Acellus has been deployed in public and private schools throughout the Nation and is now helping hundreds of thousands of students each day to master concepts in mathematics.  More recently, Acellus is being used to help students learn how to read.

Traditionally, Acellus has been deployed in computer labs, where each student has a dedicated computer console from which to operate the Acellus programs.  Acellus courses are interactive, self-contained educational programs that carefully guide the student through each lesson.  The interactive features of Acellus are used to identify “holes” in the students’ knowledge and understanding of specific concepts.  Acellus then interactively provides specific video instruction taught by some of America’s greatest teachers.

At the completion of the lesson on each topic, the student is challenged with carefully crafted questions to examine competency regarding the newly taught concept and reacting with special context-sensitive video responses to eliminate misconceptions or incomplete mastery of the concept.

Acellus courses are self-contained, allowing students to move forward through the material at their own pace.  Students already having mastery of a particular concept move through very quickly, making an introductory Acellus course an effective review procedure.  Once a student encounters a topic or concept which contains new material, progress slows and the course slows down to help the student master the material.

Lessons are automatically scored and results tabulated in each student’s permanent record.  Each time a student fails to answer a question properly, it is designated as a “sticky problem”, which Acellus will revert back to later in the course to ascertain the student’s proficiency.

Each Acellus course contains unit exams, midterm exams, and final exams.  Teachers are provided with a powerful but intuitive interface, allowing them to monitor the progress of each student through the course.  Many of the parameters of the operation of an Acellus course can be managed by the teacher or, they can be left to operate with the Acellus default settings.  The teacher also has control over the relative importance of each item used to generate student grades.

If a student fails to pass a unit exam at the required level of competency, Acellus automatically returns the student to the lessons related to each missed problem.  Concepts are taught initially at a basic level, optimized for quick learners and persons using the material for review purposes.  Students requiring additional instruction are given more in-depth presentations of each concept with some of the most difficult-to-master concepts being covered in four separate presentations of varying levels of complexity.  Students that are really struggling will spend a little bit more time in these difficult concepts, but in the end they can master the material and pass the course.

Acellus courses have been found to be very effective in terms of building student self-esteem and in the mastery of material, as evidenced by improved final test scores compiled from independent testing.  Acellus collects detailed information regarding the progress of all students in each course.  This data is collected each night at the International Academy of Science and allows researchers to identify problem areas where the instruction needs improvement.  This feature of Acellus makes a science of the learning process and allows courses to be rigorously monitored and refined.  Course modifications and enhancements are distributed each day to schools using Acellus.  This is the single most important reason that Acellus is so effective in helping students master difficult concepts.

In addition to Acellus labs, the powerful and informative lectures of Acellus are also being used by teachers to enrich and enhance their traditional classroom learning experience.  This version of Acellus, called “Team Teach”, allows teachers to project Acellus lessons to their students from a laptop connected to the Internet.  Team Teach is a very effective way to utilize Acellus in classroom environments where individual computers are not available for each student.  In some instances, the only way a certain student can master a concept is by watching an animated explanation or an example taught from a different point of view or perspective.  Bringing Acellus into the conventional classroom is “Team Teaching” with some of America’s greatest teachers.