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00:00	Are you struggling in math class ? Our talk is
00:03	coming up in class that you never learned . Do
00:07	you have an assessment coming up that you want to
00:08	prepare for ? If you answered yes to any of
00:11	those questions then I excel is for you . Welcome
00:16	anywhere . Math . I'm just Jacobson . And on
00:18	today's video we're gonna show you how to make the
00:20	most out of I Excel . Let's get started .
00:42	Excel is a really great resource to improve your math
00:44	skills . To get started , just complete the diagnostic
00:47	test to start the diagnostic tests . All you need
00:50	to do is click on diagnostic and then click on
00:53	step into the arena to make sure that you're only
00:55	taking the math diagnostic . Go to this top corner
00:59	, click here and make sure you've selected Math .
01:02	Otherwise you'll get Math and language arts . Then I
01:05	will give you two questions to choose from and it's
01:07	totally up to you which ones you choose , Choose
01:10	one and go ahead and get started . If you
01:13	know how to solve it , obviously solve it .
01:15	But if there are questions that you come across that
01:17	you don't know how to do or you've never seen
01:19	yet . Go ahead and click I don't know this
01:22	yet . If you want to take a break or
01:23	just see how you're doing you can click up here
01:26	on the top left where it says see your levels
01:28	and see your different levels for your overall math level
01:33	and it also broken down into different topics . Um
01:37	And you can see that some of them already have
01:39	a number and some of them don't . That's because
01:43	you haven't answered enough questions in the diagnostic test for
01:46	Excel to know exactly what your level is to fix
01:50	that All you gotta do is step back into the
01:53	arena and answer more questions . The diagnostic test is
01:56	a way for I Excel to learn more about your
01:59	skills and what you know and what you don't know
02:02	when you first start out . According to Excel ,
02:05	the math test will take about 75 to 80 questions
02:08	to complete . Before I Excel is able to give
02:12	you an overall math level for our english it's a
02:16	little bit less . But the important thing is you
02:19	don't have to do all of these questions all at
02:21	once . You can do some , come back and
02:23	do some more . Just make sure that when you're
02:27	first starting out that you get this done first and
02:30	foremost . It's important to remember that the diagnostic test
02:33	is continuous , which means that you can take it
02:36	as many times as you want and whenever you want
02:39	According to Excel , they would recommend that people do
02:43	10-15 questions per week just to make sure that their
02:45	levels are staying up to date and accurate . Once
02:48	a student has completed the initial diagnostic tests , they
02:51	will receive an overall math level . And you can
02:54	see they've got an overall math level of 610 which
02:57	means they should be just starting the sixth grade .
03:00	A level of 600 means you're getting ready to start
03:04	the sixth grade , a level of 500 starting the
03:07	fifth grade and so on . Um But then you
03:09	can see that when we break it down into the
03:12	different topics , this student is doing very well in
03:16	geometry , fractions , numbers and operations , but then
03:19	algebra and algebraic thinking , measurements , data , statistics
03:23	and probability . They're a little bit behind . You
03:25	can use this information to help um fill in some
03:28	gaps that you might have and improve your overall math
03:32	level . It's also important to remember that the diagnostic
03:35	test is continuous and once you have a an overall
03:39	math level uh it doesn't mean you're finished you should
03:42	continue to do the diagnostic tests throughout the year to
03:46	make sure that these uh these scores are up to
03:49	date and accurate and hopefully as you take it more
03:53	and more hopefully your levels are are improving . Once
03:57	that's done , you have a few different options of
03:58	how you can use excel now that you complete your
04:01	diagnostic test . The first thing I would recommend doing
04:04	is click on diagnostic and then look at some of
04:07	your recommended skills . Now you might not have recommended
04:10	skills for every every topic here but hopefully you have
04:13	some . Um And my suggestion would be to start
04:17	with the ones where you have the lowest level .
04:20	Um so right here for this student , their measurement
04:23	score is 490 . Um And that's definitely an area
04:27	that they could improve on . Maybe they have some
04:29	gaps in their knowledge . So all you gotta do
04:31	is click on your recommended skills and you'll notice the
04:34	color was blue . So when I go to when
04:38	it takes me two recommendations , if I scroll down
04:41	, this one is outlined in blue . So is
04:44	this so is that and so is that , so
04:46	those are all four of those recommendations um that the
04:51	diagnostic test has made for this student . You'll notice
04:55	there's a whole bunch of other recommendations . But that's
04:58	because uh this is giving all the recommendations not just
05:02	for math but also for language arts . So if
05:05	we want to focus on the math , you're gonna
05:08	want to click on those ones that are highlighted in
05:10	blue . If it was for measurement for example .
05:13	And another important thing to look at is is what
05:16	grade they're from . So this is a 4th grade
05:19	skill . Same with this one scene with this one
05:23	, But this is a 5th grade skill . So
05:26	you know , if you're just getting started it ,
05:28	it might be a good idea to start with those
05:31	skills that are um probably below your grade level .
