Ryan's Math Quiz
Ryan's Math Quiz is a math reinforcement tool. It's
applications are very much in line with flash card use to build
confidence and improve proficiency of basic math skills. Ryan's Math
Quiz also provides quiz quality reporting for skill assessment and
progress monitoring
The response is instant (no need to hit enter) and only positive reinforcement is given. If the correct answer is given, the word "yes" appears in blue above the query, and a new query is given. Any correct keystrokes on the way to giving an answer are displayed in green below the query. Incorrect keystrokes are counted within the program but not displayed. This encourages guessing when unsure of an answer and reinforces even partial correctness.
Difficulty can be set using the setup menu prior to beginning a quiz. If difficulty is altered, the difficulty is stated at the bottom of the display area. The window will display either the number of remaining queries (to be correctly answered) or remaining seconds depending on the style of quiz chosen when starting.
If 3 incorrect keystrokes are entered for a given query, a new query is given. The phrase "try this one..." appears at the bottom of the display and and the word "yes" is not shown. Incorrect answers like this are recorded and printed as practice problems at the end of the report.
If more than 5 seconds
pass before a correct answer is given, the numbers presented (if they
are between 0 and 25) will be highlighted on the number line. This
allows better visualization of the problem, as well as attempts to grab
attention and refocus a possibly wandering mind. 
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This is a sample report from Math Quiz. Report for ED 47 correct answers in 120 seconds Quiz started at
2005/Mar/7 8:39 AM What is 12-11= |
The two incorrect answers are shown in review form here. The phrase "0 through 12" indicates the number range for addition and multiplication problems uses numbers from 0 through 12. Division and subtraction problems are based on the same numbers, so answers will be from 0 through 12, but queries may include larger numbers, such as "15-10=". Statistically speaking, the smallest number and the highest number (like 12) are half as likely to show up in a problem as each of the numbers in between.