Using the prototype, the first school student's test results went from 59 to 97% in only two weeks!!

Significant development has subsequently occurred.

Press

Software aims to improve maths scores - Infotech April 25 2005

 

"I like the test that when you hit pause you can not see (and therefore anticipate) the next questions.  I like being able to choose the number of questions for each session. I believe the times tables come with practice and this software allows it - I've bought the usual blank books with the tables in them and photo copied pages out of them (the ones I paid for!) but this software does it all for me."
 

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Features

• Target age groups - 3 to 13+ years
• Facilitates learning of basic:
  • Maths
  • Computer keyboard skills
  • Programming skills
• Computerized math's worksheet
• Focuses on Learning and Teaching (and not computer graphics)
• Accelerated learning in both learn and test modes
• Enhanced learning through student peer marking
• Enables extended learning goals
• Computerized marking
• Computerized results analysis
• Automated recording of exercises and tests
• Designed for 1 PC per class right through to 1 PC per student
• Designed to integrate with school and / or home
• Designed to extend students abilities
• Ideal first computer application
• Currently under school trial.

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Large Font Worksheet for Junior Basic math's Students

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MathsOwn Details

• Simple to use - set and go
• Computerized worksheet format
• Generates questions and operations to your specification. 
• Choose:
  • 1 to 500 Questions>
  • Operands that:
    • any sequential ranging from -99 though to 99
    • are randomly generated
    • are fixed by: 
      • First
      • Second e.g. for times tables
    • may include negative numbers
  • Operators - any combination of the four: +, -, x, ÷
  • Time mode
    • time up
    • specify a set time
  • true / false marking as you go
  • Other options also
• Modes:
  • Learning:
    • Help Tables for four operations available ranging 1 to 20
    • Help with negative math's rules
    • Pausing suspends timer
  • Test:
    • Strict test mode generates tests in real time
    • Each student sits the same specification test
    • Cheating is made more difficult as each test is different yet to the same level.
    • Test time is strictly measured
    • Pausing blanks test out, a student can pause, go away, come back and resume to the set test time period
    • Tests may be peer marked
    • Peer marking is also marked by MathsOwn
    • Answers can be marked for true or false as the student completes each answer – Student has opportunity to revise a wrong answer
    • Designed to teach while assessing
    • Maximizes the learning experience

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Exercise worksheet mode, smaller font, 52 of 100 Questions, Help Tables shown,
demonstrating the extensive tables available, intended to extend students.

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• Marking Options
  • Computer marked at the end
  • Unique peer marking (True/False)
  • Mark as you go
    • Encourages revision of incorrect answers to accelerate learning

Large Font Worksheet, Junior Basic Math's Students, Peer Reviewed and Both Marked
Shows right / wrong answers, correct answers as well as right / wrong peer marking.

• Also:
  • Answer Question to show next
  • Mandatory completion of all questions to finish
  • Prompting for printing at the end
  • Print at the end
  • Email generated pdf documents to teachers
  • Questions and answer displays, printable
  • Mark summary display, printable
  • Analysis option, printable
• File printouts for a basic math's portfolio
• Saves each session to a file for reference, including all answers and peer marks
• Students can work sequentially with one computer or work in pairs with two computers, or multiples thereof.
• Encourages learning basic PC and keyboard skills
• Sets the stage for competitive learning through MathsOwn Sports
• Easy to use drag and drop software licensing system

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Teachers

MathsOwn Advanced Teacher/Parent configurations

• Student logins including passwords option
• Administration mode for adding teachers, classes, students, and passwords.
• Teacher defined configurations
• Teachers set the test parameters for students to automatically cycle through
• Customized shortcuts define a mode of operation.  The student opens the shortcut and MathsOwn run in the mode you have determined e.g.:
  • 20 Questions, + and x, over range 1 to 12, timed for 5 minutes for X student in Y Class with Z Teacher
  • 30 Questions, + and -, over range 1 to 20, timed for 10 minutes for A student in Y Class with Z Teacher, etc...
• Batch file processing of students, using sets of shortcuts, with each student doing a customized set of questions, and then being prompted to call the next student for their turn.
• Whole 4 Operation Math's Syllabus Capable..
• Includes a new Standard Reference Language for Math's Levels and Modes

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Schools

Suitable for: