Program Description
Overview of Learning Logic
Learning Logic (L²) is a highly interactive, computerized mathematics
program currently used to teach Algebra I, as well as Pre-algebra and Algebra II
on a limited basis. Lessons are self-paced and easily
adapted to individual students.
Based on the material covered by each individual student, the system
generates homework and tests, which are graded on-line.
The Learning Logic Toolkit is easy to use and readily
accessible to students for self-discovery as well as teacher-directed
activities. It includes a user-friendly graphing calculator, a curve-fitting
tool, an interactive glossary, a scientific calculator, and an interface
to a mathematical symbolic language manipulator. The program includes
open-ended questions, cooperative-learning activities and frequent real-world
applications.
Learning Logic randomly generates appropriate illustrative examples and problems. This ensures that students are not presented the same screens when they are asked to repeat a concept they did not understand or when they choose to review. L² is updated often during the school year to reflect changes suggested by teachers and students, who are able to communicate directly with the developers via electronic mail incorporated into the program.
Learning Logic is currently being used by students in middle schools, high schools, and college developmental studies departments across the United States. During the fifteen years in which L² has been available, several of the schools using the program have acquired a second lab. Since its initial delivery to schools in 1990, more than 500 teachers and 120,000 students across the United States have used Learning Logic, and many more will in the future.
Some teachers report that results of Learning Logic usage are: sharp decrease in failure rates, dramatic decline in discipline problems, increase in student time spent on task, improved student attitudes, students taking responsibility for their own learning, student use of more sophisticated mathematical vocabulary, improved study habits and a better understanding of fractions and decimals. Schools which have used the program for several years report that Learning Logic has allowed more students to be successful in Algebra. This has resulted in several schools having to increase the number of Geometry and Algebra II classes offered. One Georgia school that has used the program since 1991 recently completed a study of students enrolled in their Algebra II classes. Students in these classes fell into three groups: more capable students who completed Algebra I in the eighth grade, Learning Logic Algebra I students and traditionally-taught Algebra I students. Results indicated that the failure rate for Algebra II was about the same for all students; however, the students who completed Algebra I using L² were more likely to receive an A or B in the Algebra II class than students in the other two groups.
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Learning Logic Toolkit
The Toolkit consists of five components that can be used to aid the student in learning. Access to these components can be controlled individually by the teacher for each class and separately for each on-line test.
Learning Logic Demographics
Current Learning Logic Schools - To view the schools and their websites that are currently using Learning Logic, please check out this link.
Map of the United States - This link will give you a map of the United States which can be clicked on to see a breakdown of the individual states and the schools with Learning Logic labs.
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