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Mathematica [Computer software]. (2011). Wolfram Research, Inc., 100 Trade Center Drive, Champaign, IL 61820-7237. http://www.wolfram.com Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Tel: 800-965-3726 to purchase
Description: From the website: http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/
"Mathematica--[is] not just for computation but for modeling, simulation, visualization, development, documentation, and deployment." Create fully interactive applications. It is the "ultimate technical computing environment." There is also a web version.
Mathematica8 is available.
Math Advantage 2012 [Computer software]. (2012). Encore Software, Inc., 999 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 700, El Segundo, CA 90245. http://www.encoreusa.com Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Tel: 1-310-768-1800
Description:
Math Advantage has been available for several years with 2012 being the newest version: http://www.encore.com/p-231-math-advantage-2012.aspx Math Advantage is packed with lessons and exercises from Elementary School to High School, each designed to prepare students for success in state standards testing. Build fundamental skills with Basic Math, including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Expand your horizons with Pre-Algebra, Algebra and Geometry. Prepare for High School and College with Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus and Statistics.
Math Amigo [Software for Handheld Units]. Valiant Technology. Available: Valiant USA, PO Box 639, Forest Park, IL 60130. http://www.valiant-technology.com/index.php Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Correlations: not available
Tel: 888-366-6628 (Toll free)
Grades: K-8
Description:
Math Amigo (http://www.valiant-technology.com/us/pages/mahome.php) is drill and practice software for handheld units, which has supporting desktop management software to help monitor student progress. Curriculum for grades 1-8 is addressed from counting through pre-algebra. Students can work at their pace with individualized activities. There is automatic marking with instant feedback. The system tracks student performance and adjusts question difficulty to meet student needs. Tutorials help students to develop concepts and methods. The Teacher Alerts and analysis features draw attention to those who need additional help and suggest how to provide it.
This software is listed among Best Software for Teaching Basic Math Literacy in eSchool News' 2005 Readers Choice Awards.
Math Arena [Computer software]. (1999-2011). Sunburst Technology Corporation, Customer Service: 1550 Executive Drive, Elgin, IL 60123. http://commerce.sunburst.com/ Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Correlations: NCTM standards. Contact Sunburst.
Tel: 800-321-7511
Grades: 4-10
Description: Math Arena titles, designed for grades 4-10, is a multiple award winning program, including the international prestigious 2001 Bologna New Media Prize in the Best Educational Software category. It is a fast-action, graphics intense, sound-filled, highly interactive CD that focuses on problem solving. Twenty activities allow students to sharpen their skills in a training center, and then compete in the arena with up to three others. Concepts include angles, coordinate graphing, transformational geometry, circle graphs, Venn diagrams, symmetry, addition, multiplication, equivalent fractions, percents, money and percent of change, number sequences, and probability. Even adults will find this program interesting and fun.
An advanced version allows students in grades 7-10 to work with functions, formulas, order of operations, identify equations to solve word problems, estimate, and match spreadsheets to data charts.
Math Blaster Series [Computer software]. (1997-2011). Sunburst Technology Corporation, Customer Service: 1550 Executive Drive, Elgin, IL 60123. http://commerce.sunburst.com/ Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Correlations: NCTM standards.
Tel: 800-321-7511
Grades: preK-9
Description: See Sunburst's catalog for detailed descriptions of each level of Math Blaster or visit Knowledge Adventure School at http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/school/catalog/cat03.aspx
This product was developed by Knowledge Adventure (formerly Davidson) and is available by age groups 4-6, 5-7, 6-8, and 9-12. According to Sunburst, the Math Blaster Series develop PreK-9 students’ ability to handle math problems of increasing difficulty. It also develops students’ critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. The programs provide core curriculum content through comprehensive lessons and activities, which provide students a complete curriculum review. Graphics throughout are very engaging.
Other products in the Blaster series include Math Blaster Pre-algebra (1997) and Math Blaster Algebra (1997), which can also address needs of adult learners.
Math Blaster Algebra [Computer software]. (1997-2011). Sunburst Technology Corporation, Customer Service: 1550 Executive Drive, Elgin, IL 60123. http://commerce.sunburst.com/ Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Correlations: NCTM standards
Tel: 800-321-7511
Grades: 7 and up
Description: See Sunburst's catalog for Math Blaster Algebra or visit Knowledge Adventure School at http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/school/catalog/cat03.aspx
Math Blaster Algebra is suitable for grades 7-adult. It contains six activities that cover an entire year of algebra. Curriculum includes order of operations, factoring and integers, solving systems of equations, inequalities, and an exploration of linear and quadratic equations, including their graphs. Tutorials and word problems are included. A glossary and algebra tile tools explain hundreds of algebraic terms and allow students to see algebra concepts.
