A student competition is any student event where an individual or a team compete for a prize, where skill is the main predictor of the winner. There can be a

competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indi ...

between

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s or teams of students within a classroom or across different schools and across geographical regions. Student competitions help bring about a student's best effort by inspiring

creativity Creativity is the ability to form novel and valuable Idea, ideas or works using one's imagination. Products of creativity may be intangible (e.g. an idea, scientific theory, Literature, literary work, musical composition, or joke), or a physica ...

and challenging the student to utilize their skills. Teachers incorporate student competitions as part of their

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to encourage students to stay on task and bring forward their best work by significantly increasing the ‘Payoff for the Student’ by providing: *In-class marks towards final grades. *The opportunity to put their creativity and skill set to the test by allowing them to show off their comprehensive knowledge of, for example, a software, hardware, or

music technology Music technology is the study or the use of any device, mechanism, machine or tool by a musician or composer to make or perform music; to musical composition, compose, music notation, notate, playback or record songs or pieces; or to Music infor ...

item. *An occasion to compare their skill levels and creativity with that of students across the world, as well as with their own local classmates. *A chance at winning cash and other great prizes.

Types of student competitions

Different types of student competitions exist: # Case study – This competition revolves around solving a real or imaginary case given to the competitors. The goal is to find a solution using the information provided in the case. # Business Plan – A competition for which a business plan needs to be written for either an existing or fictional business. Most entrepreneurship competitions will be of this form. # Design Competition – A Student Design Competition can be technical or purely aesthetic. The objective of technical competitions is to introduce students to real-world

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situations and to teach students project-management and fabrication techniques used in industry. Aesthetic competitions usually require art and design skills. # Simulation – Students compete either online or via software simulating an environment in which decisions need to be made. These decisions and the outcomes are monitored to decide on the winner. Sometimes the whole event is online, and no physical location is given. # Ideation – A competition where ideas for different concepts are the main deliverables. The ideas may or may not be executed at a later time. Many competitions in which a semi-structured body of text needs to be delivered are considered in this category. # Olympiad – A competition based on exams to test the students' knowledge in one or more areas of knowledge, in a similar way to school exams. The topic, environment of application and awarding method of the exams may vary from olympiad to olympiad. Math and science competitions like the IMO, the

USAMO The United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) is a highly selective high school mathematics competition held annually in the United States. Since its debut in 1972, it has served as the final round of the American Mathematics Compe ...

and the

IPhO The International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) is an annual physics competition for high school students. It is one of the International Science Olympiads. The first IPhO was held in Warsaw, Poland in 1967. Each national delegation is made up of a ...

fall into this category. # Essay – Writing an essay (a short piece of writing) about a topic. Topics can vary and can be mandated or left to the writers’ discretion. The main deliverable is a body of text that is written in a specific form. There are many student competitions running across the globe. Often, these competitions consist of students first competing with other students in their classrooms. The winners go on to regional competitions and finally on to national competitions.

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