Accelerated Math

Maintainer:	Renaissance Learning
OS:	Windows, Mac
Use:	Educational
Website:	http://www.renlearn.com/am/

Accelerated Math is a daily, progress-monitoring software tool that monitors and manages mathematics skills practice, from first grade math through calculus. It is primarily used by primary and secondary schools, and it is published by Renaissance Learning, Inc. Currently, there are two versions: a desktop version and a web-based version in Renaissance Place, the company's web software for Accelerated Math and a number of other software products (e.g. Accelerated Reader). In Australia and the United Kingdom, the software is referred to as "Accelerated Maths." In software engineering, software maintenance is the process of enhancing and optimizing deployed software (software release), as well as remedying defects. ... Corporate logo of Renaissance Learning, Inc. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... Website - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... For other meanings of mathematics or math, see mathematics (disambiguation). ... Calculus is a central branch of mathematics, developed from algebra and geometry. ... Corporate logo of Renaissance Learning, Inc. ... Corporate logo of Renaissance Learning, Inc. ... Accelerated Reader (AR) is a daily progress monitoring software assessment in wide use by primary and secondary schools for monitoring the practice of reading, and it is created by Renaissance Learning, Inc. ...

Purpose

Accelerated Math monitors the progress of mathematical skills practice. It generates individualized assignments and tests, corrects assignments and tests, and records and reports results for immediate feedback. Each assignment or test is based on data from assignments. The student will be eligible to test on a math concept when he/she has correctly answered a set number of questions about that concept. A skill is an ability, usually learned, to perform actions. ... Homework, sometimes called homelearning, is work assigned to be completed by the assignee at home. ... In education, certification, counselling, and many other fields, a test or an exam (short for examination) is a tool or technique intended to measure students expression of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. ... A concept is an abstract, idea, notion, or entity that serves to designate a category or class of entities, events, phenomena or relations between them. ...

Students using Accelerated Math are responsible for completing assignments and tests, reviewing incorrect answers, setting appropriate goals based on their abilities (with teacher assistance), and discussing progress with the teacher. Teachers are responsible for planning instruction, instructing small groups and the whole class, motivating students by setting individualized goals and providing feedback, intervening when students are struggling and need additional assistance, and monitoring progress via reports and discussing assignments and tests with students. Students attending a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, meaning to direct ones zeal at; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. ... A teachers room in a Japanese middle school, 2005. ...

Components

AccelScan

Answers to assignments and tests are recorded by the student on special forms. The forms are scored using optical mark recognition scanners, called AccelScan, which are connected to a computer via serial port (AccelScan 1100 models and some 2100 models) or USB port (AccelScan 2100 models).^[1] Accelerated Math can now be used with the Renaissance Responder, bypassing the need for paper and AccelScan.^[2] Optical mark recognition is the process of capturing data by contrasting reflectivity at predetermined positions on a page. ... A Lego RCX Computer is an example of an embedded computer used to control mechanical devices. ... A male DE-9 serial port on the rear panel of a PC. A male serial port on a laptop computer. ... The USB trident Icon The USB (Type A and B) Connectors A USB Series “A” plug USB Logo High Speed USB Logo USB OTG Logo High Speed USB OTG Logo Wireless USB Logo Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a serial bus standard to interface devices. ...

Reports

Accelerated Math reports are generated on demand and help students, teachers, and parents monitor student progress. Two reports provide student-level data, and two reports provide classroom-level data. Other, customizable reports are available in the Renaissance Place edition.^[3] A report is a type of document written by someone or a group of people. ... A parent is a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian // Mother This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In general, data consist of propositions that reflect reality. ...

The TOPS Report (The Opportunity to Praise Students), printed automatically after scanning an assignment or test, reports results for each math objective and a list of correct and incorrect answers. This allows students to immediately review specific concepts with which they had difficulty. Parent Information reports provide information for the parent or guardian. It reports mastered objectives, working objectives, and percent accuracy on assignments and tests. It can be used for parent-teacher conferences. Printing is an industrial process for reproducing copies of texts and images, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. ... A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward. ...