Math Buddies [Online digital software]. Marshall Cavandish Corporation, 99 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591. http://www.mconline.us/LEAD/login/content/ps_mb_1.html Accessed Jan. 25, 2012.
Correlations: Common Core State Standards
Tel: 800-821-9881 for customer service
Grades: 1-5
Description: Per the website:
Math Buddies is an online digital curriculum for grades 1-5 that uses the Singapore Math Approach to support learning. It features multimedia lessons to support teaching concepts, step-by-step practice problems, differentiated practices for different ability levels, assessments for tracking progress, question-analysis capability to identify common mistakes, non-routine questions, and self-assessment features for learners. The "bar model" method, including an interactive applet, is introduced for solving complex word problems.
Math for the Real World [Computer software]. Knowledge Adventure, 2377 Crenshaw Blvd., Suite 302, Torrance CA 90501. http://knowledgeadventureschool.com/default.aspx Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Tel: 800-871-2969 for customer service
Grades: 4 and up
Description: See details on Math for the Real World at http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/school/catalog/mrw.aspx
Math for the Real World™ for grades 4 and up introduces students to everyday math skills such as telling time and counting money. Over 4000 word problems in nine key subject areas and interactive activities help students apply real-world critical-thinking skills to daily situations while reinforcing key concepts such as logic, fractions, and decimals. Multiple levels of difficulty and a reference library with detailed explanations of problems are included.
Math Pathways [Computer software]. Sunburst Technology Corporation, Customer Service: 1550 Executive Drive, Elgin, IL 60123. http://commerce.sunburst.com/ Accessed Jan. 1, 2012.
Correlations: NCTM standards
Grades: 6-12
Description: Per the website: http://www.edresources.com/images/resources/MPW/index.htm
Math Pathways is a standards-based middle and high school (6 - 12) mathematics instructional enhancement solution that includes an enormous amount of interactive content on every subject of math, enabling instructors to use numerous teaching methodologies (or pathways) to illustrate math concepts. The programs include content linked to major math textbooks, assessment exercises, video and audio real world examples, quizzes and tests, animation, a mathematical dictionary and even virtual reality to illustrate these key math concepts and lessons.
It is designed as a teacher-guided, self-paced, curriculum and standard-based learning tool that helps students explore, visualize and develop conceptual understanding and computational skills.
MathMedia Educational Software. (1993-2011). MathMedia Educational Software, Inc., 3641 Pebble Beach Road, Northbrook, IL 60062. http://www.mathmedia.com Accessed Sept. 28, 2011. Email: info@mathmedia.com
Correlations: CA, IL, and MA
Tel: 888-448-6700
Grades: K-20
Description: From the website:
MathMedia delivers K-20 instructional math software with interactive learning and easy-to-use assessment tools. This 35-program product line includes: elementary arithmetic, basic math, algebra, geometry, advanced math (trigonometry, pre-calculus and basic calculus through derivatives), SAT prep, and CLEP prep software. This tutorial software is an instructional resource to be used as a curriculum or within the curriculum for extra help.
Math Munchers Deluxe [Computer software]. (1997). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Digital Solutions. Headquarters: 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116. http://www.hmhco.com/ Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Correlations: NCTM and state standards.
Tel: School Sales 888-242-6747
Grades: 3-6
Description: Note, Sept. 28, 2011: This is a Riverdeep product. Riverdeep merged with Houghton Mifflin in 2006, and the company is now Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which sells Riverdeep products. From the former Riverdeep website you can still read descriptions of Products and Offerings:
Math Munchers Deluxe for grades 3-6 features:
From the product review by Educational Software Institute's SuperKids: http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/math1/mmuncher/merge.shtml Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Math Munchers Deluxe is a simulated TV game show of math problems with whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and simple geometry, typically found in grades 3-6. Students play the game through a creature called a Muncher. The Muncher runs across a colorful, tilted checkerboard filled with numbers, simple equations, or shapes, each of which represents a right or wrong answer to a simple question posed at the top of the board. Students direct the Muncher to pick all of the correct answers to the question from the items on the board. Examples range from find the factors of 3, to find the proper fractions, or select the prime numbers.
