Student Activities

1. Does Kid's College offer sports video games for boys and girls?
   Yes. There's something for everyone. Students can select from six sports: snowboarding, soccer, basketball, football, volleyball, and baseball. They can also select a male or female player, and select their ethnicity.
2. What motivates students to answer the questions?
   Students are rewarded with game time when they answer questions correctly. The more game time they earn, they can try to post a higher score and compete with their classmates in the rankings.
3. If a student doesn't answer a question correctly on the first try, can he try again?
   Yes. The student gets two tries to answer a question correctly. By default, the program provides an instructional hint after the student answers incorrectly on the first try. This helps the student learn while he's answering questions, and gives him a better chance of answering correctly on the second try.
4. Will a student be rewarded with game time if his first answer is incorrect?
   By default, a student will be rewarded with game time ("power-ups") when he provides the correct answer on his first or second try. However, to prevent students from guessing at the correct answer, teachers and administrators can choose to award power-ups only when a student answers correctly on the first try.

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Content & Skills

1. Where does Kid's College content come from?
   All of the standards-based questions and state correlations were created by Publishers Resource Group, a well recognized group of educators whose expertise is in content development and state correlations.
2. Does the content correlate directly to state standards?
   Yes. We will set up your Kid's College account to correlate directly to your state's standards.
3. What grades does the content cover?
   K-8.
4. Are there any costs associated with content updates?
   No. There are no costs involved with any automatic update.
5. What core subject areas are included in each program?
   Math and Reading/Language Arts.
6. How many questions are included in the program?
   There are a total of 30,000 Math and Reading/Language Arts questions in the program, so students are not repeating the same questions over and over.
7. Do the questions relate to sports?
   Some questions may relate to sports, but not all of them. However, all are multiple-choice questions consistent with what students see on state and national tests.
8. Is the program available in Spanish?
   Directions can be provided in Spanish, but the Kid's College program is currently available only in English.

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Teacher Management

1. How many correct answers does a student need to earn a turn at his favorite sports video game?
   Teachers can select how many correct answers are needed to earn students a turn at a sport. By default, three correct answers are needed to earn a turn. Teachers may choose between 1-5 questions.
2. How long does each sport turn last?
   Teachers may also select how long students can play their favorite sport in each turn. The default is 20 seconds, but the teacher may select from 10-30 seconds.
3. Can teachers control the order of the skills practiced?
   Yes. Teachers have complete control over the order of skill strands for the class and/or individual students.
4. When a teacher wants to use the program strictly for assessment, can she turn off the instructional hints?
   Yes.
5. If a student's assessment shows weakness in several skill areas, what can Kid's College provide to help strengthen those skills?
   Besides the extra practice of answering questions in Kid's College, schools can also purchase Customized Instructional Gameplans. With one click, teachers can generate worksheets based on areas of weakness for each student. Download the entire gameplan or chapters by skill strand, and email to parents.
6. What grades are Customized Instructional Gameplans available for?
   Gameplans are currently available for grades 4-8. In order to generate a gameplan for a student, he must have completed assessment. Call for details.
7. Does Kid's College track student progress?
   Yes. Teachers and administrators can run a Student Progress Report to view progression across grade levels over time. Also, Student STRIDE Reports can be auto-emailed to you weekly or monthly through our Executive Reporting Email Service, for an additional fee.
8. Is there an easier way to load all of my student and class data?
   Yes. To save you time, Learning Through Sports can import your student information and curriculum for an additional fee. The information is automatically loaded into the program, and you can start using Kid's College right away. Call for details.

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Reporting

1. What reports are available?
   There are numerous reports that teachers and administrators can run from inside the Kid's College program. Each report allows you to customize individual and class reporting to include state standards and disaggregated data. To save you time, the Executive Reporting Email Service is also available for an additional fee.
2. Can all reports be automatically emailed?
   You can receive district, school, class, and student reports auto-emailed to you weekly or monthly when you purchase the Executive Reporting Email Service. Call for details.
3. Can reports be emailed to parents?
   Yes. Parent Reports are part of the Executive Reporting Email Service and serve as a weekly update. Teachers control when the Parent Reports are emailed.

Research and Results

1. What research is available?
   All research is located on our website in a printable, PDF format. See research >
2. What kind of results have other schools had in using the program?
   We have proven results that students in schools using Kid's College dramatically surpass students in control schools on yearly criterion referenced tests. Kid's College has also helped schools address motivation and behavioral problems. View Success Stories >

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Accessing Kid's College

1. Is Kid's College available from any computer?
   Yes. Since it is web-based, Kid's College is accessible from any computer that has an Internet connection. Kid's College runs on both Windows and Macintosh platforms.
2. Is the program only available online?
   Yes. Kid's College is no longer available on CD-ROM.
3. What are the minimum computer requirements?
   If your computer does not meet these minimum specifications, please ask your technical coordinator to facilitate necessary upgrades. Adobe Flash Player Version 8.0 or later is required for all platforms. For Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, or XP, minimum specifications are Internet Explorer 5.1 or later, Netscape 7.0 or later, or Firefox 1.0 or later. For Macintosh 9.2 or higher: Internet Explorer 5.0 or later, or Netscape 7.0 or later. For Macintosh OS X: Internet Explorer 5.2 or later, Netscape 7.2 or later, Firefox 1.0 or later, or Safari 1.2 or later.
4. Can I change my password?
   Yes. You can change your Administrator or Teacher passwords at any time.
5. Can I assign passwords for my students?
   Yes. You may assign passwords for your students to prevent them from signing in under each other's names. The default is for students to sign in using their class's KCC code, and then choose their name from the list of registered students.

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Student Activities
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Teacher Management
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Reporting
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Research and Results
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Accessing Kid's College
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