PsL Monthly 1993 September/PSL Monthly Shareware CD-ROM (Public Software Library)(September 1993).bin/reviews/ed_10

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ED-10:  Teacher's Tools


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1943 Teaching Aids          Small Programs Disk
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Micro Teacher Aid 1.1 (MTA)
   Wayne-Tech Software
   $25
aids in the daily task of creating, administering, and grading tests and
storing grades and attendance records.

PCStudy
   Wash 'n Ware Software Products
   $?
lets you set up question and answer quizzes on the computer.

Plan
   is a lesson planner that supports multiple files (up to 25) and the
opportunity to enter the teacher's name and three course titles. The program
has an effective editor for daily plans if changes are needed. At print time
you may change the inclusive date and individual days/dates and you can save
the changes.

Progress Report (PROGRES)
   A.P. Software
   $35
prints out progress reports for students individually or by class. It
generates and stores 8 sets of reports for 5 different classes. Each class
allows 36 students.

QuizGen 4.0
   Roux, Dick
   $?
will create a randomly selected Quiz from a Master File of up to 150 questions.
Different Master Files can be kept on different subjects.  The program allows
you to View both the Master File and the Selected Quiz and as well as printing
out both the Quiz and Answer key.

Quiz Whiz 1.55 (QW)
   Practical Programs
   $24
allows you to create and take tests on your PC.  You can make the questions
T/F, multiple choice or short answers.

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College Tracker
   Carolina Programs
   $30
   #3994
helps high-school counselors keep track of which colleges their seniors attend.
It has a menu driven system that provides easy adding and modification of
student information. Searches can be conducted by student name, name of school,
state, or graduation year. A hard disk is required.


CourseMaster
   InterDigital, Inc
   $49-$99
   #4239
provides a system of pre-programmed templates and utilities that aid experienced
instructional designers and authors to create computer-based training,
simulations, and other interactive video programs. Each screen in the lesson is
created in any word processor capable of creating an ASCII file and is then
compiled. Features include sophisticated contingency branching, PCX graphic
display capabilities, answer-judging, multiple paths, scoring, network, support,
and a tutorial.


Easy Seats
   Boomeria Softworks
   $15
   #12204
creates and prints classroom seating charts. Rooms can be arranged in
any format. Spaces for attendance or tardies may be included. Up to 100
seats are allowed.


Darn Good Grade Book
   Software Options
   $54-$154
   #7689/3162
helps manage student grades and progress reports. You can group student
scores, assign a weight to each group, weigh individual assignments, and throw
out low scores. Grade reports can be generated for the entire class or
individual students. The progress report section allows you to design your own
progress reports for parents, and generate reports for select students or the
entire class using data entered in the Grades section. 750K of disk space is
required.


Gradebook Power 4.0
   Wisco Computing ASP
   $61
   #7689/3995
is a comprehensive gradebook program which can print over 20 different reports.
It is completely menu-driven, and mouse support is provided. It can be used by
all grade levels, with many special options available for both elementary and
secondary teachers.

Gradebook Power supports two nine-week quarters or three six-week terms per
semester, up to 36 students per class, and up to 60 assignments per student per
quarter. Requires 512K.


Gradebook Writer
   Feague, Robert C.
   $25-$105
   #7689/3225
helps with grading, reporting, seating charts, calendars, and more. Capacities
are seven classes with up to 50 students per class.


Math Worksheet Generator
   Bierregaard, Richard
   $30
   #7689/3090
will generate and print worksheets that are used to practice and reinforce
basic arithmetic skills. Four types of numbers are supported, including Whole
Numbers, Integers, Decimals, and Fractions. You can perform addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division on these numbers. Up to 99 problems
can be generated, and an answer key is also printed. There are three levels of
difficulty, and numbers up to four digits can be used.


Olympiad & Trainer 1.03
   Nine-Patch Software
   $5 each
   #4415
is a multiple choice contest program. It scores by quality and quantity.
Students try to select questions they think their team can answer. The program
ranks individual winners as well as each school. Requires 512K RAM.

