Information for EPGY group

[melmichigan]

Everyone please read the following:

I was online today with EPGY and am now able to make student changes! I would like everyone to be aware of a few things that have changed on the system.

All children have been changed are are now listed under reinforcement, which means that there will be more detailed instruction given for all areas of instruction in math. If this is a problem for your individual child over the next few course log-ins please contact me and I will be able to change the individual child.

Tunes have now been added to all math programing. If this is a problem for the student it can be turned off individually.

Exams can be turned on for the end of each grade level, this will be individual choice. Contact me if you would like your child to complete the end of grade exams and I will enable it.

Individual course login session times can be changed to meet your individual child's needs. Contact me if you need this changed. The setting is enabled for 10-60 minutes.

There will be more courses added in the near future to the open enrollment program! Yeah! Particularly for the Introductory Algebra which will benefit many of us in the future. I also discovered that CTY uses the EPGY program under their heading. http://giftedissues.davidsongifted.org/BB/images/graemlins/default/smile.gif

Please email me directly with all course change requests under the subject 'EPGY course change request'. My email volume is very heavy right now and this will allow me to pick out your request. I am expecting many requests so please be patient I will get to them asap.

Thank you to this forun for allowing us to put this together for the benefit of all forum members who are interested in EPGY!

[Blessedfamily]

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Thank you to this forun for allowing us to put this together for the benefit of all forum members who are interested in EPGY!

I have said this before... no, thank YOU.

[Blessedfamily]

..... I also discovered that CTY uses the EPGY program under their heading. http://giftedissues.davidsongifted.org/BB/images/graemlins/default/smile.gif

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I heard this too, but didn't know if it was still true.

[Blessedfamily]

All children have been changed are are now listed under reinforcement, which means that there will be more detailed instruction given for all areas of instruction in math. If this is a problem for your individual child over the next few course log-ins please contact me and I will be able to change the individual child.

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Do you mean here that the materials will move more slowly? Over the past few days, it actually seems dd's materials are moving more quickly, which she likes. That could just be a coincidence though. Maybe the topics are short.

[melmichigan]

It won't affect the overall speed of the program. What changes is the amount of instruction with a new topic. Many comments were made that there wasn't enough instruction with new topics and that supplementing would be necessary.

The main program is used as a stand alone math program by EPGY. This is the 'reinforcement' setting. There is also a setting when a child is basically reviewing the information or is very advanced in math and needs little to no guidance. The same content is covered it is just a matter of how much detail is given. For many students the added instruction in the beginning yeilds better results in practice because they can more fully understand the content. For other children it might be to redundant. It depends on the level of the child and the way that child learns. The levels aren't set in stone. You may choose one level while you are having your child review and then change the level once you reach new material so that they don't miss any instruction. All personal choice to meet the needs of the individual child.

Hope that explains it a little better.:001_smile:

[RanchGirl]

Mel, is it too late to join the EPGY group? Is there some basic info somewhere on how it works?

[melmichigan]

There are openings right now. I am unsure how many there will be in total. The link to the original thread with all the program information is here: http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108566

[RanchGirl]

thanks for the info, I will check it out!