Diagnostic Reports report students that have a low number of objectives mastered, low percent correct on assignments and tests, low number of problems attempted, and those that need intervention. The Status of the Class Report can be used every day to monitor class progress. It lists students that need intervention, have assignments or test to be scanned, have no recent activity, or are ready to take a test. It also prints the dates of all practice assignments and tests that have not been scanned. For each objective, the report lists students who are working or about to start on the objective. Note that this article includes some hyperlinked dates whose format is configurable in Special pages | Preferences. What you see may not be what the author intended. ...

Research

Below is a sample of some of the most current research on Accelerated Math. Research is often described as an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry aimed at discovering, interpreting and revising facts. ...

Sadusky and Brem (2002) studied the impact of first-year implementation of Accelerated Math in a K-6 urban elementary school during the 2001—2002 school year. The researchers found that teachers were able to immediately use data to make decisions about instruction in the classroom. The students in classrooms using Accelerated Math had twice the percentile gains when tested as compared to the control classrooms that did not use Accelerated Math. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... An urban area is a term used to define an area where there is an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... Primary or elementary education consists of the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... Research is often described as an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry aimed at discovering, interpreting and revising facts. ... A teachers room in a Japanese middle school, 2005. ... A university classroom with permanently-installed desk-chairs and green chalkboards. ... Experimental controls are used in all accurate scientific experiments. ...

Ysseldkyke and Tardrew (2003) studied 2,202 students in 125 classrooms encompassing 24 states. The results showed that when students using Accelerated Math were compared to a control group, those students using the software made a significant gains on the STAR Math test. Students in grades 3 through 10 that were using Accelerated Math had more than twice the percentile gains on these tests than students in the control group. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A state of the United States (a U.S. state) is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... In statistics, a result is significant if it is unlikely to have occurred by chance, given that a presumed null hypothesis is true. ... A grade in education can mean either a teachers evaluation of a students work or a students level of educational progress, usually one grade per year (often denoted by an ordinal number, such as the 3rd Grade or the 12th Grade). This article is about evaluation of...

Ysseldyke, Betts, Thill, and Hannigan (2004) conducted a quasi-experimental study with third- through sixth-grade Title I students. They found that Title I students who used Accelerated Math outperformed students who did not. Springer, Pugalee, and Algozzine (2005) also discovered a similar pattern. They studied students that failed to pass the AIMS test in order to graduate. Over half of the students passed the test after taking a course in which Accelerated Math was used to improve their achievement. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Educational research is research which investigates the behaviour of pupils, students, teachers, and other participants in schools and other educational institutions. ... Title I (spoken title one) is a set of programs set up by the US Department of Education to distribute funding to schools and school districts with a high percentage of students from low-income families. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A pattern is a form, template, or model (or, more abstractly, a set of rules) which can be used to make or to generate things or parts of a thing, especially if the things that are generated have enough in common for the underlying pattern to be inferred or discerned... Arizonas Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) is a standardized test administered by the state of Arizona. ... Academic procession during the University of Canterbury graduation ceremony. ...

For more research, see the link below.

Criticism

Accelerated Math has been criticized mostly for its heavy use of paper,^{[citation needed]} since the computer generates all assignments on demand. However, teachers are saved a great deal of time because they do not have to score multiple assignments, and the paper demand would be similar if students had to complete homework assignments. Piece of A4 paper Paper is a thin, flat material produced by the amalgamation of plant fibres, which are subsequently held together without extra binder, largely by hydrogen bonds and to a small degree by fiber entanglement. ...

Citations

References

1. ^ Renaissance Learning Store page displaying USB and Serial Port.
2. ^ AM webpage that notes compatibility with the Renaissance Responder in the left column.
3. ^ Accelerated Math webpage regarding reports

External links

• Accelerated Math webpage
• Accelerated Math research
• Renaissance Learning research
• 2005 and 2006 Readers’ Choice Awards from eSchool News

Alternate usage

For other uses of the term "accelerated math," please see:

• Burris (2003), an article on an accelerated mathematics curriculum
• Shiran (2000), an article on accelerated math operators in JavaScript programming