************************************************************ *** UPLOADED BY THE SHAREWARE CATAPULT / Mr. Jyri Hovila *** *** -authorized by the original author of this software- *** **** **** ***** Contact me for efficient and very low ***** ****** priced shareware FTP distribution service: ****** ******* ******* ******** ---> jhovila@muikku.jmp.fi <--- ******** ********* --> hovila@messi.uku.fi <-- ********* ********** -> jysky@sci.fi <- ********** ***** ***** ***** Further info, including the prices: ***** ***** ***** ***** http://www.uku.fi/~hovila/Catapult/Catapult.html ***** ************************************************************ File name: pleasr11.zip One line description: Educational program for math and science Replaces: - Suggested directory: \pc\educgames or similar Uploader name & email: Jyri Hovila, jhovila@muikku.jmp.fi Author or company: Kokemäen Opessori KY, Finland Email address: opessori@kagi.com Surface address: - Special requirements: MS-Windows, file 'VBRUN200.DLL' required Shareware payment required from private users: 30$ Shareware payment required from corporates: 140$ (School licence) Distribution limitations: - CD-ROM distribution: Contact the author or the Shareware Catapult first! Remarkable demo only limitations: No Nagware: Yes Self-documenting: Yes External documentation included: Yes (PLEASURE.WRI) Source included: No Size in kB zipped / unzipped: 220 / 698 Max. 10 lines description: (v1.1) MEASUREPLEASURE for Windows is an educational program for math and science - You learn by doing and doing is fun. The subjects are decimal modifications of metric meusurements, study of density, scales and solving problems. The program needs the file 'VBRUN200.DLL' to run. ----- end of max. 10 lines description ----- Verbose description: You learn by doing and doing is fun. In MeasurePleasure one can find mathematical problems for different ages and levels. The subjects in MeasurePleasure have been chosen to be easily used in mathematical studies - useful in many situations. The program is in the first place designed for the junior high school, but due to their nature as a game and an exercise for solving problems the exercises are also suitable for primary school, senior high school and also for the teaching or some leisure activities at vocational school. The program stimulates many kinds of learning. 1) In the Play with measurements one can, through an interesting competition, practise the understanding of the connections between measuring units, prefixes and ratios. 2) Study of density simulates a physical measuring, which, depending on the task, solves the mass, volume and material of a body by suitable experimental equipment and by calculating. This part of the program trains careful methodology for solving problems and furthermore it in a nice way instructs how to use window-type applications such as calculator, densitytable and word processor. 3) In Scaled Orienteering one practises to understand the concept of scale in visually interesting and different settings. The idea is to approach the concept from many directions so that the user can better interiorize the concept. 4) Problematic containers and puzzles over weighing are classical problems, which require systematic conclusions and the selection of the correct procedure. The purpose of the program is to support the problemsolver visually and by registering the influence of the concluded actions, so that the solver can better choose his or her next move. Some of the tasks are exacting and solving them gives even to a more experienced problemsolver a great pleasure. The designers of Measurepleasure have been teaching in various educational institutions. The programming was made with MicroSoft Visual Basic. ----- end of verbose description -----