{"id":520,"date":"2018-08-19T03:13:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T10:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/math\/research-question-information\/"},"modified":"2020-08-06T10:47:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T17:47:59","slug":"research-question-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-mathematics-statistics\/outreach\/yavapai-county-math-contest\/research-question-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Question Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Research Question Information<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>Each participating school is invited to work on a research question in advance of the competition date.\u00a0 Students, working individually, in a small group or as a class, will bring their results to the Yavapai County Math Contest for submission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In answering the research question, students are required to produce more than a simple numeric answer with a box around it. Students (individually or in teams representing their school) are expected to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>show \/ explain their thinking as they formulate their solution<\/li>\n<li>generalize their results<\/li>\n<li>express results for interesting special cases<\/li>\n<li>explore how their results can apply to similar problems \/ situations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Submissions may be handwritten, typed, or word-processed and might include diagrams, models, computer programs or any other illuminating material. They must be saved as a .pdf document and sent to <a href=\"mailto:david.deville@nau.edu\">David Deville<\/a> by January 24th, 2020 for scoring. Entries will be judged on completeness, correctness, insight and clarity of exposition.<\/p>\n<p>Work will be recognized at the end of the event with an award for the best results.\u00a0 The outcome of the Research Question will have no bearing on the scoring scheme mentioned with the contest information.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/researchquestionYCMC2020.pdf\">here\u00a0<\/a>for a PDF file\u00a0of the 2020 Research Project.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--script class=\"ektron-script\"&gt; if ($(\".catalog_script_placeholder\")[0]) { var scriptsLoaded = 0; $.getScript( \"\/\/catalog.nau.edu\/Catalog\/resources\/js\/jquery.catalogFrames.js\").done(function() { $.getScript( \"\/\/catalog.nau.edu\/Catalog\/resources\/js\/easyXDM.min.js\").done(function() { var placeholder = $(\".catalog_script_placeholder\"); var divId = placeholder.attr('divId'); var Program = placeholder.attr('Program'); var catalogFrameDisplayData = {}; catalogFrameDisplayData[placeholder.attr('DisplayType')] = true; var catalogFrameData = {}; catalogFrameData[\"display\"] = catalogFrameDisplayData; catalogFrameData[\"url\"] = \"https:\/\/catalog.nau.edu\"; catalogFrameData[\"plan\"] = Program; $(function setupCatalogWidget() { $(\"#\" + divId).catalogFrames(catalogFrameData); console.log(catalogFrameData); }); }); }); } &lt;\/script--><!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\"><!-- shortcode-block -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-block\">\n      <div class=\"block-header\">\n        <h3>Need more information?<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n<p>Check these links for more details on the Yavapai County Math Contest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Archive\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-mathematics-statistics\/outreach\/yavapai-county-math-contest\/archive\/\">Archive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Contest information\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-mathematics-statistics\/outreach\/yavapai-county-math-contest\/contest-information-3\/\">Contest information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Levels\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-mathematics-statistics\/outreach\/yavapai-county-math-contest\/level-information\/\">Levels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Schedule\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-mathematics-statistics\/outreach\/yavapai-county-math-contest\/schedule-3\/\">Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Question Information Each participating school is invited to work on a research question in advance of the competition date.\u00a0 Students, working individually, in a small group or as a class, will bring their results to the Yavapai County Math Contest for submission. 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