MATHS2XL
SAVES WORKING TEACHERS TIME IN THE CLASSROOM
The day’s clear and concise tutorial can be selected to run during the class, pausing the action at appropriate intervals for more detailed discussion.
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It allows teachers to evaluate students individual problem areas and set work in their particular areas of weakness for the individuals to catch up via the 2XL lesson/lessons. This can be done with little further teacher involvement and carried out in school study periods.
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The teacher has access (restricted to staff) to the Login Summary for the school, giving a clear picture of when, where and how many times each student has used the programme……and the Results.
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Maths2XL gives every teacher more time and space in the day, whilst allowing their students a unique chance to ‘fill in the gaps in their knowledge’ themselves.
"The time it takes to do my job has been reduced......the workload has gone down! When I show lessons from Maths2XL, I know that what I am getting is a proper maths teacher...teaching the topic the way I would teach it. There are very few discrepencies between the way Maths2XL teaches and the way I teach a lesson. Worksheets are all prepared for you and are closely related to the lesson. I often use the worksheets as homework and use the predefined answers to mark the work."
David Cook, Teacher, Middlesbrough
MATHS2XL
EASES SPECIALIST MATHS TEACHER SHORTAGES
Mathematics is in a vicious circle of teacher shortage, small numbers taking A level, too few maths graduates, and hence too few well qualified maths teachers.
The Maths2XL software programme provides a simple and effective pedagogic solution to this long-term and widespread dilemma.
Each individual lesson includes a specific tutorial, lasting from 2 to 10 minutes, plus appropriate worksheets and marked results. These lessons, KS 3 and KS 4 of the UK National Curriculum, have been reviewed and endorsed by the Northern Grid for Learning. Teaching staff are given access to each student’s marks and can view their progress summaries as they build.
The simplicity of this educationally designed programme means that staff and students alike can use the programme after a two or three minute explanation. This means that the Unlimited Use throughout the school is a reality, not a theory.
If Supply teachers are needed for maths lessons, the class teacher can relax, safe in the knowledge that they have arranged for the appropriate lessons to be taken in their absence, giving them peace of mind that they will be returning to students who have been working really effectively.
If your school is currently having to cope with a shortage of maths specialist teachers, you can dramatically ease the load on your staff by providing them with Maths2XL’s unique and comprehensive support system.
MATHS2XL
IMPROVES CLASS BEHAVIOUR AND ATTITUDE
Past experience with Maths2XL has shown that those students who approach the programme seriously and follow 'Best Practice' when taking their lessons, will understand every topic, and with growing confidence will start to enjoy maths.
Giving each student the time to absorb the maths data at his/her own learning pace results in a clearer and firmer understanding.
These students go on to take lessons regularly, independently and without prompting.
Previously negative attitudes are frequently forgotten, as their lack of understanding ceases to be a cause of embarrassment.
Poor behaviour in class decreases as self-esteem starts to grow.
MATHS2XL
ALLOWS STUDENTS TO CATCH UP IN THEIR OWN TIME
Teachers deal every day with a mixture of young people – all of them very different when it comes to being able to absorb and retain maths data successfully.
With directed use of the Maths2XL lessons, many students of different learning styles and speeds can study at the same time under one teacher’s guidance but without that teacher’s physical presence.
Depending on their level of skill, students can gradually catch up with the rest of the class or consolidate and expand upon their knowledge base. This will inevitably improve overall grades.
Class teachers can work with their students to help put together the right lessons for the study sessions. Then the student independently takes the appropriate Maths2XL lessons from the school intranet, during school study periods or free time.
The software needs no special training and takes only two to three minutes of brief instruction!
Using the Staff/Admin login to the Results & Summary gives teachers the facility to track each students' use of the programme including their progress through the topics and achievement in each lesson. Monitoring ensures that teachers can identify any need for further guidance.
MATHS2XL
THE PERFECT REVISION TOOL
Containing Key Stages 3 and 4 of the UK maths curriculum, all of the lessons studied from age 11 to 16 are available to take again.
Using Maths2XL, teachers can easily plan realistic and carefully directed revision studies, well in advance of important exams for their students.
As well as reviewing the years’ work by reading over notes, the students can now concentrate on their weak areas by taking whole lessons again. They can steadily work through the maths rules and formulas at their own pace, consolidating their knowledge and strengthening their areas of weakness.
As people revise this way, their confidence increases. They realise they can work at their own speed, repeating any necessary pieces, until they finally fully understand the work.
Success in exams becomes more likely as their self-belief grows.
