ASchool.us's "
Math Facts" service came about because of several reasons.
- A need to create relevant data for my Computer Applications students to analyze. I wanted information that the students could generate and download without my help.
- The need to assess where students are struggling with their math facts.
- Do all of this without putting a greater load on the teacher.
Why you should use this service?
Math Facts helps both the teacher and student understand exactly where the student is struggling and provides tools to help remedy the problem.
Any teacher that has given math facts tests knows that it can take a significant amount of time to grade the test much less trying to determine where the problems are.
Math Facts keeps track of which problems a student gets wrong and allows them to focus on practicing just those problems.
You can also focus on just the problems that are the slowest to help bring up your proficiency.
History:
Math Facts originated as a Christmas vacation project to help me keep my programming skills up to date. I quickly saw the potential to integrate it into my Computer Applications class "Database" unit.
I thought it might engage students to be able analyze their own information and see if they could find any patterns in it.
I quickly saw the potential to use this in my 5th to 8th grade classroom to be able to see how their math facts were doing. If you look at the results from my Algebra I Math Facts study.
This simple study showed a strong relationship between a students speed with multiplication tables and their Algebra I score.
After showing Math Facts to a few other teachers, who got all excited about it's potential, it has evolved into what it is now:
A program the empowers teachers and students to learn more effectively.
Account Options
If you are interested in using the Math Facts service. Here are the options that we provide:
- A limited number of single user accounts are available for free during the beta testing period.
- Beta Classroom Account: Initial setup fee of $20 per 10 students.
Lockin price of $20 per 10 students per year after the system leaves beta testing.
The $20 setup fee is good through the end of the school year when we leave beta testing.
More students may be added at a rate of $20 per 10 students per year.
If we take 2 years to leave the beta testing period you still only pay the initial $20 setup fee once for the whole two year period.
- Standard Classroom Account: $50 per 10 students per year.
More students may be added at a rate of $50 per 10 students per year.
- Beta Homeschool Account: $10 per year for 5 student accounts.
Maximum of 5 students may be used with this account type.
- Homeschool Account: $25 per year for 5 student accounts.
Maximum of 5 students may be used with this account type.
- School Accounts are negotiated on a per school basis.
Beta User:
Simply fill out the
survey and we will create an account for you as soon as we can.
Beta Classroom Account:
Beta Homeschool Account: