<p> Building Online Learning Skills Project Great Southern Institute of Technology</p><p>VU20813Numerical and Statistical Information iPad Apps and Review</p><p>Course content App Icon Review</p><p>Whole numbers: Rocket Math Highly recommended. place value (Mathmateer) You can adjust levels of difficulty. Ordering, counting Very visual and interactive.</p><p>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</p><p>ArithmeTick Hasn’t got the graphics of other apps but has a simple format and good for consolidation purposes.</p><p>Has an easy to very challenging level.</p><p>Flash card style with 5 levels of difficulty. . Math pentagon Very comprehensive and Numbers!!! can be monitored for progress.</p><p>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. </p><p>Provides strategies and practice before a person plays. Decimals: Place Rocket Math Reviewed above value, Comparing, (Mathmateer) Conversions</p><p>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</p><p> rounding</p><p>Decimals : Math pentagon . Cover all four operations. calculations Decimals!!! No shortage of choice</p><p>Fractions: concept, Rocket Math comparing and (Mathmateer) conversions Comparing fractions.</p><p>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.</p><p>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</p><p>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.</p><p>Limited graphics.</p><p>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</p><p>Rates and ratios Math Pentagon Ratio!!!</p><p>Proportion & Percent : Ratios</p><p>Chance and Math Pentagon probability Statistics!!!</p><p>Probability and statistics</p><p>Powers Math Pentagon Numbers!!!</p><p>Powers and exponents</p><p>Statistics:-Drawing Math Pentagon graphs : line, column Statistics!!! and pie graphs Line graphs, histograms, bar graphs</p><p>Statistics: Measure of Math Pentagon central tendency Statistics!!!</p><p>Mean, mode and median</p><p>In addition, I aimed at developing the students’ general numerical mental skills throughout the course on a weekly basis. (Twice a week or more) </p><p>To do this I used the following apps: </p><p>Mathemagics Mathemagics offers strategies and practice on performing calculations using multiplication and division and more.. It will offer challenges for the more able students. </p><p>Arithme Tick</p>