Math Practice Software for Standardized Tests

Wayang Outpost is an intelligent electronic tutoring system that uses multimedia and animated adventures to help prepare middle and high-school students for standardized math tests, such as the SAT, MCAS and CA-Star. Funded by several research programs at the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education, Wayang Outpost is state-of-the-art technology designed to increase standardized test scores and help teachers in their assessment of students' strengths. Wayang Outpost is designed to learn along with the student. As the student progresses . . . More

Using Wayaing Outpost in the Classroom

Currently, most high schools have special classes for test preparation (such as. SAT-prep or MCAS-prep classes) or remedial math classes for those students who have not passed test required for graduation. Wayang Outpost is an excellent tutoring tool for these kinds of classes. It's proven to increases students' scores. Our research studies show that students improved 10% of their score after 2 hours of instruction and 20% after 3 hours using our tutoring system, on problems similar to those tested in SAT, MCAS and CA-Star. For many students, this is the difference between passing and not passing the test. Further practice . . .More

At the Wayang Outpost, the Goal is to Learn and Have Fun at the Same Time.

* Help is always available, and you are never penalized for asking for help.

* There is more than one hint for each problem, so ask for help again if you need to . . .More

Parents want their children to do well

Careers that require strong math and science skills are among the fastest growing and highest paying in the nation. Along the way to their goals, passing standardized tests is a challenge students face. Doing well on tests such as SATs and the Massachusetts MCAS help ensure greater educational success and opportunity. Intelligent machine tutors with a game-like interface help students stay . . .More

The research for Wayang Outpost was funded by several NSF grants: "Preparing for College: Using Technology to Support Achievement for Students with Learning Disabilities in Mathematics", Woolf and Burleson (PIs) with Arroyo (#0931237, HRD RDE); "What kind of Math Software works for Girls?" Arroyo (PI) with Royer and Woolf (#0734060, HRD GSE/RES); "Affective Learning Companions: Modeling and supporting emotion during teaching", Woolf and Burleson (PIs) with Arroyo, Barto, and Fisher (#0705554, IIS/HCC); and a grant from the US Department of Education, Institute of Education (IES) Using Intelligent Tutoring and Universal Design To Customize The Mathematics Curriculum, to Woolf (PI) with Arroyo and Maloy (co-PIs).

Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding agencies.