Fractions with Professor Von Strudel

For Grades 2 - 6
Compatible

Welcome to Professor Von Strudel’s math lab. The professor’s classes on fractions are appropriate for a wide range of students in grades two through six. Starting with a very basic introduction to fractions and building on what is learned, students master a wide range of math curriculum goals having to do with fractions. From beginning equivalents to multiplying and dividing with mixed numerals, the professor offers carefully guided practice. Most activities contain one or more tutorial help components in which the professor clearly explains the concept or method utilized in the selected activity.

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As students solve problems on the screen, Professor Von Strudel carefully monitors their work, step by step. Appropriate and targeted help is provided when errors are made. All answers must be reduced to simplest form. Students may conveniently and logically work their way to lowest terms in several steps.

Professor Von Strudel is primarily focused on helping students learn the concepts and methods involved in understanding and computing with fractions. The focus is not on mental math. It is likely there will be times, such as when working with large numbers or converting fractions to decimals, that a calculator becomes a welcome and appropriate tool. The mouse or C on the keyboard is used to access the calculator.

Large amounts of instruction, reinforcement, and practice at various levels of complexity can be provided by this program, all under the watchful eyes of the good professor. He helps students when they err and patiently, constantly keeps track of how each student is performing.

The program's Summary page can display how each student has performed in each of the 32 data categories sectioned into sets A, B, and C. When using Easy Track or the program's Summary Page, results can be viewed for the latest session, the last 5 sessions, or students’ cumulative work. These results also can be viewed with Easy Track. Scores can be displayed as right / total, a percent correct, or as a letter grade with the grading scale being established from Easy Track. (The teacher or administrator password is required in order to see records for students other than the current student).

In addition to individual student records, class totals are also kept and shown on the Summary page and in Easy Track. At a glance, teachers can quickly assess the classes’ overall performance on a given objective.

Fractions with Professor Von Strudel includes Easy Track, Micrograms' latest record keeping and management system. This system collects student performance data from around the network and consolidates it into screen reports (partially described above), printable reports, and printable graphs. Printable reports may be for the latest work session, the last five work sessions, or a cumulative report of all work done. The report may be for a single student, for every class member with class totals, or for teacher-designated special groups. On a stand-alone machine, the same kind of record keeping can be done; but, of course, students must take turns using the program, rather than using it simultaneously, as they do on a network.

Easy Track also allows teachers to adjust program activities for students individually or to change options for the entire class at once. In the network environment, Easy Track provides our most advanced network security, convenience, and management features, many of which can be used in the stand-alone environment as well.