Once they have some practice, they receive graded online quizzes . Each week, students report their exercise and quiz scores to their instructor, who keeps detailed student records and identifies special problem areas. The Derivation System Students use the derivation system to solve problems using the basic rules of arithmetic Additionally, students are given problems to solve using EPGY's unique derivation system . The derivation system provides students with a symbolic computation environment that forces them to not only find the correct answer but to know exactly what steps were involved in deriving that solution. By using specific rules to transform the given equations, students construct solutions to problems in the manner of an arithmetic proof.
Every lesson has a homework assignment from the textbook.
Student homework is evaluated in online homework checks. The results are submitted electronically in the reports students are expected to send to their tutor each week. Students should expect to spend between 5-10 hours per week completing all the online and offline course assignments. At the end of each chapter in the text, students complete exams . Exams are first done on paper, then entered into an exam page like the one shown at left.