Sony Global Education to Host the 2nd Global Math Challenge, Primed to Become the Largest Online Math Competition in the World
September 12 2015 - 12:20AM
JCN Newswire (English)
Sony Global Education announces that it will host the 2nd
iteration of its Global Math Challenge on Sunday, September 27th.
Math lovers both young and old can participate in this online math
competition anywhere through a computer or mobile device, and test
their skills against other math fans worldwide. This competition
enables participants to engage their true mathematical creativity.
The 2nd Global Math Challenge will be offered online simultaneously
in Japanese, English, and Chinese, and with more than 500,000
pre-registrants already, it is primed to become the largest math
competition in the world.
Global Math Challenge features carefully selected questions devised
by the Japan Prime Math Olympic Committee, an organization with a
strong track record in math contests geared towards children. The
questions will test participants' creativity and will allow them to
discover their true math sense. Global Math Challenge will be
offered in 9 different grades of difficulty to best suit the
education levels of test takers, from the 1st grade in elementary
school through middle school and all the way up to the adult
level.
While individual participation was the only registration option
publicly available for the 1st Global Math Challenge, this 2nd
iteration also officially offers a plan for group participation:
Global Math Challenge for Schools. With this plan, schools,
learning centers, and other participating organizations will enjoy
a number of benefits designed to meet their needs as institutions
of learning. When a teacher registers an account for the
competition, IDs and passwords are issued for all of his or her
students. Furthermore, as a benefit only available to groups, each
organization will be able to select the test day of its choice,
anytime during the two weeks leading up to the worldwide September
27th date. Score results and global rankings will also be provided
both individually and for the group as a whole, illuminating the
degree to which each test taker was comfortable with the material
as well as how each group fared as a whole.
In China, 17zuoye are delivering the challenge to thousands of
young learners across the country, while in the USA, Sony Global
Education has partnered with Edmodo, the world's leading global
education network, to make Global Math Challenge available to their
54 million members worldwide.
Two plans are available for Global Math Challenge, the free Trial
Plan and the paid Standard Plan. With the Trial Plan, participants
will now be able to receive not only their score, but their global
ranking as well, shortly after the test. And with the Standard
Plan, under which up to 4 people can take part using one shared
account, participants will also be provided with step-by-step,
beautifully illustrated explanations for every question, analysis
of their critical thinking strengths, and - for the first time - an
extra set of bonus questions.
Global Math Challenge is one of Sony Global Education's initiatives
through which it strives to enhance literacy in the STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields among people of all
ages. Going forward, Sony Global Education will hold this
competition twice a year in order to reach more schools,
organizations, and individuals in more countries across the globe,
and to contribute to the world of education on a global level. For
more information about Global Math Challenge, please visit Global
Math Challenge.
About Sony
Sony Corporation is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, game,
communications, key device and information technology products for
the consumer and professional markets. With its music, pictures,
computer entertainment and on-line businesses, Sony is uniquely
positioned to be the leading electronics and entertainment company
in the world. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of
approximately $79 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.
Sony Global Web Site: http://www.sony.net/.
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