e-Skills Drill Decimals
Assessment and learning at the same time
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A quick, easy and fun way of learning and testing decimal skills Unlimited worksheets generate unlimited random questions. Questions marked, assessed and scored with reports.

Features

Practice Modules:
Thirty two modules supported by ten learning methods:
- Place Value - One, two and three decimal places
- Rounding Decimals -Rounding Decimal numbers
- Fraction to Decimal -Matching fractions to decimals
- Decimal Fractions -Finding decimal fractions between two numbers
- Ordering Decimals
- Addition and Subtraction
-Converting Decimals - converting units
- More or Less -confirming higher or lower decimal

Reporting:
Individual Progress Reports:
- Bar charts: Score and Time Takes for each module.
Class Progress Reports:
- Class score
- Curriculum level descriptors for each module

Incentive Certificates:
At each sub-module Bronze, Silver or Gold certificates are awarded. When all Gold awards are collected on a sub-module, the student receives a Certificate of Excellence. It's a thrill to watch JellyJames when the Certificate of Excellence is gained.

Description:

The decimal module questions range from one decimal place to three.
All questions are supported through unlimited number of random questions, providing fresh set of questions each time.

The software is highly robust and versatile where the whole school can be logged onto the system. It allows selection of each class and the students simply click on their names saving classroom log-in time. This allows the students to start working on the skills straight away.

The school can also take a strategic view of the progress of all students and identify groups of students having common areas of challenges.

Age Range: 6-11 Ideal for KS1 and KS2

Evaluation Copy

Try before you buy. Ask for an evaluation copy or for a numeracy consultant to visit your school.

How to use this software?

Teach the decimal concept and principles and that you wish impart to the students. Use the White-board to and engage the class collectively and then set individual targets. Set a time for each student to have one-three attempts on the particular decimal sub module. When the student has completed the task, he/she will know immediately if the teachers expectations have been met by viewing the bar graph.

Get your testing done quickly and identify students with common areas of challanges immediately.

If you can allow skill time for students to use the software and practise their skills,the monitoring and recording of their progress is recorded electronically.

At the end of the day, you can view the "All-Users" report and you will immediately see the names and scores of each student. You do not need to sort the data, the software does that for you. You can view the scores by firstname/surname or in ascending order or descending order.

Set new targets, set aside a regular time for testing and see the decimal skills competency developing rapidly.

Benefits:

This Integrated Learning System can save the teacher the following time and resources.

1. Marking Time -The questions are randomly generated, marked and gives the teacher more direct classroom time.
2. Rapid assessment feedback, informs both the child and the teacher of the areas of difficulties straight away. You need not send data away for feedback. It is instantaneous! The system manages the learning process, by marking the responses for each unit, provides verbal feedback on performance, bar graph feedback for each student and further gives the teacher an overall summary of the performance of all logged users.
3. Logging Progress - Individual and all logged User progress. These can be printed in various modes and by simply printing individual records the teacher has a summary of the class progress. The teacher does not have to export or import data from other packages.
4. Generating new questions - The system generates random questions and therefore there isn't the need to write out new questions and then photocopy the questions. Save on preparation time, paper and resources.
5. Once Only Log-in of all the users. The Users are transferred year on year by simply changing the teachers code. The teacher does not have to log each student again.

The benefits to the process of classroom learning and administration?

• Quickly test a decimal skill and gain instant feedback.
• Feedback is logged and allows quick target setting.
• Saves administrative time printing decimal sheets.No photocopying, no administration. Save time and school resources.
• Gives instant feedback.
• The student can view his/her progress through a bar chart that informs him/her of the percentage score and the time taken to complete the worksheet.
• Teacher can gauge the class progress through the "All Users" page at any time.
• Teacher can print awards of attainment (An award of excellence certificate can also be printed if the student gains Gold awards for all the decimal sub modules.
• The software provides instant feedback, unlimited random questions, unlimited worksheets for every module, scores, bar graphs, level descriptors and an administration system that generates a comprehensive report of the attainments for each child in the school or class.
• Differentiates the work of every pupil in the school.
• As the cohort progresses, you do not need to re-enter the names. Simply change the teacchers name and the class list becomes available.
• Student can view his/her progress through a bar chart that informs the pupil of the percentage score and the time taken to complete the exercise.
• Bronze, silver and gold certificates to ensure motivaton. This is a teacher controlled feature.
• Use the software, this year, next year and forever!