Fantasy Football and Mathematics Score Touchdowns with Students

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-80
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Flockhart
Keyword(s):  
National Football League ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Trade Association ◽  
Fantasy Sports ◽  
The Real ◽  
Fantasy Football ◽  
Adolescents And Adults ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Score

In the 1990s, I combined two of my passions— mathematics and Fantasy Football— into a meaningful, powerful assignment that engaged students in grades 5–8 who lacked motivation in mathematics. Fantasy Football is a game played nationwide by an estimated 15 million adolescents and adults (Fantasy Sports Trade Association 2003). Between 16 percent to 20 percent of all participants are female (Beason 2005). Students create fantasy teams by purchasing National Football League (NFL) players and compete by earning points based on the real-life statistics of the players. Each week, students locate the names of their players in box scores (statistical summaries of games) to compute the points scored by their players. Weekly points are accumulated throughout the entire season, and the student with the highest cumulative points is the winner.

An analytical approach for fantasy football draft and lineup management

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Becker ◽  
Xu Andy Sun
Keyword(s):  
National Football League ◽  
Mixed Integer ◽  
Trade Association ◽  
Optimization Strategy ◽  
Integer Optimization ◽  
Fantasy Sports ◽  
Fantasy Football ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Mixed Integer Optimization Model

AbstractIn this paper, we consider fantasy football, an increasingly-popular online game based on the actual, on-the-field performances of players in the National Football League. It is estimated by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association that in 2011 there were 35 million people in the US and Canada playing fantasy sports online. About 85 percent of all fantasy sports participants play fantasy football, most of whom have their games set up in major media websites such as Yahoo!, ESPN, MSN, and NFL. Numerous websites specialize in reporting NFL games, providing preseason rankings, fantasy points projections, team and player statistics, and expert draft opinions. However, despite the vast popularity of the game, the intensive analysis by experts, and various online tools that offer prediction for the values of players, to the best of our knowledge, there is no method that provides a comprehensive optimization strategy for the entire Fantasy Football season. We set out to develop such a methodology that predicts team and player performance based on the rich historical data, and builds a mixed-integer optimization model using such predictions for the draft selection as well as weekly line-up management that incorporates the entire objective of winning a fantasy football season. Numerical tests of our model show promising performance.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN ANTARA PRESTASI BELAJAR DAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN MATEMATIKA PADA MAHASISWA CALON GURU SD/MI

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ifada Novikasari
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Mathematics Anxiety ◽  
Mathematical Problem ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Mathematical Ability ◽  
Mathematical Problem Solving ◽  
High Anxiety ◽  
Learning Achievement ◽  
The Real ◽  
And Mathematics

Mathematics anxiety has been recognized as a feeling depressed and anxious when it deals with the manipulation of numbers and mathematical problem solving in the real life and the academic situations. The anxiety tend to occur in someone with low mathematical ability. That is, individuals with low mathematics anxiety more comfort to solve the problem than someone who has high anxiety. It is interesting to examine, because it will be proved whether there is a relationship between learning achievement and mathematics anxiety

scholarly journals COGNITIVE INTEREST: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN THE ACQUISITION OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS IN SCHOOLS OF LATVIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 424-434
Author(s):  
Dagnija Cēdere ◽  
Inese Jurgena ◽  
Ineta Helmane ◽  
Inta Tiltiņa-Kapele ◽  
Gunita Praulīte
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Mathematics Students ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Causal Relations ◽  
The Real ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
And Mathematics

Cognitive interest is a vital learning motive for the successful learning process. Nowadays students’ interest about science and mathematics are decreasing. The aim of the study is to explore the cognitive interest of Grade 9 students in science and mathematics. Students were surveyed and it helped to explore the respondents’ cognitive activity and the cognitive interest regarding the understanding of causal relations, research activity and the solution of practical problems. The level of cognitive interests on the three level scales is average for the whole sample of respondents. The survey shows that students do not possess explicit cognitive activity; learning happens rather passively, without initiative; however, they have rather pronounced interest to explore and solve problems connected with the real life. Some implications for teachers on how to increase learners’ cognitive interest are provided in the conclusion. Key words: cognitive interest, learning process, science and mathematics.

