Choosing courses for your gifted child

Gifted children need materials that allow them to work at their own level and pace and to move through the material in unconventional ways.

How many of these behaviors describe your child?

My child has an unusual interest in math or computers
My child is often bored with conventionally-paced math programs
My child grasps math concepts quicky
My child receives mostly 'A's in math
My child has the ability to concentrate for long periods of time (when interested in the subject)

If three or more of these statements are true, then we would like to invite your child to take a free assessment of their interest and aptitude to take our logic or computer science course.

To register, simply provide us with the information below. Then check your email for our message providing you with your password and website address to proceed. The assessment is an indepth one hour online series of logic problems to assess the appropriateness of these courses for your child. Here is reprint of an indepth third party review of the course by HomeSchoolMath.net.

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I want to know more about the courses before registering for the free assessment

Time4Learning has partnered with the Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (IMACS) to make available advanced classes in logic and computer science for home education. The Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (IMACS) is an independent teaching and educational research institute which is particularly focused on development of math conceptual skills in extraordinary children. The two online courses that IMACS provides with Time4Learning are both instructor-monitored individually-paced intellectually demanding courses appropriate for motivated secondary students with a strong academic record and aptitude.

The IMACS Logic Course introduces students to Propositional Logic, a branch of modern mathematics which provides a rigorous mathematical analysis of the process of rational argument. It continues into Predicate Logic, a so-called "first-order logic" sufficient to formalize all of set theory. Very advanced students will learn the axiomatic set theory of John von Neumann, Paul Bernays and Kurt Gödel. It can be offered for high school credit. Here is reprint of an indepth third party review of the course by HomeSchoolMath.net.

The IMACS Computer Science Course provides secondary school students with an introduction to computer science. The course uses the programming language Scheme, and includes a convenient online Scheme interpreter. The approach is based on The Schemer's Guide, written by the Curriculum Development Group at the Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science and taught in prestigious programs such as The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) and Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) summer programs. The course teaches computer programming with an emphasis on conceptual logic: it is not a "Learn to build a website"-type course. It can be offered for high school credit.

I want to know more about IMACS

The Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (IMACS) is an independent teaching and educational research institute based in Plantation, Florida, USA. The IMACS courses are designed to take young minds and extend them as far as their capabilities allow. Each IMACS course proceeds forward in steps that are easy to understand, with each step presented in a way that is innovative, interesting, challenging, and fun. Important concepts and skills are revisited repeatedly from various points of view, allowing students to master each skill as they are able. Mindless memorization is avoided, since the goal is always the development of a genuine understanding, love of the subject matter, and an ability to formulate and express coherent, logical arguments. In addition to full-time curriculum development and publishing divisions, IMACS operates teaching facilities for precocious elementary and secondary school students. The IMACS staff consists of mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers, technical editors, graphics designers, and programmers. IMACS develops curricula for online use, for use in IMACS classrooms (for example, the Mathematics and Computer Enrichment curricula), for publication in print (The Schemer's Guide, a series of college-level computer science textbooks, and the Elements of Mathematics series of secondary school mathematics textbooks) and online.

I want to know more about the assessment for my child

Once you register (using one of the forms on this page), an account for assessment will be set-up for your child.

The assessment is an interactive online exercise to be done by the student without any help. It takes one hour. It is online and it requires students to read complex mathematical material and answer challenging questions.

We will contact you (the parent) with the results and course recommendations within a few days.

This assessment is much harder than most tests and one’s usual expectations are not reasonable here.

For example, you might usually think of 50% as a failing grade, but that is absolutely not the case for this assessment.The style of the test matches the style of the IMACS courses. In particular, it is web-based and it requires students to read complex mathematical material and answer challenging questions.

The content of the aptitude test, however, is very different than the content of the courses. The content will be unlike anything you have seen and so there is no studying that you can do before taking the aptitude test.

The full instructions are provided at the start of the assessment after logging in.

To Register

To register, simply provide us with the information requested at the top of this page. Then check your email for our message providing you with your password and link for the free student assessment.