At the beginning of the game, students pick a grade level and a math topic. The program then provides 17+ levels of problems within the area. Math Munchers provides valuable math skills practice that is also entertaining. For classroom use, the program is best suited for individual, or very small (2-3) group use. One important drawback to classroom use, however, is the lack of incorporated classroom management tools: it does not keep records of each student user to see how the student improves.
MathRealm [Computer software]. (2006). MathRealm, 5 Sotweed Ct., Potomac, MD 20854. http://www.mathrealm.com Accessed Sept. 28, 2011 Email: sales@mathrealm.com
Correlations: NCTM standards, and several states
Tel: 800-335-0781
Description: From the website:
MathRealm features award-winning lessons in the following subjects: Fractions, Pre-Algebra, Data Analysis, Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry. The learning tools and exploration activities include: Graphing and Plotting Tools, a Venn Diagram Polygon Sorter, Tangrams, and Tessellations. There is a class management system which allows teachers to customize a syllabus and include customized tests, worksheets, enrichment activities and offline assignments; create standards-based lesson plans, monitor student performance, and create reports. A Whiteboard is available to share ideas, solve problems, and ask questions.
According to Cognitive Technologies Corporation, "MathRealm.com's lessons and activities are designed to interactively teach subject concepts, problem solving, reasoning, applications, and math appreciation. The concepts are demonstrated in a hands-on manner, and the lessons are developed in a very concrete, interactive manner. Concept development is merged with the problem solving process. MathRealm.com's lessons and activities provides engaging explanations in a highly graphical format where objects are pushed, pulled, collected, or clicked-on. This approach is unlike many other programs which provide for drill and practice in game formats."
A 30-day free trial is available.
Math Works [Video]. (1985). Agency for Instructional Technology, Box A, 1800 North Stonelake Drive, Bloomington, IN 47402-0120. http://www.ait.net/catalog/index.php?cPath=5_246 Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Tel: 800-457-4509 or 812-339-2203 Fax: 812-333-4218
Grades: 5
Description: From the Agency for Instructional Technology (AIT) website:
The Math Works video programs and teacher’s guide will help students develop estimation skills, mental computation skills, problem-solving strategies, and applications to real-life problems. The program is for fifth graders. Math Works has twenty-eight 15-minute video programs, which can be purchased separately.
Among AIT's other math programs are Mathematics is Elementary for grades 2-4, It Figures for grade 4, Math @ Work for grades 6-9, Solve It for grade 6, and Mathemedia for grades 7-12.
All products are sold with a 30-day risk free guarantee.
Math Workshop Deluxe [Computer software]. (1994). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Digital Solutions. Headquarters: 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116. http://www.hmhco.com/ Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Correlations: NCTM standards
Tel: School Sales 888-242-6747
Grades: K-7
Description: Note, Sept. 28, 2011: This is a Riverdeep product. Riverdeep merged with Houghton Mifflin in 2006, and the company is now Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which sells Riverdeep products. From the former Riverdeep website you can still read descriptions of Products and Offerings:
Math Workshop lets students in grades 3-6 learn, practice, and improve critical skills, such as computation, estimation, fractions, logical reasoning, spatial visualization, and more.
The Deluxe edition for K-7 includes an updated interface, a new activity covering decimals, fractions and percents, a tracking report feature, and a Custom Play option which allows teachers to create their own problem sets for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The program interface divides activities into beginning (downstairs) and more advanced (upstairs). Progress tracking enables teachers to evaluate students' progress. The program connects math concepts to science and social studies; and has an open-ended approach that allows students to explore ideas and try different problem-solving methods.
Measures of Academic Progress [Computerized assessment]. The Northwest Evaluation Association. Main office: 121 NW Everett St., Portland OR 97209. http://www.nwea.org/ Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Correlations: aligned to state standards
Tel: 503-624-1951
Grades: 1-10
Description: See the website: http://www.nwea.org/products-services/computer-based-adaptive-assessments/map
Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) is a state-aligned computerized adaptive assessment program for mathematics, reading, language usage, and science. Norm-referenced results can be used to identify skills and concepts that students have learned, diagnose instructional needs, monitor academic growth over time independent of grade level or age, make data-driven decisions, and place new students in instructional programs. Students can be tested up to four times a year. The program accommodates students with special needs; the test is not timed and the program can read questions aloud.
Other products include MAP for mathematics with Spanish audio, and MAP for grades K-2 in mathematics and reading.
The NWEA conducts state testing studies to link their assessments to state proficiency standards.
