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User Commands

Next Slide. Previous Slide. End Tutorial. Pause or Resume Tutorial. Restart entire Tutorial. Shows the mouse pointer. User Commands. WISL Tutorials use standard Microsoft PowerPoint commands, such as the following :. Left Click , space, N, Down Arrow. Right Click , Backspace, Up Arrow.

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User Commands

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  1. Next Slide Previous Slide End Tutorial Pause or Resume Tutorial Restart entire Tutorial Shows the mouse pointer User Commands WISL Tutorials use standard Microsoft PowerPoint commands, such as the following : Left Click , space, N, Down Arrow Right Click , Backspace, Up Arrow Escape Key, Minus Key (-), Ctl+Break S or Plus Key (+) Left and Right Click together for 2+ seconds Move mouse for 2 seconds Left Click to Continue

  2. Looking for a number concepts teaching/learning aid? Something that allows teachers to easily prepare challenging problem solving exercises to help students learn basic number concepts and also provide an interactive facility for students to reinforce learned concepts at varying levels of difficulty. This facility targets grade levels 4 - 8. Left Click to Continue

  3. WISL has the answer !! Melanie’s Mystery Numbers(MMN) consists of three interactive facilities. A Teaching Aid that helps with preparation of problem solving exercises. A Learning Aid that allows students to reinforce learned number concepts at varying levels of difficulty. Lastly an administrative tool provides for setting of parameters for the Teaching and Learning Aid facilities, maintenance of a valid User ID data base and generation of various student performance reports and other exports. Left Click to Continue

  4. Tutorial Menu Type ”5” <Enter> To Start MMN Learning Aid Tutorial Type “24” <Enter> To Start MMN Teacher Tutorial Type “58” <Enter> To Show Summary Information “ESC” To Exit Left Click to begin Overview

  5. Waterloo Information Systems Limited presents Melanie’s Mystery Numbers Learning Aid Tutorial The Learning Aid Tutorial describes the interactive facility that allows students to reinforce learned number concepts at varying levels of difficulty. Left Click to Continue

  6. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial The first order of business is to login. This identifies the user for performance monitoring and subsequent reporting. If the user is in multiple classes then the desired class must also be chosen. Left Click to Continue

  7. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial To initiate generation of a mystery number problem a mystery level is selected. When the first clue appears the mystery clock starts ticking. Left Click to Continue

  8. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial If there are any descriptive characteristics of a digit in a clue, they are displayed as a one letter answer aid below the box of the corresponding digit (the letter codes are defined in the legend below). Left Click to Continue

  9. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial The student presses the “Next Clue” button or the magnifying glass button beside the clue box to initiate the generation of the second clue. Left Click to Continue

  10. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial At any point the student can guess and press the “Submit Answer” button. If incorrect, a message will be displayed and the mystery clock will continue. Left Click to Continue

  11. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial If the maximum time to answer a question elapses a message is displayed that includes the correct answer(s). Left Click to Continue

  12. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial The third clue is selected and displayed with the same procedure as the second. When the correct answer is submitted the mystery clock stops and a message is displayed indicating the students performance. Left Click to Continue

  13. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial In addition to the instructions that may be displayed by clicking on “Instructions”, the student is able to access a menu of additional tools by clicking the “Toolbox” button. Left Click to Continue

  14. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial A page is displayed with a menu that provides access to pages with information about single digit attributes, arithmetic matrices, an introduction from Melanie and a link to information about Melanie’s books. Left Click to Continue

  15. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial The single digit attributes are listed by digit and by attribute. Left Click to Continue

  16. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial Clicking on Arithmetic Matrices presents a list of the four basic arithmetic actions. Left Click to Continue

  17. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial Clicking on Division Matrix presents a matrix that allows the student determine the division relationship between any two single digit numbers. By clicking on the box that is at the intersection of the two desired numbers, the devisor on the left side (y axis) and the dividend on the top (x axis) the answer is displayed in the box with the two components of the answer along with decimal and fraction representations displayed above the matrix. Left Click to Continue

  18. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial Clicking on Multiplication Matrix presents a matrix that allows the student determine the multiplication relationship between any two single digit numbers. By clicking on the box that is at the intersection of the two desired numbers the answer is displayed in the box. Left Click to Continue

  19. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial Clicking on Subtraction Matrix presents a matrix that allows the student determine the subtraction relationship between any two single digit numbers. By clicking on the box that is at the intersection of the two desired numbers, the minuend on the left side (y axis) and the subtrahend on the top (x axis) the answer is displayed in the box along with the minus sign if applicable. Left Click to Continue

  20. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial Clicking on Addition Matrix presents a matrix that allows the student determine the addition relationship between any two single digit numbers. By clicking on the box that is at the intersection of the two desired numbers the answer is displayed in the box. Left Click to Continue

  21. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial Clicking on Introduction from Melanie presents an overview of the features of the learning tool along with possible benefits for the student and teacher. Left Click to Continue

  22. MMN Learning Aid Tutorial Clicking on the Book Link transfers to the internet site of Melanie’s publisher which provides information on her various books. Left Click to Continue

