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- Math Practice - Copyright (c) 1993 John D. Reading
-
- Welcome to Math Practice. This is a fairly simple program that I
- wrote to help my third grader who needs a little help with her
- multiplication. It seems to be helping her, so I decided to share it.
-
- One twist that I put in the program is that it keeps a log of who played,
- what score they got, and how long they took. This log is found in
- mult.scr in the directory in which the program is run. I added this
- because I want to be able to track how well my daughter is doing as
- she plays it over time.
-
- The program also repeats problems that the student has missed before.
- This capability is implemented in a fairly simple way, so when a problem
- is missed it may show up the very next time, and the program forgets all
- about it once the student has gotten it right (or more correctly, once
- right for each time it was missed).
-
- There are a couple of places (the welcoming screen, and when a problem has
- been missed) that the program puases for a "long" time (6 to 10 seconds).
- Hitting a key will break out of these pauses.
-
- Math Practice requires an EGA or better (only uses EGA resolution) to run,
- and a 286 or better. Memory requirements are minimal.
-
- This is my first attempt at shareware. I am requesting only $1.00 for the
- use of the program if you find it useful - no need even to write a check;
- just take a picture of George out of your pocket and slip it in an
- envelope :-). Even if you do not find it useful (or if you just don't want
- to send the $1.00) please send me a note (or send me email at
- readingj@cerf.net). I am curious to see how far this gets and who uses it.
- And please, don't pass up sending the $1.00 just because you think it is too
- little to make a difference - it will make a difference to me.
-
- Thanks,
-
- John Reading
- Internet: readingj@cerf.net
- Snail Mail: 1443 Roan St.
- Simi Valley, Calif. 93065
-