STUDENTS’ INTEREST IN THE SCIENCE SUBJECTS AND MATHEMATICS IN SCHOOLS OF LATVIA AND LITHUANIA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ineta Helmane ◽  
◽  
Dagnija Cēdere ◽  
Vilija Targamadze ◽  
Inese Jurgena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Science Learning ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Real ◽  
Interest In Science ◽  
And Mathematics

Interest is one of the most meaningful components for successful learning process. Nowadays students’ interest about science and mathematics is decreasing. The aim of the study is to explore the interest of Grade 9 students in science and mathematics. In Latvia and Lithuania students were surveyed and it helped to explore the respondents’ interests in science and mathematics. The survey shows that students have rather pronounced interest to explore and solve problems connected with the real life. Keywords: interest in science, learning process, science and mathematics.

Exploring Citizenship: Unit 4 My Heritage

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (5) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
John Rutledge ◽  
Joy C. Jordan ◽  
Dale W. Pracht
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Development Program ◽  
The Real ◽  
Volunteer Leaders ◽  
Youth Development Program ◽  
Major Revision ◽  
The World ◽  
Individual Needs

 The 4-H Citizenship Project offers the opportunity to help 4-H members relate all of their 4-H projects and experiences to the world around them. The 4-H Citizenship manuals will serve as a guide for 4-H Citizenship experiences. To be truly meaningful to the real-life needs and interests of your group, the contribution of volunteer leaders is essential. Each person, neighborhood, and community has individual needs that you can help your group identify. This 14-page major revision of Unit IV covers the heritage project. Written by John Rutledge, Joy C. Jordan, and Dale Pracht and published by the UF/IFAS Extension 4-H Youth Development program. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/4h019

L'esperienza clinica con Levometadone nel trattamento del disturbo da uso di oppiacei

MISSION ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 54-57
Author(s):  
Marco Riglietta ◽  
Paolo Donadoni ◽  
Grazia Carbone ◽  
Caterina Pisoni ◽  
Franca Colombi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Events ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Opioid Use Disorder ◽  
Racemic Mixture ◽  
Opioid Use ◽  
The Real ◽  
New Formulation

In Italy, at the end of the 1970s, methadone hydrochloride was introduced for the treatment of opioid use disorder, in the form of a racemic mixture consisting of levomethadone and dextromethadone.In 2015 Levometadone was introduced, a new formulation marketed in Italy for the treatment of opioid use disorder in 2015.The article aims to bring the experience of an Italian Addiction Centre back to the use of this new formulation in the "real life" analyzing the efficacy, the trend of adverse events and pharmacological iterations in a context in which the treated population often uses besides the opiates, cocaine and alcohol, are burdened by a relevant physical and psychic comorbidity and frequently have a prescribed polypharmacy.

Efficacy and safety of long-acting pasireotide in acromegalic patients in the real life: The reappraisal of the first-dose follow-up visit

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Urbani ◽  
Francesca Dassie ◽  
Benedetta Zampetti ◽  
Di Certo Agostino Maria ◽  
Renato Cozzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Efficacy And Safety ◽  
The Real ◽  
Long Acting

Experiential Learning in Graduate Archival Education at the University of Botswana

Mousaion ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olefhile Mosweu
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Archival Theory ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
The Real ◽  
The University

Most curriculum components of archival graduate programmes consist of contextual knowledge, archival knowledge, complementary knowledge, practicum, and scholarly research. The practicum, now commonly known as experiential learning in the global hub, is now widely accepted in library and information studies (LIS) education as necessary and important. It is through experiential learning that, over and above the theoretical aspects of a profession, students are provided with the opportunity to learn by doing in a workplace environment. The University of Botswana’s Master’s in Archives and Records Management (MARM) programme has a six weeks experiential learning programme whose purpose is to expose prospective archivists and/or records managers to the real archival world in terms of practice as informed by archival theory. The main objective of the study was to determine the extent to which the University of Botswana’s experiential learning component exposes students to real-life archival work to put into practice theoretical aspects learnt in the classroom as intended by the university guidelines. This study adopted a qualitative research design and collected data through interviews from participants selected through purposive and snowball sampling strategies. Documentary review supplemented the interviews. The data collected were analysed thematically in line with research objectives. The study determined that experiential learning does indeed expose students to the real world of work. It thus helps to bridge the gap between archival theory and practice for students without archives and records management work experience. For those with prior archival experience, experiential learning does not add value. This study recommends that students with prior archives and records management experience should rather, as an alternative to experiential learning, undertake supervised research, and write a research essay in a chosen thematic area in archives and records management.

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