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- Edwin Educational Software
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- Statement of Purpose
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- 1. The Vision
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- If I were teaching, what would the best of all possible
- worlds look like?
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- From in front of my class of 30 students I would present the
- lesson. Then, each of my 30 teaching assistants would take a
- child and help him one-on-one to master the subject.
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- At the end of the period, each teaching assistant would tell
- me the status and progress of each student. Each day until the
- subject is mastered, each child would return to the exact lesson
- she was doing and continue to work with her assistant at her own
- pace.
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- 2. Teaching Assistant
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- I don't have 30 teaching assistants. Maybe I don't even
- have one. But the remarkable software offerings from Edwin
- Educational Software allow a computer to act as if it were a
- teaching assistant. If a child can access an IBM_type PC
- Computer running Microsoft Windows for as little as 10 minutes a
- day, it will be as if you had a teaching assistant for that
- subject.
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- The Edwin program will do most of the things a good assistant
- should do:
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- * Provide immediate correction and help for wrong
- answers.
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- * Keep track of how well a child is doing.
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- * Reward progress and concentration.
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- * Offer progressively more difficult sets of problems.
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- * Make up problems for a child to work on at home.
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- 3. The Three Hour Course
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- Edwin software is designed to be used in many situations,
- but it is structured as a course in a specific skill. For
- example, in basic addition, the child will progress from simple
- table memorization (5+5) with pictures to complex addition such
- as 123+456+789, including carry. Within each skill level the
- child will first be helped with pictures and answers, then tested
- without help, then finally given an standardized-type test (ie
- multiple choice) before progressing on to the next level. A
- teacher-accessible scoring system checks to make sure each
- student masters each level before progressing further.
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- The screen is designed so the work is done exactly as it is
- on paper, so there will be full carryover of skills when the
- computer is not available.
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- For basic addition, if each student works all three modes
- within each of the six levels for 10 minutes, this becomes a 3
- hour addition course. If given as 10 minutes a day, this would
- be about a one month study in this subject. Students, however,
- work entirely at their own pace.
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- 4. Now and Future
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- Edwin Software decided to walk before running. We present
- programs to fully master basic addition and subtraction right
- now. Other programs are being developed rapidly, and multilingual
- extension of all programs will be provided this year.
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- In addition to programs which will handle multiplication to
- 333x444 and division to 8888/99 (with remainders) we will have
- programs for fractions, estimates, decimals, and measurements.
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- One of our more exciting offerings now being demonstrated is
- math word problems, in which skeleton math problems are built and
- filled by the computer so that no two are ever alike. Access to
- creation of these problems by the teacher makes this a truly
- unique educational offering.
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- As technology advances with sound and video becoming more
- common, Edwin will provide reading courses, keyboard tutorials,
- science, and social studies.
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- There is no limit to what focused, intelligently designed
- computer software can do to help every teacher around the world.
- Edwin hopes to play a big part in these exciting developments.
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- 5. SHAREWARE
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- Edwin home products are distributed as shareware. If you have an
- unregistered version and like this program, please register it by sending
- $15.00 to Edwin Educational Software.
- Edwin Education Software is a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals.
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- This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware
- principal works works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
- shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member
- directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
- resolve a disput or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
- technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP
- Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe
- message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.
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