Saturday, October 17, 2009

Have you tried Sylvan Math Prep?

Sylvan Learning Center of Tualatin is proud to offer a new online math tutoring service to students in middle and high school. The Sylvan Math Prep website gives kids and parents access to math tutoring every day from any computer with Internet access. Students can access Sylvan Math Prep online (with no special installation of software required) to catch up, keep up, or get ahead of math coursework.

Sylvan Math Prep was created by math teachers who also tutored extensively. Middle school and high school level mathematics are covered, including Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 material. It is not only an excellent tool for learning, reviewing and mastering math skills but also a great way to prepare for the SAT and ACT exams. The program contains 2,000 videos that are organized into 750 lessons, each correlated to the specific Sylvan tutoring lesson or math text used in school classes! If a text is not on our list, students can simply use a keyword search to find related lessons.

With Sylvan Math Prep, students are in control of their learning experience. They can review a video or practice problems numerous times in order to master math concepts. Parents are empowered to help their child(ren) to better understand and apply math concepts using the site from home.

Each lesson includes four step-by-step video demonstrations of a math concept, practice problems (with the ability to check answers, receive hints, view detailed work, and hear audio to work them out), a deep thought challenge question, and self-test (that can be taken several times, each with a different set of questions). Extra problems and notes are that summarize main points of the lesson are printable.

Sylvan Math Prep is available online for $39.50 per month. We believe its greatest value is when students combine the convenience of at home use with additional support from our math experts in-center. Please call us at 503 692-5080 for more information so that we can create the best solution for your student.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Sylvan Math Prep Comes to Tualatin!

We are so excited to be able to offer this great FREE program to our local schools! Here is some information about it:

Created by educators, SchoolMathPrep.com delivers more than 2,000 instructor-led videos covering 750 lessons in Pre-algebra, Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, and math test preparation programs for the SAT and ACT. Each lesson includes sample problems, summary notes, a quiz, a worksheet, and a deep thought question. Teachers in grades 7-12 and their students can use http://www.schoolmathprep.com/ to strengthen time-on-task learning during school hours - for remediation, enrichment, or test preparation. Educators and schools interested in securing the free math resource from their neighborhood Sylvan Learning center are encouraged to visit http://www.schoolmathprep.com/.

“SchoolMathPrep.com is a rich resource. We especially like the wide variety of topics and examples. It provides an alternate way for us to introduce new topics, and to display practice and assessment questions for an entire class,” said Dr. Mel Ross, principal of Stephen Decatur Middle School in Berlin, Maryland. Stephen Decatur Middle School is a "Blue Ribbon School" for the Maryland State Department of Education.

Instructor-led videos and educational techniques that feature step-by-step assistance help students develop conceptual understanding and crucial problem-solving skills – and build the core math skills needed for lifelong success. SchoolMathPrep.com features a variety of rich tools and resources for grade 7-12 mathematics teachers and students alike. A powerful search function enables users to search by concept, keyword and textbook (for a majority of U.S. middle and high school math textbooks). It is easy for teachers to find lessons linked to content they’re currently teaching, and for students to obtain extra support for math concepts they may have missed in class – especially as they prepare for the rigors of college-level courses.

Because SchoolMathPrep.com is an Internet resource, no special software or hardware is required by the school. Additionally, student identification is guaranteed to remain private.

At the same time Sylvan Learning’s franchisees are participating in this initiative to provide SchoolMathPrep.com to local students and educators during the school day, Sylvan is also launching a sister site, http://www.sylvanmathprep.com/, for students to use at home for anytime, on-the-spot math homework help. SylvanMathPrep.com complements Sylvan’s superior in-center math programs and supplements SchoolMathPrep.com.

Parents interested in a free trial of this cost-effective, “just in time” math homework help resource are encouraged to visit http://www.sylvanmathprep.com or call us @ 503 692-5080