Along with automaticity, students also have to be efficient
in math concepts, math skills, and problem solving. Educational applications to help with these
concepts, skills, and problem solving can be found on numerous of websites for
Grades K to 12. One website that is an
excellent resource is the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives. This website can be categorized by subjects
like Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, and many more.
Another application is called Math Playground. This program provides free, online math games
in the form of word problems and logic puzzles.
A game that can be found under word problems section is called Thinking
Blocks that provides practice with solving addition, subtractions, multiplication,
division, and ratio word problems.
Destination Math helps develop students’ skills in math
reasoning, conceptual understanding, and problem solving. This application provides step-by-step
instructions to practice problem-solving skills.
When I am in the classroom, I cannot wait to utilize these
applications to help my students. I love
that these are games that can help my students improve their math concepts,
skills, and problem solving. These are
not just topics they can use in the math classroom but in the real world as
well.
Hi Mia
ReplyDeleteI could not get onto the National Virtual library (apparently I need Java). Were you able to access it? Did you find the on-line manipulatives useful?