The Mathletics
Handbook
Copyright ©
Contents
Dear Colleague
We are delighted to welcome you and your students
to the Mathletics community.
We believe in a passion for learning, everything we do is
designed to instil students with the desire to learn and the
confidence to succeed. Mathletics has a host of different ways to
motivate learners. We feature an expansive bank of diagnostic
reports, planning tools and multimedia resources, all giving you
more time to teach in your own way.
The Mathletics Handbook is the start of our commitment to you,
going forward we will be available to provide you with all the
support you need to successfully implement Mathletics in your
school, and to introduce you to the areas of the program you
may not have discovered yet!
Peter Walters
CEO, 3P Learning Ltd.
This handbook is designed to help you start implementing Mathletics
in your school.
2. Mathletics Implementation Plan - for Mathletics Coordinators
3. Mathletics Planning Framework - for Mathletics Coordinators
4. Introducing the Student Center - for Mathletics Teachers
5. Introducing the Teacher Center - for Mathletics Teachers
6. Introducing the Administration Center - for Mathletics Administrators
7. The Parent Letter - for Parents
8. Frequently Asked Questions- for Mathletics Teachers
Contact Us
Your Mathletics Account Manager is available to provide telephone
support, advice and training on all aspects of your new resource and is
available from 9.00am until 5.30pm EST, Monday to Friday.
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Mathletics Implementation Plan
Mathletics Coordinator:
Mathletics Lead Teacher:
Mathletics Administrator:
The Coordinator
will become the main
point of contact
with Mathletics,
and coordinate the
program within the
school.
The Administrator
has managerial access
to the account.
STAGE ONE
STAGE TWO
STAGE THREE
Introducing Mathletics to your school
Achieve more with Mathletics
Advanced implementation
This handbook contains all the resources
you’ll need to get started.
Discover the tools available for achieving
better results with Mathletics.
Explore strategies for long term success
with Mathletics in your school.
o Introducing the Student Center
o Teaching using the Teacher Toolkit
o Holding your own Mathletics Challenge
o Introducing the Teacher Center
o Personalising learning with Course Creator
o Preparing for student transition
o Introducing the Parent Center
o Improving results with Results Manager
o Mathletics within your scheme of work
Introducing the Administration Center
Reviewing usage
Preparing for the new academic year
Welcome to Mathletics
Your Implementation Review
Your Health Check
Identify objectives with your teachers.
Contact your Mathletics Account
Manager for support, guidance and
to book your training.
Gather feedback from teachers
and students to evaluate if objectives
have been met. You can discuss
outcomes with your Mathletics
Account Manager.
Review your results to date, and
plan future implementation of
Mathletics within the school.
Contact your Mathletics Account
Manager for assistance.
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Mathletics Planning Framework
This framework can be used to help structure your Mathletics teacher training.
We suggest you begin by identifying your school’s objectives; you can then use the
grid below, and our quick start suggestions, to focus on the most relevant parts of the site.
Student Center
Face
Maker
Improving
Engagement
Live
Curriculum
Mathletics Activities
Support
Center
Reward
Schemes
Teacher Center
Problem
Solving
Concept
Search
Improving
Results
Weekly
Summary
Individual
Reports
Teacher
Toolkit
Instant
Workbooks
‡Organize a students versus teachers Live Mathletics competition, or a Mathletics blitz
week where students collaborate to get their class onto the Hall of Fame.
‡Award a prize to the first class or individual to appear on the Hall of
Fame or to achieve a particular participation certificate.
‡Create a Mathletics display using Mathletics Avatars, maps and participation
‡For long term engagement, set work in Results Manager.
Promoting
Independent ‡Ask students to explore the Problem Solving and My Games areas individually
then come together as a class to discuss strategies and thought processes.
Learning
Integrating
ICT into
Math
Teaching
Results
Manager
‡Share individual reports with parents and inform them about the
Parent Center to promote home usage.
‡Encourage your students to use the Something Harder
and Something Easier functions.
‡Use Results Manager to design individual learning pathways.
‡Map countries played against in Live Mathletics and investigate related cultures or
languages as part of a cross-curricular activity.
‡Familiarize your class with new topics and develop strategies together
using the resources in your Teacher Toolkit.
‡Introduce new terminology and explore ideas with your class using
the Concept Search.