Trainer is a multiple-choice testing program similar to Olympiad, but for a
single person.


Turbo_Psy 2.3
   Pappas, John C. Ph.D.
   $65
   #3634
is a psychological report writer for educational and school psychologists. It
uses pull-down menus to let you easily enter and review ratings for major
intelligence, achievement, and other related tests as well as 45 built-in
recommendations.

Notepads are provided for additional information in each of the report sections.
The program creates a text file in the form of a report which can be used with
your word processor. Requires 410K.


Class Act
   Brown, Bill & Baum, Sue
   $25
   #7031/2424
is a class scheduling system for educational institutions. Multiple schedules
may be maintained for each division, quarter and semester. These multiple
schedules can then be combined into a single schedule. The program is easy to
use with a menu-driven, fill-in-the-blanks interface. Requires 512k DOS RAM
and a hard disk.


GradeScan
   Blum, C. Robert
   $25
   #7031/1370
is an electronic grade book.  The user is able to enter grades, assignments
(up to 40 a semester), add or delete new students, print reports and examine
the data.  You can also average the grades of an individual or an entire
class.  The program is fast, menu-driven and easy to use.


ProGrade System 6.1
   Peace, William E.
   $48
   #7031/1965 [2 disks]
is a grading program for teachers. It will accept letter or numerical grades.
It allows grades to be entered in any order; ie: any assignment for any
student at any time. It accesses most student records with a single keystroke.
It calculates weighted or unweighted grades, points, percents, or letter
grades.

A floppy can store dozens of class files, each with up to 35 students with up
to 45 assignments each. Each student's grade average is displayed every time
you enter a grade. PGS calculates class averages, analysis of any assignment
or of class averages, comparison of grades, ranked or alphabetical lists,
averages of all tests, homework scores, etc. It can provide individual
progress reports with averages for all assignment categories, and can also
monitor team progress.


Class Record
   Fain, Charles & Assoc.
   $40
   #7163/1107
keeps a record of names and grades of up to 100 students per class. Options
include the ability to give grades different weights, omit grades for absent
students, and to drop or change grades. The program calculates averages for
each student with the ability to break the averages down by category (eg:
test, homework, pop quiz). It also computes a class average and prints out a
list of names and grades for each class. Other features include automatic
weighting of grades, and support for numeric grade styles including whole, one
and two decimal style.


GKal
   Wisan, Richard
   $0
   #7163/1018
is designed to take numerical grades, calculate totals or averages (using
multipliers or weights if desired), and print reports in the form of tables or
graphs for the teacher to use as a guide in assigning letter grades.  It will
handle up to 50 students per class with up to 27 scores each.  GKAL lets you
record the grades into an ordinary text file with word processor or text
editor (an excellent small editor, E88, is included on the disk, with the
permission of the author of E88).  GKAL then processes the files to generate
the reports and graphs.  As a matter of principle, GKAL won't assign final
letter grades automatically.


Grade Guide 4.16
   Kane, Jon ASP
   $20
   #7163/082 [2 disks]
allows teachers to list students by pseudonym in a roster-like format for
posting grades for students to see. Up to ten different grade classifications
are allowed and grade reports suitable for handing out to students can be
printed.


Grading Assistant
   Reid, Jim
   $15
   #7163/1267
was designed to help teachers record student grades throughout a grading
period and produce student and class average reports whenever they are
required.


Lesson
   Thomas, Jeff
   $0
   #7164/0812
is designed to be a school teacher's best friend.  It will produce, maintain
and print a file of lesson plans for 180 school days with a maximum of three
different preparations (classes).  The author, Jeff Thomas, says:

"I've taught for eighteen years, twelve at the middle school level and the
last six at the high school level. For the last six years I have taught the
same three courses. Every Monday, at 7:15 am., my principal looks my way and
asks 'How about those lesson plans?' This year I have actually been able to
hand them in on time. It has taken me six years to realize that there is a
better way."


