For Students With Algebra Anxiety, It’s Algebra Upgrade To The Rescue!
Posted by admin on August 18th, 2009
Press Release
Highly Anticipated Online Course Teaches Through Songs, Video, and Games
San Diego, Aug 19, 2009 – Nothing strikes fear in the hearts of students like the words “algebra class”. A large percentage of students fail to learn algebra from traditional lectures, textbooks, and homework. Now students and their instructors have another path to algebra success: the new Algebra Upgrade® online course from Learning Upgrade.
Algebra Upgrade features 60 interactive lessons with music-videos that offer clear step-by-step instruction. Students solve algebra problems visually using drag-and-drop activities until they master each lesson. Teachers and parents track progress using web-based assessment reports. The combination of songs, video, and games keeps students engaged and motivated. The goal is to help each student overcome algebra anxiety and make a breakthrough in algebra.
In testing this summer, over 1,000 students were enrolled in middle schools, high schools, and colleges. A highly-engaged group of at-risk 8th grade students in San Diego mastered all 60 lessons to prepare for Algebra 1 success in the fall. Students at a New Jersey university completed Algebra Upgrade and then tested out of Basic Algebra I, jumping ahead to higher math courses.
Algebra Upgrade is available as a student course or a teacher whiteboard course. Students complete the student courses individually using a web browser on a computer at home or at school. Instructors use the teacher whiteboard courses for interactive classroom lectures using a data projector, Smartboard®, or Activboard®. Algebra Upgrade covers the material in middle school and high school Algebra 1 classes and college Basic Algebra or Elementary Algebra courses.
Students can sign up for a free trial of Algebra Upgrade at learningupgrade.com.
School teachers and college instructors can visit learningupgrade.com to learn how the course integrates into their classes and to sign up for a free trial course.
About Learning Upgrade
Learning Upgrade is a creative team of teachers, musicians, artists, and programmers based in San Diego, California. The company produces reading and math online courses featuring songs, video, and games to engage today’s media-savvy students. Over 200,000 students in over 40 countries have enrolled in Reading Upgrade, Comprehension Upgrade, and Math Upgrade. Learning Upgrade’s goal is to help each student make a learning breakthrough.