How to Use Accelerated Math in the Classroom

Accelerated Math is a math teaching system designed by Renaissance Learning Ltd. The Accelerated Math program uses computer technology to analyze student performance every class period. This information lets the teacher create individually tailored assistance for all students. Many schools across the English-speaking world now rely on Accelerated Math to organize their math lessons. While Accelerated Math can be very helpful, some teachers struggle to incorporate the program into their teaching plans. Fortunately, Accelerated Math is easy to use once you understand how to do so.

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  Install Accelerated Math on your classroom computer. Create profiles for each of your students.

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  Input test data after the first examination or quiz. Follow up after each new quiz with new test data. The Accelerated Math program will identify trends across your class. For example, Accelerated Math will identify if your class struggles with long division. This information allows you to focus more time on long division.

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  Read Accelerated Math's analysis of each individual student. The program should also offer you information on specific student performance. For example, a student might be very strong at long division but weak at multiplication. As the teacher, you would then assign that student multiplication homework instead of long division homework.

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  Use the information gleaned from Accelerated Math to chart the next lesson unit. Although you may have planned to teach subtraction on Monday, Accelerated Math shows that your students still do not understand addition. Unless you have no time to address addition, Accelerated Math's analysis suggests you should spend an extra day on addition.

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  Monitor progress constantly. The primary advantage of Accelerated Math is that it provides you with detailed, real time information. Change your lessons and homework assignments according to your students' strengths and weaknesses as highlighted by Accelerated Math.