Educational Software Suite

The Educational Software Suite was designed on the class room teaching environment where there is one person who takes charge, usually a teacher, and then a group of students who do the tutorials and play the games.

Therefore the teachers role is in coordinating the game, monitoring the student progress overseeing the progress of the tutorials, where as the students just concentrate on the tutorial/game at hand.

We have extended the suite so that tutorials are available to an individual person. That person gets enrolled in a "Home School" with a "Home Teacher" in charge of his progress. Then that individual belongs to a "school" and the game progresses from there.

This suite was originally intended for children from 4 to 14 but with the Spelling Tutorial, the harder questions in the Math Tutorial and the Math Web Challenge they will test even higher education graduates.

Math Tutorial

These are strictly math tutorials ranging from very easy question to the very difficult questions.

Selectable Options

Randomise the numbers
Drag and Drop for the younger kids
There is a timer that runs from start to finish and your accuracy is monitored

The Basic Tutorials

1. Addition Tables

(selectable 0 thru to 12) say 4 added to ( 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) or to make it harder we randomise one operand

(selectable 0 thru to 12) say 4 added to (2, 0, 3, 8, 5, 12, 10, 6, 4, 7, 9, 1, 13, 11)

2. Subtraction Tables

(selectable 0 thru to 12) say 5 subtracted from ( 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) or to make it harder we randomise one operand.

selectable 0 thru to 12) say 5 subtracted from (18, 5, 8, 17, 10, 15, 11, 6, 14, 9, 16, 12, 13, 7)
Always +ve answers
-There is the option to allow -ve answers

3. Multiplication Tables

The straight out multiplication table we all learnt at school

selectable (1 thru to 12) say 3 multiplied by ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) or to make it harder we randomise one operand.

selectable (1 thru to 12) say 3 multiplied by (4, 9, 5, 11, 12, 10, 2, 6, 1, 3, 7, 8)

4. Division Table

The straight out division table we all learnt at school

(3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21,24,27,30, 33, 36) divided by 3 or a little bit more difficult by randomising

(3, 21, 36, 27, 15, 9, 12, 6, 30, 18, 33, 24) divided by 3

Advanced Grids

Alongside the above tutorials there are several much harder grids.

5. Addition Grids
6. Subtraction Grid
7. Multiplication Grids
8. Division Grids

Their size can be varied from a 1x1 grid right up to a 20x20 grid
You can randomise the rows
You can randomise the columns

Mathematics Web Challenge

The Challenge is played over the LAN where everybody is in one area (eg classroom setting)
This is used in a class room where a teacher controls to types of questions being practised.

Teacher Controls

The teacher has the option to vary the:

Number of questions per game
The time limit for the game to end.
The Count Down Time (time before the server sends it's first question)
There is a timer running for each individual student screen
When the time limit for the game to end has expired. The students get their results for that game based on time and accuracy

Game Types

The types of question are very similar to the one in Math Tutorial but they are much more engaging because everyone is competing against everyone else

The various games in the Mathematics Web Challenge are:

Multiplication Tables - Students practice a specific multiplication table (e.g., 6 × 1, 6 × 2, etc.)
Division Tables - Students practice division with a specific divisor (e.g., 12÷2, 18÷2, etc.)
Multiplication Random - Random multiplication problems using numbers 1-12 (e.g., 7 × 9, 3 × 11)
Division Random - Random division problems where the answer is always a whole numbers
Random Operators - Mixed operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
Division xRy - Division with remainders using format like "24R3" for 123÷5 = 24 remainder 3 (DIFFICULT)
Addition - Addition problems with numbers typically ranging 1-50 (DIFFICULT)
Subtraction - Subtraction problems ensuring positive results (DIFFICULT)

Pros

You know exactly who you are competing against

Cons

The teacher has to be physically driving the server

Mathematics Web Challenge -- Automated Server

It is exactly the same playing functionality as the normal Mathematics Web Challenge except that the server runs automatically (24/7) on the preset set of options.

We'll look at cycling through the games every hour or so to make it more interesting.

The Pros

You got no idea who you are competing against
Noone has to man the server
The server is on 24/7

Spelling Tutorial

The Game (Student)

This Tutorial is aimed primarily at 4 to 14 year olds

In its simplest form there is:

A picture of the object you are trying to spell
A description of that object
A button to press to listen to the description of the object
A software key board to enter the characters
A status bar showing:
- The username, the week (1..52) and Level (1..15) of words,
- The attempted number of words, the number of Correct / Incorrect words
- The number of error you are allowed to make and still be in the game (That is an option set before the game starts)

Game Options / Parameters

Week Selection (1..52)

List of words put in the table for that particular week

Attempt ONLY this week
Attempt weeks 1 through selected

Level Selection (1..15)

The level of difficulty those words have been graded at

Attempt ONLY this level
Attempt levels 1 through selected

Game Type

Try All Words Largest collection of words
Try New Words
Retry Correct Words
Retry Incorrect Words

The words are classified (into Correct / Incorrect) as the game progresses and written back to disk.

The words get their status from the last time they are attempted (ie a word could change status each time it is attempted)

Character Display

All Characters (A-Z) (ie for "CAT" all characters are selectable) Most Difficult
Valid Characters Only ie for "CAT" only the characters are "A", "C" and "T" are selectable)

Character Matching

(how letters are matched to word position)

In Order (strict) Most Difficult
In Order (strict but with visual guidance)
In Order (1 error per char and with visual guidance) Easiest

Max Errors

(Errors allowed before word is marked wrong)

Default is: 5 Errors
Hardest is 0 errors ( 1 wrong character and the word is marked as wrong)
Easiest is 5 Errors

So with the settings

With the options set as:

Character Matching set to: In Order (1 error per char and with visual guidance)
Max Errors as 5 Errors

You could always get 5 character words correct!!!!

With the option set as:

Week Selection (1..52): set at 52
- Attempt weeks 1 through selected
Level Selection (1..15): set at 15
- Attempt levels 1 through selected
Game Type
- Try All Words Largest collection of words

With theses setting you will get all the words in your class list

The Teacher Panel (Teacher)

This is mainly to administer the game on a class level and to generate reports for parents

Each teacher gets access to their class details
Enables teacher to create the word list for their students
Enables a teacher to add students to their class room
Enables a teacher to delete students from their class room
Generate individual student progress reports
Generate Class Report
Generate Complete Word Inventory Report
Generate Roster and Progress Reports
Print and Export these reports

About

The Educational Software Suite is a package that contains basic spelling and arithmetic and is primarily aimed at 4 to 14 year olds.

It can be used by students in higher education where they are studying a course where correct spelling is a must.

Home: edu-soft.com.au

Email: gilbert.haddad.999@gmail.com

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