Omaha Class
   Gonderinger, Gerald E.
   $15
   #7164/0683
is a grading program for teachers.  You can have a maximum of 9,999 students
and courses.  You can have up to 99 defined comments and up to 25 graded
courses per student.  You can enter your options for letter and percent
conversion, Pass-Fail, grade point computation and comments.  You can
designate courses as non-credit, credit but no G.P.A. etc.  You can enter 4
kinds of grades/comments:  comment, regular grade, optional grade (like
semester exam) and computer entered grade (for example, a semester average,
which is computed from other grades that you have entered according to your
own formula).


Register
   Latkowski, Denis L.
   $45-$50
   #7164/0876
"Written by a teacher for teachers and tested in the classroom.  The program
is primarily intended for junior and senior high school teachers; however,
college teachers can find it useful also."  This is a grade tracking program.
The registered version allows a maximum of 150 students and 66 grades per
student.


Aeius GradeBook and LectureGrade
   Aeius Corporation
   $35-$45
   #7392/1483
are two gradebook programs.  Both programs have identical features except for
the number of students a class file will hold.  Gradebook has 20 classes of 48
students, 64 grades and LectureGrade has 20 classes of 200 students, 30
grades.  Makeup grades can be found at the touch of a key.  Missing grades can
be optionally excused or counted in the grade averages.  A student's highest
or lowest grade can be quickly found.  You can easily provide weekly or
monthly grade reports on a class or individual student basis, using student
names or student codes.  The program will also optionally print out the
individual reports for all students having a average lower than the value you
select.  A Grade Posting report can be automatically printed for all classes
using student codes.  Student rosters can be easily arranged in alphabetical
or grade rank order.  Partial course grades such as homework, tests, and
exams, can be combined automatically into a composite course grade with each
partial grade weighted.


Teacherworks GradeBook
   Grout, Ronald N.
   $25
   #7392/2623
is a powerful and flexible teacher's gradebook for any classroom level. Features
include up to 240 grades per semester per student; the ability to weight grades
within six categories; the ability to see the complete record of one student on
one screen and change any part of that record; formatted print outs that meet
the requirements of most districts; eight classes per disk with the ability to
swap disks; up to 60 students per class; a grading period system that allows for
quarterly, trimester or year round grading; the ability to scan information by
class, student or grade; students are assigned ID numbers automatically as they
are entered; the ability to print out grades by ID number; a multi-class makeup
utility that allows you to access any student from any class; dBASE III
compatible files that allow easy access by many commercial programs such as
PCTools and FormWorx; the ability to print out information to disk for use with
your word processor; and much more. A calculator and calendar are also
provided. 514K free memory is required.


Var Grade 6.0
   Revie, Dennis ASP
   $30-$40
   #7392/1394 [2 disks]
allows you to grade your class with the same methods you now do except that
the program does the tedious chores of adding, plotting, and writing the
scores.  You may grade using either letters or numbers.  You can change the
worth of any exam by changing the numerical weight of the exams.  You can
analyze the exams by standard statistical measures to see how the students
have done on each exam.  You can also sum or average student scores for any
combination of exams.  Password protection is optional.

Other features include sorting the students by name, ID, name & section, ID &
section, or by the grades from any exam, and list and choose students by name
or ID; temporarily drop students from statistical measures (like plots) and
print out empty grids for recording of grades. Printer support for all
dot-matrix, laser, and ink-jet printers. Limited Mouse support and support for
43 line EGA and 50 line VGA screens is included. There are 10 types of tasks;
including "Extra Credit" and "Final Weight".


Roster Master and Formula Club
   Boomeria Softworks
   $15 each
   #12034
Roster Master prints student rosters, data entry sheets and attendance sheets
from alphabetized class lists. It supports a maximum class size of 100.

Formula Club is a chemistry game that provides practice in writing chemical
symbols and formulas. Formulas are randomly displayed from a list of ions.
Answers are followed by negative or positive comments. This program allows
comments and chemical symbols to be edited.

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