Mighty Math Astro Algebra [Computer software]. (1997). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Digital Solutions. Headquarters: 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116. http://www.hmhco.com/ Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Correlations: NCTM standards
Tel: School Sales 888-242-6747
Grades: 7-9
Description: Note, Sept. 28, 2011: This is a Riverdeep product. Riverdeep merged with Houghton Mifflin in 2006, and the company is now Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which sells Riverdeep products. From the former Riverdeep website you can still read descriptions of Products and Offerings:
Astro Algebra teaches algebra and problem-solving skills and is appropriate for grades 7-9. Students captain the Algebra Centauri spaceship. Traveling through the galaxy, meet alien species and use algebra to help them out of predicaments. Four crew-members help students to understand, strategize, calculate and check their work. The program contains tools to graph functions; work with exponents; and translate between fractions, decimals and percents. Students move unique Virtual Manipulatives called VariaBlox to visually represent algebraic expressions, and surf the AstroNet to find out more about specific algebra topics. Help is available at each stage of the problem-solving process.
Concepts include solving for variables; expressions, equations and inequalities; functions; graphing on a number line and coordinate grid; ratios and proportions; slope and intercepts; fractions, decimals, percents and exponents; problem solving and reasoning; and algebra terminology and notation.
Award winning: 1998 Best Software in Middle School/Junior High: Math -- ComputED Learning Lab's EDDIE Awards.
Key statements from the Educational Software Institute's SuperKids product review: http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/math/algebra/1/astro/merge.shtml Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Astro Algebra does not provide basic, step-by-step math lessons. Instead, the program offers a sequence of 90+ missions that cover pre-algebra and algebra concepts. Each mission focuses on a specific topic, and attempts to consolidate the student’s understanding of that topic. Unfortunately, the program’s teaching tool, the AstroNet, is only loosely linked to the missions, providing generic animated demonstrations and examples for students who need help with the math involved in their current mission. Parents or teachers can track students' progress. The grow scale automatically advances students when sufficient successful solutions are entered, or can be used to focus the user on certain math skills.
According to the SuperKids review, student reviewers submitted mixed views of the program’s graphics and theme. Older (9th grade) reviewers found the alien-rescuer theme overly juvenile, while younger students, boys in particular, were intrigued by the virtual spaceship and felt that the missions helped maintain their interest in a potentially dull subject. Overall, Astro Algebra provides fun math skills practice and concept reinforcement for students who get it. Students struggling with basic concepts may require more supportive instructional assistance.
Mighty Math Cosmic Geometry [Computer software]. (1997). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Digital Solutions. Headquarters: 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116. http://www.hmhco.com/ Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Correlations: NCTM standards
Tel: School Sales 888-242-6747
Grades: 7-10
Description: Note, Sept. 28, 2011: This is a Riverdeep product. Riverdeep merged with Houghton Mifflin in 2006, and the company is now Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which sells Riverdeep products. From the former Riverdeep website you can still read descriptions of Products and Offerings:
Cosmic Geometry includes geometry concepts and skills for students in grades 7-10. Polyhedral characters such as Dodeca and Hexa guide students on their exploration of Planet Geometry. Concepts include problem solving and reasoning; shapes and solids; constructions and transformations; 2D and 3D coordinates; length, perimeter, area and angles; surface area and volume; geometric terminology and notation; solving for unknowns; symmetry; and mathematical elements of art.
Award winning: 1997 Districts' Choice Award--Curriculum Administrator.
Moogie on the Net [Computer software]. (1997-2011). Moogie Math, PO Box 281, Hayesville, OH 44838. http://www.moogieonthenet.com/ Accessed Sept. 28, 2011. Email: moogie@moogieonthenet.com
Correlations: Originally designed for the Ohio Math Proficiency Tests, Moogie on the Net has been expanded to meet the ever-changing expectations set forth by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) - the Nation's Report Card. Correlations to various state standards are available.
Tel: 419-368-MATH (368-6284).
Grades: 4-12
Developer: Joseph Emanuel
Description: From the website:
Moogie Math is now available for free to students and teachers through their browsers as an Internet application: Moogie on the Net. Moogie Math is drill and diagnostic software for elementary, middle, and high school math intervention and remediation designed to assist teachers and their students with mathematics proficiency. It has been used for tutoring and standardized test preparation. Moogie on the Net leads students through all the Learning Objectives for the desired grade level within databases for grades 4, 6, 8 and 10 and targets the individual questions students have the most trouble with. Students in other grades can benefit. It covers arithmetic, measurement, data analysis, geometry, algebra, and other selected topics. Millions of questions are available because the numbers always change with each use.