‡Use Mathletics as part of a carousel learning activity.
‡Raise the profile of the points system by setting target dates to achieve bronze, silver and
‡Set work using Results Manager to encourage students to
gold participation certificates.
‡Ask students to repeat curriculum activities three times to consolidate learning.
focus on areas of weakness and to get rid of their red bars.
‡View Weekly Summary for a full breakdown of usage.
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Introducing the Student Center
Collaborate
Improve
Move students from concept
mastery to higher order reasoning
Celebrate individual and
class progress
Promote mathematical thinking by
working on Problem Solving activities
in pairs or groups.
Students are driven to improve by
collecting gold bars for achieving over
85% in an activity; make this a focus for
the class.
Invite students to design their own
problem for their peers to solve based
around a mathematical concept they
are currently practicing in Mathletics.
Introducing a class gold bar progress chart
and presentations or displays of Weekly
Awards can be useful tools to inspire
improvement.
Practice
Explore
Engage students in tackling
math at an appropriate level
Inspire independence
in learning
Develop approaches for working on
more difficult calculations through
the Support function.
Suggest that students try to introduce
new mathematical terms to their
vocabulary in class. By investigating
and interacting with related terms in the
Concept Search, students will be able
to make and explain connections.
Use the Something Easier and
Something Harder activities
to consolidate and extend the
knowledge of each student.
Reward students who use their initiative
to introduce brand new concepts.
Personalize
Compete
Give students ownership of
their learning environment
Help students to improve
mental math skills at their
own pace
Set the challenge of saving credits
for a particular Facemaker item to
promote improvement.
Use the My Color and My Theme
changes to find out more about
your creative learners.
Prompt students to review their
Live Mathletics results to identify
operations they need to improve.
Students sign into
www.mathletics.com
Introduce cross-curricular learning
by investigating countries played in
Live Mathletics.
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Introducing the Teacher Center
Results Manager
Teacher Toolkit
Group students for learning
and deliver personalized pathways
Engage and motivate a variety
of learners
Use the color coded indicators in
Results Manager to determine strengths
and weaknesses for individuals and the
whole class. Use the data to take smaller
groups aside for extra support.
Focus on application skills and use Videos,
Walkthroughs or Widgets to demonstrate that
there may be more than one way to approach
a problem. Use this as a platform for debate.
A combination of different media will help
engagement and support students in looking at
math from a new perspective.
Click in a cell or use the Action Bar to
set Focus Activities according to results.
Students will see the tasks you have set
once you have used the Results Manager
Settings to turn Focus Activities On.
Instant Workbooks
RESULTS MANAGER KEY
Integrate paper-based activities
with ICT curriculum content
Yellow cell = activity has been set
Where access to ICT facilities is limited, Mathletics
online functions can be complemented by the
Instant Workbooks. Use them as part of a carousel
activity, where in-class computers can be used to
practice concepts on Mathletics. Other stations
might include a real world activity or case study as
an opportunity for collaborative problem solving.
Result in blue = satisfactory result
Result in red = a student who would
benefit from repeating an activity
Red speech bubble = cause for concern
Class Roll
View and edit your class list
and obtain sign in details.
Weekly Summary
Print student certificates and view
activity summaries.
Course
Manage course settings,
view activities and guides.
Live Mathletics Report
View Live Mathletics results and
Set Minimum Levels.
Report Generator
Teachers sign into
View and print summaries
of students’ progress.
www.mathletics.com
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Introducing the Administration Center
School Roll
Mathletics Administration Center
Creating a New Class or Set
Adding a New Student
‡ Click on Mathletics Administration Center
‡ Click on School Roll
‡ Click on Mathletics Class Administration
‡ Click on Add to Student Roll
‡ In the Add New Class box
‡ Add the new student details and click Add
‡ Enter the details for your new class or sub-set,
selecting the course you want them to follow
‡ Navigate back to Administration Center (top left)
‡ Click on Mathletics Administration Center
‡ Click Add
‡ Click on Mathletics Class Administration
‡ Click on Update Class next to your new class or set
‡ Click on Update Class next to the class where you
want to assign the student
‡ Select the student you want to move into the new
class or set from the drop down box
‡ Select the new student from the drop down box and
click Add Student
‡ Click Add Student
‡ Repeat the last step for any other students you
would like to follow the same course
Mathletics Administration Center
Individual Student Results
Course Creator
Access individual activity results through each
Student Center.
