Amazon.com Product Description: ChemTutor Excalibur is an interactive course that covers chemistry from high school up through the first year of college. Each of this edition's 20 subject areas offers a comprehensive tutorial and quiz section that tests mastery. Structured to enable learning by discovery, the tutorials also add interactivity and immediate feedback that reinforce learning. Students study at their own pace and move freely through the subjects, skipping those they already know. One of ChemTutor Excalibur's best features is a practice-exam section that prepares students for finals, as well as the SAT II Subject Test in Chemistry, the AP Chemistry Exam, and state proficiency exams like the New York State Regents Exam in Chemistry. Reviewed and well received by chemistry faculty and students alike, ChemTutor Excalibur raises grades and test scores, while students learn and have fun with chemistry.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Review of ChemTutor
To all out there:
ChemTutor Excalibur Edition is a wonderful design. I have worked extensively with it over the last semester. When most students study for an exam they want to do practice problems, work sheets, old exams, etc. They do not want to re read lecture notes or a book. Chem Tutor provides the most effective way to study. The best way to comprehend a subject area is to do practice problems. Most students can read an entire chapter and they don't comprehend 1/4 of it. It is boring and tedious. It is not effective. Chem Tutor allows people the opportunity to never have to worry about reading a Chemistry Text again.
To those who are not a fan:
I don't see why. No one ever said this program replaces a Lecture or Class. To be clear: this program should accompany a class. It is best when an instructor teaches the subject area and students use Chem Tutor as a review. I can't see any problem with that method at all. Chem Tutor helps students, it doesn't teach them everything.
I hope students and instructors continue to use this program, I have nothing bad to say about it!
Rating: - So-So
I brought this program because I thought that it would give me detailed information concerning chemistry math which is what I was looking for and needed at the time. I did not find it to be very much help to me in the math section but was basically okay for the detailed chemistry section.
Rating: - Chem Tutor is a Grade Saver
I have two wonderful boys who do quite well in school but both have struggled with Chemistry. I think it is a difficult subject to teach and Chem Tutor seems to make a connection when sometimes a teacher or tutor was not able to. It definitely has made a full grade difference in every test and is an easy tool to use. Even at this point in the grade year it will help. (I didn't discover Chem Tutor until April of my oldest son's year in Chemistry. After struggling to get C's in chem tests all year he got A in the Organic Unit test at the end of the year after using Chem Tutor.)
Rating: - Not up to the hype
It is very cheap software. Does not really have any leaning workshops at all. All it does is quiz you which isn't bad but definately is not worth the price.
Rating: - Where are the pictures
Ok I am returning to college to get my Masters degree. I bought this to brush up before enrolling in Chem. I am very disappointed. This is more like a review for someone preparing to take a final exam. The interactive portion is just part of the test taking part. There are not even chapters or presentations at all just questions with answers available.
- Review of ChemTutor
- So-So
- Not up to the hype
- Where are the pictures
