Brightstorm Launches Math Answer Checker

Jan. 15, 2010 - PRLog -- Tens of thousands of math students get stuck on their math homework every night.  Learners reach out to parents, friends, and their textbooks, but it’s often difficult for students to get the expert help they need.  Now Brightstorm (www.brightstorm.com), the leading provider of online math help for teens, has launched Answer Checker, an automated tool that helps teens get instant help on their specific math problems.

Brightstorm’s mission is to be the best place on the web to learn.  Brightstorm’s solutions—for Math, SAT, ACT and Advanced Placement—feature short, high quality videos from great teachers.  For instance, Brightstorm Math (www.brightstorm.com/d/math) has over 2,000 videos covering every topic in Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2, Trigonometry, Precalculus and Calculus.  Brightstorm Math videos cover core concepts and demonstrate sample problems for each topic.  

“Brightstorm Math is the best place on the web for learners to get math help,” says Brightstorm CEO Jeff Marshall.  “When you’re at home struggling through your homework, you want a friendly, knowledgeable person to provide a quick explanation.  Brightstorm’s Math videos offers just that—the high quality help you’d get from a great tutor, at a much lower expense, just when you need it.  And now, with Answer Checker, we’ve built on that great foundation.”

With Brightstorm’s Answer Checker, students can enter their specific homework problems and get instant, step by step guidance on how to solve those problems.

“It’s like having a tutor sitting right beside you, coaching you through the problem,” says Mr. Marshall.

The Answer Checker interface makes it easy for students to enter their problems, with one-click buttons that handle math symbols like fractions, square roots and integrals.  An intelligent tool, Answer Checker understands that students may be asked to do different things with each math expression or equation that you enter—do you need to solve this, graph it, find the x-intercepts, others?  Once the learner chooses the goal, Answer Checker gives an instant step-by-step solution to the problem, with explanations for each step.  Answer Checker even provides graphs where appropriate.

“With Answer Checker, Brightstorm Math is an even more helpful solution,” says Marshall.  “Most of the time, students will watch our videos, and that light bulb of understanding will illuminate.  But occasionally, a problem will stump them, and Answer Checker will be just the help they need.   That’s important, because when they face a similar problem on a test, when it really counts, they’ll need to know how to solve it and why.”

Brightstorm offers Answer Checker for a monthly subscription of $4.99.

“It’s the least expensive way in the world to get instant, step-by-step answers to your homework problems,” says Marshall.  “This is a solution every student taking Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2, Trigonometry or Calculus should have.  It’s affordable and extremely valuable.  Answer Checker should be like any other school supply that a student has—backpack, notebooks and Answer Checker.”

Brightstorm’s Answer Checker is now live at www.brightstorm.com.

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About Brightstorm(www.brightstorm.com)
Brightstorm is advancing the learning economy through an online learning network that empowers teens, teachers and parents to shape the future of education. Brightstorm partners with the best teachers in the country to create online, video-based test prep and high school help solutions that enable teens do better in school and get into college. Brightstorm offers teacher videos in short, personalized formats that include practice tests, downloadable materials, live interaction with Brightstorm experts and comprehensive study guides.