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Mentor Mathematics Advisor
Product Description

The Mentor Mathematics Advisor is a windows computer program designed to help algebra students with homework in a pedagogically sound manner. It can be used to solve linear equations, quadratic equations and higher degree polynomial equations; rational equations, and systems of equations. The Advisor can be used to factor and to expand and simplify expressions. It can also be used to evaluate more elementary arithmetic expressions and equations.

The Advisor allows students to enter homework on the computer just as they would normally write with pencil and paper. The program advises students at each step whether they are right are wrong. This immediate reinforcement facilitates learning. The Advisor does not tell the student correct answers but requires the work from the student. The Advisor is not a collection of problems worked in advance, "canned" problems. It will accept problems from the student from a very large class of problems. The Advisor will randomly generate individual problems of various types and levels of difficulty or will generate an entire test.

The Mentor Graphics Tool will display multiple graphs with a convenient zoom capability to reinforce how graphs can be used to approximate solutions to equations. The Mentor Graphics Tool color codes equations to graphs. The refinement of the Mentor Graphics Tool far exceeds the capabilities of graphing calculators. For example, a student can enter the equations of a circle or an ellipse and have the circle or the ellipse graphed in one step. An expression or equation can be graphed in Cartesian or polar coordinates. The Mentor Graphics Tool can easily resize graphs on the display screen and can print graphs.

This program is designed to act like a teacher looking over the shoulder of a student as the student works. The teacher does not do the student's work but does issue a warning when the student makes a wrong turn. The Advisor can be used in the class room, in the computer lab, and at home. It is a useful supplement to any algebra course.