HowImDoing gives students and their parents, teachers and tutors, quick and intuitive access to a clear view of what has been achieved in any area of the Australian Mathematics curriculum (7 - 10 and expanding).
Why is HowImDoing diagnostic? The graphics you see here show how you can very quickly identify a student's area of study - and any difficulty or success. As a teacher, tutor or parent you have full access to all effort and results for your students and an ultra-simple way of directing them to any area of study.
Why is HowImDoing adaptive? Arithmetika knows how all the Content Descriptions are related to each other. The student can very easily shift to any easier study area or a harder one. Read on for more details!
The tasks in HowImDoing are the same as the tasks in the Sticky Star programme, however the experience is quite different. In the HowImDoing experience, students pick and choose tasks from anywhere in the curriculum. In the Sticky Star programme the tasks are delivered to the students in a graduated sequence, moving through topics in order determined by such factors as difficulty and prior needed knowledge.
Feb 2021 update. Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 tasks are good to go. 10A follows shortly
The Australian Mathematics Curriculum
It would be helpful for all students need to know that there are three broad Strands running right through the Australian Mathematics Curriculum
- Number and Algebra
- Measurement and Geometry
- Statistics and Probability
These three strands run right through from F-10A. Location any required assessment area starts with identifying its strand
To this, Arithmetika has added a fourth
which runs from Year 5 to Year 8
This is illustrated in the image on the right. The four strands are colour-coded for easy recognition. The dark part of each strand/Year reflects the student's progress. This student has nearly finished all of Year 5 and Year 6 Number Skills and has made a start on the other strands.
If the student (or parent, teacher, tutor) clicks on any strand/Year level the display changes to a break-down of results in all the sub-strands in the selected strand.
A student's teacher, parent or tutor (depending on the type of account) can 'direct' the student to a particular area of study. This will be particularly useful for any student having difficulty following directions for navigating around the curriculum.
When a suitable area of study is found, the teacher/parent/tutor simply presses a button to confirm the selection, and the student is immediately transferred as selected. Simple as that.