IXL Math User’s Guide
Practicing Math If you are not yet familiar with the scoring, awards, and timers used in IXL Math, you should first read Math Practice Concepts on page 58. To work on math problems, follow these steps: 1. 2.
Go to www.ixl.com. If you have a child or student account with IXL and you are not already signed in, do so now. For more information, see Signing In on page 67. Note: If you have an account but you do not sign in, IXL will not save your score or your time, you cannot earn any awards, and IXL will limit you to just 20 problems.
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Do one of the following: • If you have signed in and you want to begin with a challenge from your game board, go to the Awards tab and hold your mouse over a challenge, then select the link from the pop-up to go to the appropriate section of the Practice tab. • If you want to begin by selecting a specific grade and skill, go to the Practice tab and select a grade. You can also choose skills by topic on the Practice tab, by clicking the Topics tab at the top of the left menu and selecting a topic. • If you want to begin by finding skills associated with a specific state standard, go to the State Standards tab. If necessary, select your state and grade. Drill down into the standard you want to practice. Go to step 5. (Optional) On the Practice tab, click the reports icon for a skill to view a report of completed work in the skill. The reports icon resembles a small bar graph. Note: To return to the list of skills after viewing the report, use your browser’s Back button.
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Click the skill you want to work on. You can hold your mouse over the skill to see a sample problem. IXL labels skills with an identifying number scheme, such as J.4, which makes it easy for teachers and parents to identify and refer students to skills that need more attention. IXL displays a problem. It also displays a timer and your current score. For more information on the timer and score, see Math Practice Concepts on page 58.
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(Optional) If the problem is at the pre-K, Kindergarten, or first grade level, you can click the speaker icon to hear the text of the question and any text-based answers. You must turn up the volume on your computer to use this feature. Enter your answer. Note: If you win a prize during your practice session, IXL displays a notice at the top of the Practice tab. To view the prize, click Go to the game board. To view your current score while you are practicing, see the scoring section on the right side of the screen. IXL uses the SmartScore technology, which is IXL's proprietary scoring algorithm. SmartScore gives you the best possible information on your performance, based on such factors as the number of problems completed, number of problems correct and incorrect, problem difficulty, and consistency.
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