The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics have given mathematics teachers five goals for their students. These goals require students to be able to communicate and think in mathematical terms. There is a need for materials to reinforce, and review math concepts and vocabulary. Most math textbooks do not include adequate review and practice of math terminology. When students can understand and speak the language of mathematics they will be more willing and able to continue their course work in advanced math classes. The mathematics education in the United States currently suffers because the curriculum does not cover basic topics in depth (U.S. schools, 1996, p. 4). Students approaching junior high school and high school face the prospect of being inadequately prepared for advanced math classes. This is especially important for students who wish to attend college. Seventy percent of all students who take geometry continue their education beyond high school (Stone, 1996, p.52). The rate of students continuing school beyond high school who take geometry is the same for all students including minorities. It becomes imperative that students be given the opportunity to experience and succeed at pre-algebra and pre-geometry course work in the pre-kindergarten through eighth grades (Stone 1996, p. 53).
Sixth grade often determines the academic path a student will pursue through the rest of their school years. How well a student succeeds will determine in the student enters seventh grade in regular math, remedial math, or by taking pre-algebra in preparation for a college preparatory path. There is a need for material which will motivate a student to learn and review math terminology.
To meet this need a new version of bingo has been developed called Vocabulary Bingo. Vocabulary Bingo can be played across many grade levels depending on the vocabulary terms chosen by the teacher. It consists of a set of bingo cards,...