What's the Big Idea Game Show: Results of Voting!

This post features behind-the-scenes content about the 2021 NMF Live Performance Series event "What's the Big Idea? A Game Show Featuring Students and Mathematicians" (opens new window), created and hosted by The Young People's Project (opens new window).

How did the audience vote on the mathematical presentations? Here's what we asked them via Kahoot (an online quiz website):

Question 1
Math Content: Was the math topic clear to you?

Question 2
Presentation Relatability: Did you understand the words used in this presentation? 

Question 3
Presentation Style: How much did you enjoy the visuals used in the presentation?

Question 4
Presentation Curiosity: Did this presentation pique your curiosity? 

Presenting at the middle school math level

Jessica Andrews-Todd

For Question 2: Did you understand the words used in this presentation?

74% of all votes gave Jessica a 4 out of 4 for PEOPLE TALK! (Something we stress in YPP which is foundational to understanding math.)

Fega Okwa

For Question 1: Was the math topic clear to you?

73% of all students in K-6th grades grade gave Fega a 3 or 4 out of 4 total points for presentation clarity! 

Presenting at the high school math level:

Pamela E. Harris

For Question 3: How much did you enjoy the visuals used in the presentation?

80% of all votes gave Pamela a 3 or 4 out of 4 total points for presentation style! 

Andrés R. Vindas-Meléndez

For Question 3: How much did you enjoy the visuals used in the presentation?

K-6th grade students enjoyed Andreas’s presentation style more than anyone else’s -- 6% more!

Presenting at the university math level:

Michael Dairyko

For Question 4: Did this presentation pique your curiosity?

With an average of 3 out of 4 across the board, Michael piqued the curiosity of more people who are in 7th grade and beyond! 

John Urschel

For Question 2: Did you understand the words used in this presentation?

Despite John picking arguably the most difficult big idea to explain intuitively, 73% of all people who voted thought the presentation was relatable!