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PROFESSOR WEISSMAN'S ALGEBRA SOFTWARE
1. Very user friendly. One menu displays all the programs available. These
programs are accessed with arrow keys.
2. There are at least 15 different programs, each with up to 5 levels of
difficulty.
3. When a student answers 3 in a row correctly, the software automatically
branches to the next leve, or back to the menu. The student also may manually
branch up or down levels.
4. All problems are randomly generated, guaranteeing a different set of
problems each time the software is used.
5. Students enter answers freeform, and do not choose from multiple choices.
6. Exponents are typed as superscripts using the up and down arrow keys.
Students need not press non-algebraic keys such as the symbol above the number
6 (^).
7. Entire franctions with exponents in both numerator and denominator are
entered as usually written on paper.
8. Alternate answers are evaluated. 3xy is recognized as the equivalent of
3xy. Positive signs and 1 coefficient can be used or omitted when not
necessary. (Answers however must usually be in simplest form. 4+1 will not
be accepted for 5.
9. Problems are easy to read and solutions are easy to follow. All problems
are presented in 40 column screen format with effective use of boxes, color
and blinking. Step by step solutions follow incorrect responses. Each press
of the Enter key generates the next part of the solution.
10. The software was developed on the assumption that it cannot replace the
teacher. It was designed not to slow the student down by requesting each step
in the solution. Rather it provides the student with what students request,
an infinite amount of problems with step by step solutions to wrong responses.
Because there will always be another problem, there is no need to give the
student a second chance.
11. A complete record management system is included on each disk. Each disk
is personalized to one student when it is used the first time. The grades on
each level of each program is callable from the menu and can be printed using
Shift/PrintScreen.