Teaching Tools:  

The lessons in Math Advantage are taught using text and animation. It doesn’t give you any games to turn the drudgery of math into an entertaining journey, so you’re left to focus on the material at hand without anything to break up the monotony. Those who love math and all its miniscule details are going to love this program because it doesn’t divert from the teaching path whatsoever.

Topics Covered:  

This program covers about the same amount of topics as the geometry section of Math Success Deluxe,. The list of chapters in program is streamlined and consolidated, ensuring the amount of information the student has to take in isn’t too complex. Having a bunch of chapters you don’t need would be distracting, and detract from the program’s ultimate goal.

Ease of Use/Homework Help:  

The load times are arduous with Math Advantage. You can’t switch out of full screen mode once you start the program. Everything takes awhile to load.

Math Advantage has no homework help features to speak of inside or outside of the program. However, they do offer an interesting money back guarantee, which states:

“If your grade-point-average within math does not improve from one report card to the next after using the Advantage products, return this product within 180 days of the date of purchase and we will gladly refund your money – OR – if for any reason you are not completely satisfied with this product, return this product within 30 days of the date of purchase and we will refund your money. See complete details inside the box.”

If you get Math Advantage at the start of your geometry class, you can use it until roughly the end of the school year, which offers a little bit of help to students who are taking a class that lasts the entire school year, but doesn’t follow through until the end of their coursework. Students who are taking a class that only lasts a semester are really going to get the most benefits out of this feature.
 

Help/Documentation:  

Encore’s customer service is superb. We had no issues getting our questions answered.

Math Advantage is excellent Geometry software because it conveys what a student needs to know about a particular topic in a way they can understand. Turning it into a game would’ve enhanced their message, but what’s present is well worth the retail price.