We tried this idea last year in a math classroom at Addison Middle School as a way to review. The students that participated were very enthusiastic. I can't say for sure how it effected individual SOL scores but the class as a whole had a very high pass rate.
The best way to know if we really understand something is to have to teach it to someone else. We gave students an opportunity to become "student teachers." They were given a teaching contract and could earn math bucks for each lesson they taught. A "lesson" consisted of teaching anyone older then them (parent, grandmother, teenage sibling, principal, teacher after school tutor etc) how to work a particular problem. A special form was used and signed by the adult that received he lesson (sample form). Completed lessons were turned into the teacher for math bucks (sample bucks). After an indicated length of time, we set up a store for students to redeem their math bucks. It amazed me that they were excited to spend 10 math bucks on a small bag of chips.
email me at sbazak@rcps.info if you need any more details about this incentive activity.
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