This is what I actually typed up for my Criterion G:
Criterion G
Problem: Students on the Mid-Pacific Math Team have difficulty finding all of the information they need to properly prepare for the monthly math events.
Inadequacies of the Current Situation:
Currently, there is no one, cohesive place in which information can be obtained. As the topics are diverse, ranging from Algebra I events to Trigonometry events, no one textbook contains all the information needed for a single meet. In addition, some of the topics are not covered in formal classes, or mentioned in the textbooks which students are required to have for school. Because of this, students must hunt down information, looking through older books which can only be found in the room of one teacher. This information can only be accessed after school, when the teacher is available, a time at which many students have other commitments.
And, as some students compete in events with information they may have never come across before, and have nowhere to access the information, studying is daunting task. While there are old tests, which provide questions answered in the past for students to study off of, students cannot begin to find a mathematical solution if they don’t understand what the questions are asking. Some of the terminology used in the events is such that one must know a good deal of vocabulary just to answer a simple question. If there was, for example, a source of information that students could easily use to discover new terminology and problem-solving strategies for an event, the entire process of studying could be much easier.
End-User: Students on the Mid-Pacific Math team
