Conference

Other social media (NotFacebook or Twitter)

Twitter

54.3%

24.2%

7.9%

5.2%

2.7%

2.5%

1.7%

1.1%

0.2%

0.2%

How Coaches First Heard About the MATHCOUNTS Competition Series

8. Most kids hear about MATHCOUNTS from a direct conversation with a teacher or other school staff – not from general announcements or flyers at school, or from other sources (parents, friends, social media).

Teacher/otherschool staff

Parents

Announcement atschool

A friend

Other source

Flyer at school

Other social media(Not Facebook or

Twitter)

Twitter

Facebook

50.2%

14.7%

12.6%

10.8%

4.6%

3.9%

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

How student first heard about the MATHCOUNTS Competition Series

7. Certain training resources were not being utilized due to lack of awareness by coaches.

Coach usage of MATHCOUNTS Competitions Series elements/resources

number of responses and weighted %

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

Didn MATHCOUNTS Trainer App

MATHCOUNTS Minis (monthlyvideo series)

OPLET database of problemsand solutions

Problem of the week

Practice books

Past competition problems

MATHCOUNTS CompetitionSeries School Handbook

6. Over 80% of students said they wanted to take more math than was necessary in high school, with students in MATHCOUNTS for multiple years reporting a higher propensity to want to take more math.

I will take only the mathclasses I have to in order to

graduate

I like math enough that I willtake some more mathclasses than I have to

I really like math and willtake as many math classes

as I can in high school

I like math so much that Iwill try to find more classes

to take even if my highschool doesn't offer them

Don't know

33.1%

30.4%

18.2%

10.4%

7.9%

Student propensity to take math classes in high school

5. Of those students indicating that they wanted to pursue post-secondary education, 60% indicated that they want to pursue a degree in a STEM field.

Plan for furthereducation

No plan for furthereducation

Don't know

86.2%

13.2%

0.6%

Students' Plans to Pursue Post-secondary Education

Plan to pursue adegree in a math or

STEM subject

Do not plan topursue a degree in

a math or STEMsubject

Don't know

60.0%

31.1%

8.9%

Students’ Future Degree Plans

4. Over 80% of students indicated that participation in the Competition Series increased their confidence in and excitement for math/STEM.

Distribution of student math/STEM perception scoresStudent perception of influence of MATHCOUNTS participation

number of responses and weighted %

-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 40%

10%

20%

30%

81% of students

3. 90% of coaches reported that the Competition Series helped to introduce or explore in more depth specific math/STEM topics.

Coach perceived helpfulness of MATHCOUNTS aggregate score distribution

number of responses and weighted %-16 -14 -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16

0%

10%

20%

Math/STEM concepts

90% of coaches

2. Over 85% of students indicated an interest in a STEM career…and students were most likely to indicate an interest in becoming an engineer.

Engineer

Computerprogrammer/technician

Scientist

Doctor

Mathematician

Architect

Math/STEM educator

Economist

Don't know

Other math/STEM career

Not interested in amath/STEM career

49.3%

37.3%

36.6%

33.0%

29.6%

21.4%

13.6%

11.1%

9.2%

7.9%

4.3%

Students’ Career Interests

1. Student satisfaction with the Competition Series was high with over 90% of students satisfied with their participation in the program….Thanks to the awesomeness of our volunteers!

Student satisfaction with the MATHCOUNTS Competition Seriesoverall

number of responses and weighted %

(4) Unsatisfied (3) Somewhatunsatisfied

(2) Somewhatsatisfied

(1) Satisfied

0%

20%

40%

60%

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APT study goals:

• None!

APT data sources:

• APT looked at Competition Series registration data from 1993-2016 (approx. 22,000 records)

• Approximately 22,000 schools• Factored in demographic information for

school• Looked at Chapter Competition test

results for past 7 years (2010-2016)

3. While many schools who drop out return after one year, the majority of schools do not return after ten years.

20%20%

7%

5%4% 3% 2% 2% 2% 1%

55%

0%

10%

30%

40%

50%

60%

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Years Since Participating in MATHCOUNTS9 10+

Perc

entR

etur

ning

Many schools return after one

year, which could be due to teacher

turnover

The majority ofschools do not return within 10

years

2. The longer a school is involved in the Competition Series, the less likely they are to drop out, stabilizing by the fifth year of participation.

50%

45%45%

29%

24%

20%20%

15% 16%

12%13%

11%

7%

5%

0%

10%

15%

25%

30%

35%

40%

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Years in a Row Involved in MATHCOUNTS8 9 10+

Perc

entA

ttrit

ion

The attrition rate levels off after

about 5 years of tenure

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46

Distribution of 2016 Chapter Competition results

Average score: 16.9 ; Median score: 15; Most frequent score: 14

Average score: 26.3 ; Median score: 27; Most frequent score: 30

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250

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46

Distribution of 2017 Chapter Competition results

1. Years of participation has a significant impact on Chapter Competition results.

% D

iff.F

rom

Ben

chm

ark

Sum of Years Registered Prior to 2011

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