Create custom courses for your classes.
‡ Add and remove activities from an existing
curriculum course to better suit your students’ needs.
Live Mathletics Results
‡ Create a brand new course of work to target specific
students needs or school requirements.
Access the Live Mathletics results for the whole school
Check which students are the top scorers at each level
and in each year group
Full Curriculum Class Results
Access all curriculum results via every
Teacher Center.
Participation Awards
Monitor progress and achievements of every mathletics
class in the school.
Access all participation details via each Teacher Center.
Administrators sign into
www.mathletics.com
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Dear Parent or Guardian
Your child’s school is now using Mathletics as an important part of
its math learning program. Your child will have 24 hour access to
Mathletics through a unique username and password*. This means
that students can work at their own pace, anywhere, anytime.
To register for your Mathletics Parent Center:
About Mathletics
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Mathletics is a web-based learning program that integrates home
and school learning via the internet; it is one of the world’s most
used educational websites. As an online learning resource it is
the next generation in learning, helping students enjoy math and
achieve outstanding results.
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Mathletics at Home
We recommend that you spend time looking at the program
with your child so that you can gain the greatest understanding
of how Mathletics will benefit his or her learning. As a parent
or guardian, you can register for a Parent Center and sign up to
receive Weekly Reports. These reports will provide you with details
on your child’s progress and achievement.
Further information and guides on Mathletics can be found
under the Help tab.
If you experience difficulty in loading the Mathletics website at home,
please contact us on +1.866.387.9139 or usa@3plearning.com
Each student’s Mathletics account holds information relating to
individual results and progress. Unfortunately, it is not possible to
correct results or retrieve credits if the account has been accessed
by someone else.
Welcome to the Mathletics Community!
*At 3P Learning we are committed to protecting
the safety and security of our registered users
Student Details
Username:
Password:
www.mathletics.com
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do the certificates work?
How does the Hall of Fame work?
Students are awarded a certificate for acquiring 1000 points in a week.
They can only earn one certificate each week, even if they earn over 2000
points. Once they have collected five bronze certificates, they receive a
silver award. A gold certificate is earned when they have collected four
silver certificates.
The Top 100 Students Hall of Fame is reset daily, and only points earned
in this period will be counted. There is a countdown clock to check how
much time is remaining at the top of the Hall of Fame. The points that the
students see on their homepage is a weekly score, which is used for the
What are the gold bars?
Where can I find my class usernames and passwords?
These are achieved by students when they score over 85% in curriculum
activities, and are an excellent indicator of a solid understanding of a
concept. The Gold Bar Status in the bottom right of the screen shows a
student how many activities are available on their course and how many
more gold bars they will need to earn to complete the curriculum.
You can access students’ usernames and passwords by signing in with your
teacher user details and clicking on Class Admin then Class Roll.
How and why do students earn credits?
Credits are one of the Mathletics reward systems and are earned every time
a student beats their own personal best score in a curriculum activity or in
Live Mathletics. They can be spent in the virtual shop, which is accessible
through the Face Maker by clicking on the money bag. Once a student
has purchased an item, it will appear in the Face Maker under the relevant
category.
How do we purchase more licences?
You can extend your subscription to include more students or year groups
at any time during the year by contacting your Account Manager. We will
contact you towards the end of your subscription to help you complete the
renewal process.
Top 50 Classes Hall of Fame and the weekly participation certificates.
What should we do if we’re having technical problems?
Most issues are quick and easy to resolve. The best course of action is to
download a copy of the Mathletics Technical Guide, which is available on
the homepage. If this doesn’t resolve your issue, report the problem to your
Account Manager. Please send us a screenshot by pressing the Print Screen
button on your keyboard while the problem is occurring, and paste this into
an email so that the Technical Team can analyze the issue.
Can I purchase Mathletics for my own children?
Teachers can purchase a Mathletics home licence for their children at
a significantly reduced price. This will be independent of your school
licences. To set up an account for your child, sign into your Teacher Center
and scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click on the link in the box
entitled Mathletics and Spellodrome Licenses for the Children of Teachers.
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