Building Online Learning Skills Project

Building Online Learning Skills Project Great Southern Institute of Technology

VU20813Numerical and Statistical Information iPad Apps and Review

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Whole numbers: Rocket Math Highly recommended. place value (Mathmateer) You can adjust levels of difficulty. Ordering, counting Very visual and interactive.

Primarily designed for 4- 12 year olds but still useful for older students. Math Pentagon: Able to create Numbers!!! assignments on various It has an entire section topics and review the on place value results. focusing on large numbers Students can access a large number of worksheets on various topics . Students are able to practice skills and receive an explanation if unsure. Whole numbers: Rocket Math . Reviewed above Calculations involving (Mathmateer) the four operations. Covers the four operations Course content App Icon Review

ArithmeTick Hasn’t got the graphics of other apps but has a simple format and good for consolidation purposes.

Has an easy to very challenging level.

Flash card style with 5 levels of difficulty. . Math pentagon Very comprehensive and Numbers!!! can be monitored for progress.

Mathemagics Basic graphics, however, this goes beyond basic Covers operations arithmetic. also divisibility and perfect squares Great for those who love maths and want a challenge.

Provides strategies and practice before a person plays. Decimals: Place Rocket Math Reviewed above value, Comparing, (Mathmateer) Conversions

Math pentagon Teachers able to assign Decimals!!! worksheets and Decimals -2 assignments, review and generate performance This covers tenths, . reports hundredths etc. Seems to be similar in comparing and concept to mathletics. Course content App Icon Review

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Decimals : Math pentagon . Cover all four operations. calculations Decimals!!! No shortage of choice

Fractions: concept, Rocket Math comparing and (Mathmateer) conversions Comparing fractions.

Chicken coop Great fun! Estimation game: Student has to estimate Fractions compared to the equivalent value of a decimals. fraction and decimal Goes from easy to hard and proper fractions to improper fractions and different levels. Motion Math HD – Very visual Fractions! Tactile game: student has Match fractions and to tilt iPad to move object decimals onto a onto a numberline numberline. Adjustable levels of difficulty.

Quirky ! Oh No Fractions Simple but great. Students can check Compares fractions: results on diagrams. students are given 2 (divided bars representing fractions to compare fractions). Course content App Icon Review

Fractions : Math Pentagon: Covers adding and taking calculations Fractions!!! unlike fractions, mixed numbers, multiplying by whole numbers and fractions, division into and by a whole number. Percentages: PercentDiff Teacher or student can concept/conversions convert a fraction into a percentage as well as calculate % increase and decrease.

Limited graphics.

Maybe only use with students who want to be challenged. Math pentagon: Proportion & Percent: Ratio!!! Fractions, percents and decimals. Ratio, proportion and percent. Percentages : Of an Calculate percentages . Students can look at an amount and explanation of how to applications calculate the percentage of an amount, % change and increase and decrease . Would suit students who are fairly competent Math pentagon Ratio!!! Percent of a number, practice with percent etc. Percent, ratio and Proportion: Introduction to percent Course content App Icon Review

Rates and ratios Math Pentagon Ratio!!!

Proportion & Percent : Ratios

Chance and Math Pentagon probability Statistics!!!

Probability and statistics

Powers Math Pentagon Numbers!!!

Powers and exponents

Statistics:-Drawing Math Pentagon graphs : line, column Statistics!!! and pie graphs Line graphs, histograms, bar graphs

Statistics: Measure of Math Pentagon central tendency Statistics!!!

Mean, mode and median

In addition, I aimed at developing the students’ general numerical mental skills throughout the course on a weekly basis. (Twice a week or more)

To do this I used the following apps:

Mathemagics Mathemagics offers strategies and practice on performing calculations using multiplication and division and more.. It will offer challenges for the more able students.

Arithme Tick