Number Worlds [Computer software]. (2011). McGraw-Hill SRA 220 East Danieldale Road Desoto, TX 75115-2490 [for mail orders]. http://www.sranumberworlds.com/ Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Correlations: NCTM standards; several state standards
Tel: For orders: 888-SRA-4543
Grades: preK-8
Description: From the web site:
SRA Number Worlds is an intervention math program that focuses on students who are one or more grade levels behind in mathematics. All the tools teachers need to assess students' abilities, individualize instruction, build foundational skills and concepts, and make learning fun are provided in this math remediation program.
There are two levels: SRA Number Worlds includes a prevention program for Grades PreK-1 that builds foundational math skills and prepares younger children to understand more complex concepts later (Levels A-C). This unique 30 week course of daily instruction improves students' grasp of the world of mathematics so they can move forward with the head start they need. For students in grades 2-8 (Levels D-J) who are one or more grade levels behind in mathematics, the Number Worlds intervention program builds on students' current level of understanding with six 4-week intensive units per grade for faster assimilation back into math class.
Odyssey Math [Computer software]. (2011). CompassLearning, Inc., 203 Colorado Street, Austin, TX. http://www.compasslearning.com Accessed Sept. 28, 2011.
Correlations: NCTM and Common Core standards
Tel: 800-232-9556
Grades: K-12
Description:
Odyssey Math is a comprehensive standards-based, browser-based solution for students in kindergarten through high school grouped in grade bands K-5, 6-8, 9-12. Odyssey Math incorporates activities aligned with state and national standards and meets the guidelines of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and National Assessment of Educational Progress. Among features are:
Note: CompassLearning Odyssey 2011 also will offer 67 Flash activities in mathematics, as well as 70 math quizzes.
Optimum [Computer software]. (1997-2011). Photonics Graphics, 2244 Park Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. http://www.optimumtest.com Accessed Sept. 28, 2011. Email: info@optimumtest.com
Correlations: Ohio, Illinois, and New Jersey State Department of Education Guidelines, and NCTM standards
Tel: 888-548-4440 x 107
Grades: 3-5, 9-12
Description: From the website:
Optimum for Elementary Math (Grades 3, 4, & 5) was designed to assist teachers and parents in reviewing grade appropriate math topics, while helping to assess areas that need additional intervention. The standards addressed in this program include Number & Operations, Measurement, Geometry, Algebra & Patterns and Data Analysis & Probability. Each grade (3rd, 4th, and 5th) has 275 math questions: 5 mixed drills, 5 single standard drills, and 1 section with 25 open-ended questions. Explanations of answers with voice and on-screen text are given on multiple-choice questions, while sample solutions are given for open-ended questions. Multiple-choice questions are also computer graded, with sub-grading by standard. The administrative component permits teachers to track student scores.
Optimum for the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT) is an interactive program for students to prepare for Ohio’s 10th grade state assessment test. Practice tests and questions in subject areas are aligned with the Ohio Department of Education’s guidelines and mirrors the actual OGT test. It will help students build familiarity and confidence before taking the OGT so they can perform their best! It is also an effective intervention tool to help determine where a student needs further work.
Optimum for Assessment Test Preparation: CD-ROMs are available in customized versions for Ohio, Illinois and New Jersey. Optimum programs are interactive and assist students’ preparation for state assessment testing (proficiency testing). Practice tests and questions in subject areas are aligned with State Department of Education guidelines.
Orchard Now Remedial Math [Online software]. (2011). Orchard Learning, 301 Meadow Brook Estates, Wentzville, MO 63385.http://www.orchardnow.com/ Accessed Sept. 28, 2011. Email: info@orchardlng.com
Correlations: NCTM and Common Core State standards
Tel: Sales: 800-351-1404
Grades: 1-3
Description: From the website:
"Orchard Now’s latest product release includes a new remedial version of its Math instructional activities for grades 1 to 3. ... [M]ath activities mirror the current Orchard Now on-grade level content but provide a graphic presentation that is age-appropriate for older students working at a lower grade level."
Further, "Orchard Now provides a customized learning environment with activities, practice and assessment for schools to address the needs of all students. Students are placed into their state standards-aligned learning path based on pre-assessment results. Orchard Now automates data collection, analysis and reporting for easy progress monitoring."
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