As part of the TOS Crew, I received access to MathScore.com which helps kids to improve their math skills through adaptive math practice.
Once you are logged in (and there is a free trial version to test out), your student can choose a topic for example, multiplication. The choice generates a worksheet of math problems your student must finish within a certain time frame.
On the home page there is a 2 1/2 minute video introducing you to the way MathScore works. This is a great way to see what the screen looks like to the kids and how they interact with the problems.
Students have a choice of either doing practice worksheets or seeing a concept explained in a mini-lesson.
Once the students log out, then a report is generated that day of the work they have done. You can see a sample of a report below. This one is from the first time E11 tried out MathScore. The copycat is a session where you follow the leader so that you learn how to use the program. It records idle time as well though I'm not sure how that is defined. I had to remind my kids not to run somewhere for a moment because it counts as idle time. R9 went to eat lunch and then continued and since she was logged in it docked for not doing anything.
| Topic Name | Rating | Points | Overall Accuracy | % | # Worksheets
| Worksheet
| Engaged
|
| Copy Cat
| 0 → 50 | 50 | 206/206 | 100.0% | 11 | 0:06:06 | 0:07:27 |
| Fast Addition
| 0 → 15 | 37 | 53/55 | 96.4% | 5 | 0:02:13 | 0:03:34 |
| Copy Cat Preparation
| 0 → 100 | 145 | 100/100 | 100.0% | 10 | 0:02:49 | 0:03:54 |
| Total |
| 232 | 359/361 | 99.4% | 26 | 0:11:08 | 0:14:55 |
| Long Idle Times | 594 seconds, 10:52:44 - 11:02:38
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The cost: the home version is $9.95 per month for the first student. The second student is an additional $5 and each student beyond two is $3.95 per month. There is also a free trial for you to check out.
My kids enjoyed getting to use MathScore quite a bit. The cost is reasonable in comparison to the other computer based practice programs we have used this year. I really like the significant discount for each student beyond the first. That makes it doable for a large family to try it out.
This program is reader intensive with less graphics to make it fun. So, I7 had a harder time with it. I think once he spends more time with it, things will be easier, but his first time was rough.
I thought the page long worksheets with a time limit were pretty clever compared to the rapid fire pages that come up one at a time in other programs.
Once again, if you and your children like computer practice then this is a nice addition at a reasonable cost.
I will be reporting back to you on MathScore as we use it even more and in full disclosure the vendor has allowed me to use and try out MathScore.Com for free for another 5 months in exchange.
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