Complete Online College Pre-Algebra Course MathHelp.com provides a complete online College Pre-Algebra course. Perfect for students struggling to pass College Pre-Algebra, we offer a personal math teacher inside every lesson.
Type of Material:
Tutorial
Recommended Uses:
The material would be well suited to use for in-class demonstrations and activities or individual exploration and assessments.
Technical Requirements:
Any browser.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
The goal of the site MathHelp.com is to provides a complete online College Algebra course. Perfect for students struggling to pass College Algebra, They offer a personal math teacher inside every lesson.
The purpose of this resource is to provide help for students enrolled in a College Algebra course or review for students enrolled in a course for which College Algebra might be a prerequisite.
Target Student Population:
High School, College Lower Division, College Algebra Students
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Basic computer and algerra skills.
Content Quality
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Strengths:
Each lesson consists of a set of brief instructional videos, a set of practice problems, a bonus problem with audio explanation, and a test. In the practice problem set, users can view a hint, view the answer, view the steps involved in getting to the answer, and hear an audio explanation. For each lesson test, questions are immediately graded. Upon completing the set of test questions, users can generate a new set of test questions. For each lesson, a worksheet and solutions can be downloaded.
Concerns:
In each of the practice problem sets, users do not have the ability to enter solutions, although they can view answers and solution steps. It might be beneficial to allow users to enter their solutions before viewing the solutions. A limited number of lessons may be viewed for free.
It is not free. The student should have free choice of having an account.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
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Strengths:
This site mathhelp.com is interactive and user friendly. The tutorials are short, clear and cover only one property. Each lesson contains practice examples and worksheets.
Some lessons include links to background lessons which address prerequisite knowledge.
Concerns:
This resource could be improved by including a learning objective (or objectives) at the beginning of each lesson. A limited number of lessons may be viewed before the user is prompted to become a MathHelp.com member which requires either a yearly or monthly payment plan. On the opening page, users can click on the “Are you a college professor or administrator” link to access contact information to inquire about purchasing an institutional license.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
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Strengths:
The usability of this site is very high. It is easy to use, very clear instructions, engaging, visually appealing, interactive, and of high design quality.
Lessons are easy to navigate. The instructional videos have been broken down into small chunks for easy viewing.
Concerns:
Not Free.
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