  23. Tutorial Menu Type ”5” <Enter> To Start MMN Learning Aid Tutorial Type “24” <Enter> To Start MMN Teacher Tutorial Type “58” <Enter> To Show Summary Information “ESC” To Exit Left Click to begin Overview

  24. Waterloo Information Systems Limited presents Melanie’s Mystery Numbers Teacher Tutorial The Teacher Tutorial describes the interactive facility to be utilized to help prepare number concepts problem solving exercises. Left Click to Continue

  25. MMN Teacher Tutorial The teacher menu includes several functions. The Learning Aid is the same as described above. Clicking on (Teaching Aid) initiates the teaching aid function. Left Click to Continue

  26. MMN Teacher Tutorial The first order of business is to login. This identifies the user for performance monitoring and subsequent reporting. If the user is in multiple classes then the desired class must also be chosen (default is the first in the list). Left Click to Continue

  27. MMN Teacher Tutorial To initiate generation of a mystery number problem a mystery level is selected. Left Click to Continue

  28. MMN Teacher Tutorial The mystery number(randomly chosen by the program) is displayed in the answer box and the generated clues are displayed in separate boxes. Left Click to Continue

  29. MMN Teacher Tutorial An alternate set of clues(as shown here) may be generated by pressing the “Generate Clues Only” button. Left Click to Continue

  30. MMN Teacher Tutorial If an attempt is made to select a mystery level before the save button has been selected with (Yes or No) for the current question then a reminder message is displayed . Left Click to Continue

  31. MMN Teacher Tutorial A specific mystery number may be chosen by entering it in the “Answer Box” and pressing the “Generate Clues Only” button. Left Click to Continue

  32. MMN Teacher Tutorial If more than one number satisfies the generated clues the additional solutions are listed in the results area. Left Click to Continue

  33. MMN Teacher Tutorial Clicking on (Student ID Maintenance) initiates the student maintenance function. Left Click to Continue

  34. MMN Teacher Tutorial This maintenance facility for users is geared to enabling effective feedback for users and providing a basis for performance reporting. Left Click to Continue

  35. MMN Teacher Tutorial To add a user the name is entered in the box provided and the “Add New User” button must be clicked. The user ID is assigned by the system. To change a student name, modify the name in the box and click the corresponding “Change” button. Left Click to Continue

  36. MMN Teacher Tutorial Clicking on (Class Maintenance) initiates the class maintenance function. Left Click to Continue

  37. MMN Teacher Tutorial A new class record may be added by entering any set valid alphabetic or numeric characters and selecting the “Add Class” button. The program insures that an existing code cannot be assigned. A user may be added or removed from the class by selecting the name and clicking the appropriate “arrow” button. The “Update Class” button must be selected after all desired changes are made. Left Click to Continue

  38. MMN Teacher Tutorial The values that are initially presented are those established by the administrator as defaults for the installation. These may be modified by the teacher for each class. A penalty in seconds may be assigned to be assessed upon an incorrect answer. This penalty is added to the total time to guess as soon as the wrong answer is submitted. A number from 0 to 59 may be entered here. Left Click to Continue

  39. MMN Teacher Tutorial The maximum time allowed to determine the answer may be specified here. Left Click to Continue

  40. MMN Teacher Tutorial A check in the box for “Anonymous Logging” indicates that the results for “Guest Users” will be included in performance results. Left Click to Continue

  41. MMN Teacher Tutorial The number of duplicate solutions that is allowed for a question may be specified for both the Teaching Aid and separately for the Learning AID. Left Click to Continue

  42. MMN Teacher Tutorial The total number of scores that will be saved for performance comparison may be specified. Valid values are 1 - 100. The “Update Parameter File” button is selected in order to update any parameters that are modified. Left Click to Continue

  43. MMN Teacher Tutorial Clicking on (Reporting) initiates the reporting function. Left Click to Continue

  44. MMN Teacher Tutorial There are several distinct report formats available. Left Click to Continue

  45. MMN Teacher Tutorial Upon specifying a date range, a Percent Mastery report is generated for selected students. Left Click to Continue

  46. MMN Teacher Tutorial The Growth Report also requires specification of an “Earlier Date Range” which results in a report that displays Percent Mastery for both ranges, hence demonstrating “Growth”. Left Click to Continue

  47. MMN Teacher Tutorial Various parameters may be specified to narrow record selection for reporting. In this student history example we are restricting the date range to those mysteries solved between Oct 1, 2010 and Oct 28, 2010. Left Click to Continue

  48. MMN Teacher Tutorial The generated report may be sorted by any of the columns(alternately ascending and descending). In the student history example we have sorted by elapsed time. Note also that the data of the report may be scrolled below the headings. Left Click to Continue

  49. MMN Teacher Tutorial This sample class list demonstrates selection by class. Left Click to Continue

  50. MMN Teacher Tutorial The Student Best Scores Report contains all the information about each mystery included in the top scoring group. This sample show the best scores for “2 Digit” mysteries. Left Click to Continue

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