Beginning MatchTime MatchTime Features

Beginning MatchTime
MatchTime can run directly from the CD-ROM or you may install it on your hard
drive with an installer application.
On Macintosh:
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Run MatchTime by double-clicking the MatchTime icon in the finder window.
Install MatchTime by double-clicking the MatchTime Installer icon. You can choose
the location for the MatchTime folder.
On Windows:
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Run MatchTime by running the MatchTime.exe application. (MatchTime launches
itself automatically when the MatchTime CD is inserted.)
Install MatchTime on your hard drive by running the Install.exe application on the CD.
MatchTime Features
Four Levels of Complexity
The MatchTime program for Macintosh and Windows supplies a simple, accessible,
and colorful context for practice telling time. It features both dial clocks and digital
clocks and provides four levels of complexity. Within each level the program presents
matching tasks of increasing difficulty, requiring a minimum number of correct answers
at each task before progressing to harder
problems.
Learners can
begin work in any
level by clicking
the appropriate
button on the title
screen.
Level 1: MatchTime to the Hour
Level 1 focuses on recognition of the 12 hours on the dial clock and
their equivalent digital representation. It begins with 3, 6, 9, and 12
o’clock on clocks of the same type, and ends with matching all hours
between clocks of different types.
Level 2: MatchTime to the Quarter Hour
Level 2 adds the important divisions of the hour to the matching tasks
beginning with half-hours and moving on to quarter-hours.
Level 3: MatchTime to the Minute
Level 3 begins with the 20-minute divisions of the hour, then narrows
the focus gradually through 10- and 5-minute intervals down to single
minutes.
Level 4: MatchTime Earlier and Later
Level 4 presents the added challenge of finding times earlier or later
than the target time. At first, MatchTime offers one-hour spans that
progress to longer whole-hour intervals. Then the emphasis shifts to
shorter and longer durations in minutes. Finally, MatchTime combines
hours and minutes in problems that truly test time-telling skills.
To review a list of tasks in each MatchTime level, select Task list under the Help menu
on the title screen.
Progress Tracking
On-screen feedback
As the learner advances in each level of
MatchTime, small stars glow in a row on the
match screen, and the star on the level’s title
screen button gets brighter and brighter.
When the learner clicks the Score button,
MatchTime displays the stars earned in each
level.
Logging in and out
To track progress for more than one session of
using MatchTime, choose Log in from the File
menu on the title screen. You can log in as a
new learner, or choose a progress file from a
previously saved session. MatchTime
automatically saves the progress until you select
Log out or Quit.
Progress reports
Although the score display indicates progress in
the levels in a general way, MatchTime can
furnish a detailed report of the learner’s
performance on each task within the levels.
Select the Progress Report entry in the File
menu to read, print, or save a detailed or
summary report.
Custom Settings
Scanning selection
Learners who access the computer with a single
switch will be able to use MatchTime when
Scanning selection is enabled. Each of the three
choices on the match screen will light up in turn.
Pressing the spacebar or return key selects the
current choice. Use the up and down arrow keys
to speed up or slow down the scanning.
Keyboard selection
To select a matching time via the keyboard without scanning, press the ①, ② or ➂
keys at any time. To see the choices labeled, enable the Show keyboard numbers entry
in the Settings menu.
Extra challenge
Most matching tasks in MatchTime require 2, 3 or 4 consecutive correct answers
before proceeding to the next task. When you select Extra challenge, MatchTime
doubles its requirement.
Prompts
Turn on MatchTime’s audible prompts by selecting Spoken prompts in the Settings
menu. To have the prompt repeated at random intervals, select Repeat prompts.
Accessibility Options
In addition to using scanning or the keyboard for selection MatchTime has built-in
support for the Intellikeys ® input device. The CD contains a graphics file of
MatchTime’s Intellikeys® overlay. A sturdy printed version can be ordered from
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If you have a problem running MatchTime, please call Attainment Technical
Support. If you can, have the program running with your computer nearby and be
prepared to answer these questions:
What triggers the problem?
Can you duplicate the problem?
Is there an error message? What exactly does it say?
Which Macintosh system or Windows version are you using?
What is model of your computer?
How much RAM is available to the program?
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