05:35	Um just to make sure you you understand them well
05:38	and you can hopefully move on from them pretty quickly
05:41	. So all you have to do is click on
05:43	one of these skills , click try it and now
05:48	you're in the learning section of I Excel . I
05:50	excel will give you a bunch of problems and your
05:54	goal is to uh improve on your smart scored .
05:58	So you start at zero and as you go ,
06:00	you're smart , you're smart score will improve . I
06:02	Excel has has made a video explain exactly how the
06:06	smart score works . Unlike traditional scoring , the I
06:09	Excel , smart score analyzes question difficulty , answer accuracy
06:14	and consistency to pinpoint students level of comprehension . As
06:18	students answer questions , they're smart score moves up and
06:21	down between zero and 100 questions become harder or easier
06:25	to challenge them at the perfect level . While students
06:29	are still learning , the goal is to build a
06:31	strong foundation as they become more confident with the material
06:35	and answer questions correctly . They're smart score increases whenever
06:40	a question is missed , detailed explanations help set students
06:43	back on the right track and once a student has
06:50	proven that they have an excellent level of understanding ,
06:52	they move into the challenge zone and really put their
06:55	knowledge to the test Inside the challenge zone , students
06:59	don't just demonstrate their skill comprehension , but true mastery
07:05	students must work carefully read explanations and really focus on
07:09	the problem in front of them questions and the challenge
07:12	them can be difficult and it may take longer to
07:14	make strides , so students should feel free to take
07:16	breaks and return to the skill later . Their progress
07:19	will be saved and they can always continue practicing and
07:22	improving 90 is considered excellent and 80 shows a strong
07:26	grasp of the skill which may be appropriate . When
07:28	first introducing a concept , Start with an initial goal
07:32	of 80 and challenge students to grow from there .
07:37	I want to see the smart score in action ,
07:39	visit excel dot com . Mhm Yeah . If you
07:43	don't want to work on the recommended skills , I
07:45	excel is provided . You can also just learn on
07:47	your own . So if you click on learning recommendations
07:50	is the first thing that comes up , but you
07:52	can also click on math and then all you need
07:55	to do is either select your grade level or the
08:00	topic or skills that you want to work on .
08:02	So grade level I think is probably the easiest .
08:05	If again , this student is in 6th grade ,
08:08	they can click on 6th grade and it's got all
08:10	the skills that might be taught in sixth grade .
08:13	The start skills are ones that a teacher has recommended
08:16	. So you can see that this students teacher has
08:19	recommended a bunch of skills for them to practice ,
08:22	especially it looks like on integers . And you can
08:25	also see that this student has gotten scores of 100
08:28	on almost all of them , which is great .
08:31	That means they have mastered that skill . So if
08:34	you are studying something and you want a little bit
08:37	extra practice , um even if your teacher has not
08:40	recommended the skill , you can come into the learning
08:42	section and start working on them . If you are
08:46	getting ready for a new unit and you want to
08:48	kind of get a little head start , you can
08:51	also do that and think about what the unit coming
08:54	up is and and get started on some of those
08:56	skills . The other way you can use excel is
08:59	to work on topics are currently studying class . This
09:01	can be especially helpful when you have an assessment coming
09:03	up . So if you're doing a certain unit and
09:06	your teacher might be assigning some skills to practice as
09:09	homework or you're getting ready to prepare for an assessment
09:13	. Uh this is a great place to go .
09:16	And you can see all the skills that your teacher
09:18	has recommended just by clicking uh in this top right
09:22	corner and you can see that this teacher has recommended
09:25	51 skills . You can see the ones that have
09:28	already been practiced . For example , this one ,
09:31	this student has already got a score of 100 that
09:34	they've already mastered that skill . Same thing here .
09:37	This is a great place to find all of them
09:40	. So remember there are many different ways to use
09:42	excel to help improve your math skills . Once that
09:45	diagnostic test is finished , you can click on the
09:48	recommended skills that I Excel has tailor made to each
09:52	student to help improve your skills . You might be
09:55	filling in gaps of previous knowledge that you are missing
09:59	or you might just want to challenge yourself and see
10:02	something new . You can click on the learning tab
10:05	and choose your grade level to find things that you're
10:08	studying . Currently it maybe you want to practise things
10:12	that you're studying from class , you might want to
10:14	get a head start on something that's coming up in
10:18	the next unit . Or maybe you just want to
10:20	check out something that you're interested in . And lastly
10:24	, you can click on the recommended skills from your
10:25	teacher to work on things you're currently doing in class
10:28	. This is especially helpful if you are preparing for
10:31	an upcoming assessment . In conclusion , I excel is
10:34	a really great resource help you improve your math skills
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