At that point the only way out of the hole seemed to be for me to turn off the computer and spend some off-line time with her and rebuild the concepts from more basic levels. The program seemed to have no mechanism for going back and rebuilding concepts particularly if another approach was needed. We also found the user interface pretty hard to deal with in the geometry units, extremely careful and fine mouse positioning was often required.
For now she still seems to really appreciate her math being embedded in fun activities with lots of hands on work. As I said above we are likely to try it again later, but it doesn't seem to be the right answer for her right now. Trindel Back to top. That year she completed EPGY 1st-3rd grade arithmetic in 6 months, with little effort sometimes 3x a week, sometimes only 1, not regular - and she still blasted through!
Then we took a financial break. We did 4th the last marking period of 3rd grade, for one quarter, to prepare her more thoroughly for skipping 4th grade math in school Then she was tested summer between 4th and 5th at JHU at the school's expense - they expected to find she should be held back, but Note: as the grade levels increase, the EPGY software gets buggier.
Geometry isn't in place yet, so they go next to Algebra II, and then Calculus. There will be a teacher of the gifted in the room, but with other students, so she'll be pretty much on her own. Not sure how that will work We found out: it's not great, they decided to hire an aide and move her to the library for a more studious environment, but it's been several months and that hasn't happened.
Even without supervision, she does much better when she's challenged! To answer most questions: originally she did it at night, as an unrelated supplement to school review math. Starting last year, thanks to She was still forced to do much of the chapter math, but from 6th and 7th grade texts instead of 5th. Starting last year, the school also paid for it. This would not have happened had there not been a major mistake The administration remedied the situation immediately, by adding EPGY site unseen!
Does EPGY pretest? It's easier to see what's going on, and to make choices review this unit anyway, as you struggled with the pretest even though you eventually got the right answers. EPGY is more The computer makes the decisions, and you just do what it presents.
Another reason I like AS as soon as it's available for your courses. AS has chapters 6 for pre-algebra and then units in each chapter, each with a pre-test and post-test and exercises. Plus there's an Adobe Acrobat file "book" to print from and do homework from, as appropriate.
This teacher did the evens or odds thing when she used that, or any homework. And also used the 'hardest first' approach sometimes. Great teacher! The AS Algebra I book is a real, thick, paperback text book.
Great resource! Johns Hopkins assigns a staff tutor, who works with the child on-line e-mail or by phone. Each tutor has different hours. Depends on the tutor. Only one tutor Pre-algebra was a problem - we couldn't get answers from him, and it took months to receive her completion certificate and test results. We did get an oral confirmation of her midterm and final grades, but the school wanted to see a copy of the graded exams.
Can't blame them. Credit depends on the child's home school. Our daughter's getting 'credit' for the previous courses only in the fact that she doesn't have to repeat them.
Starting with Algebra I, she gets high school credit for all the higher level math, by district policy - she'd get that credit whether she took it in middle school or through JHU. Or more, if she does it. The younger levels of EPGY through 3rd, at least have a separate drill program that she didn't mind. My daughter started in EPGY with third-grade math and was able to work and move forward at her own pace so that she's now studying calculus.
She's usually motivated to sit at the computer and listen to the lessons and do the problems, so it's worked well for her. We haven't tried any of the other EPGY subjects. RE: Math enrichment for middle school. My son started taking math classes through EPGY 3 years ago when we gave up trying to persuade his teachers to supplement his work and tutors didn't work out.
He enjoyed the challenge and as a result was able to take high school level algebra as a 7th grader and geometry in 8th grade. They have a variety of classes including math classes for this age group in their secondary division.
My son has gone to ATDP for 2 summers now and really enjoys it, because, unlike EPGY, it involves a live math class full of motivated, talented students who all enjoy math!
ATDP also offers financial aid. Allow students to progress at their own paces and to accelerate their education. EPGY strives to deepen and improve the nature of computer-based distance learning instruction.
We revise our courses regularly based on the data we collect on student performance. We also evaluate new technologies as they become available and incorporate them into our courses when we feel it is appropriate to do so. In this way we continue to improve upon the quality of the educational experience we provide.
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