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Company

MathType

Founded: 1999
Country: Spain 

SAM Learning

Founded: 1993
Country: United Kingdom 
Description

MathType

MathType is an equation editor that allows students and teachers to write math digitally as easy as you write text,...
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SAM Learning

SAM Learning is an online learning resource for secondary schools that caters for all major GCSE and KS3 subjects and...
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Educational Impact

MathType

Not measured 
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SAM Learning

build student knowledge84%
reduce teacher workload84%
improve attainment81%
reduce attainment gap73%
 
Recommended Usage

MathType

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SAM Learning

Independent studies commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation and the Family Fisher Trust from 2002 to 2020 report that SAM Learning significantly improves students' GCSE grades with as little as 10+ hours of usage.

Most Helpful Reviews

MathType

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SAM Learning

Greg Newton, Leader: SAM learning has been an invaluable tool in our secondary school. We have whole school engagement of 92% of the school and 96% of Year 11 students have actively engaged with the tasks. Students have loved the tasks set and the challenges created. Teachers have enjoyed the time support but the automatic marking of work and the invaliuable QLA fucntion to help with both analysis and future planning. I have found the support from the SAM team immense and have enjoyed leading on driving the use of the software in the school this academic year. Greg Newton (Senior Leader at Tupton Hall School)
Alison Harrold, Online platform lead/ Psychology & PE Teacher: To sign into the platform it only requires them to use their school email for their ID and Password. This is brilliant!! It is easy to reset if they accidently sign themselves out of the platform. This can be done by all staff who have access to the platform. They can access the platform anytime and anywhere – on a school computer, laptop or phone. It has adaptative A.I. that guides students to improve their score if they have not achieved 80%. It encourages students to get a higher score than their friends and climb the leader board as part of our schools house cup competition. They can choose from a range of activities to complete across major GCSE & KS3 subjects.
gavin byford, deputy head: really like it both staff and students really like it
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Age Range

MathType

11-13, 14-16, 17-18, 19+ 

SAM Learning

11-13, 14-16 
Features

MathType

Document Creation SoftwareEquation EditorAccessibilityHandwriting Recognition 

SAM Learning

RevisionHomeworkInterventionReporting SuitePre-made Activities Personalised Learning Adaptive LearningQuestion Level AnalysisAdaptive Teaching Adaptive Learning 
Languages

MathType

English 

SAM Learning

English 
Accessibility

MathType

Robust features 

SAM Learning

Few to no features 
Policies

MathType

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 

SAM Learning

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 
Requirements

MathType

Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - AndroidRadioTelevision

MathType is a learning platform also available for Google Workspace (GoogleDocs, GoogleSlides and GoogleClassroom).

 

SAM Learning

Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - AndroidRadioTelevision

Launch and setup is supported by our technical team - we work with school Network Admin.

 
Training

MathType

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos

No specific training is required to install or use MathType. However, if the user has any questions, the support team will gladly answer them with no cost-related. You can go to our Youtube channel (@wirismath) or to the documentation page (https://docs.wiris.com/mathtype/index.html?lang=en) to find all the information needed to know more about the product.

 

SAM Learning

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos 
Set Up

MathType

Follow this link to know how to install MathType - https://docs.wiris.com/mathtype/en/mathtype-office-tools/mathtype-7-for-windows-and-mac/installing-mathtype-7-for-windows-and-mac.html#install

SAM Learning

48 hours

Support

MathType

24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 

SAM Learning

24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 
Home Learning

MathType

Parent Access 

SAM Learning

Not available To parents 
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Pricing

MathType

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

MathType pricing starts from $61.95 / per-user

MathType for Office Tools from $61.95 per user/year. One subscription, all office tools included. In case you are an Educational Institution, please contact sales@wiris.com

SAM Learning

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

SAM Learning pricing starts from £2 / per-pupil
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