Here are the rest of the suggestions I received for math software. Thanks to
everyone who responded!
Kathy Walker
Our school just purchased some math software from Orchard Math. The students
and teachers love it. Other schools in our county have used it and had
wonderful results. Orchard also offers software in other subjects. Good
Luck
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I would suggest several of the 10th Planet programs especially related to
patterns abd symetry.
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Check out Tom Snyder's Graph Action (I put a review of it on my site at
http://www.resourceroom.net/software%20reviews/softrevtry.htm
. I am not entirely sure they still carry this but I'd hope they have its
equivalent in something upgraded.
When I was in grad school and a grad assistant at the Educational
Technology Center at the University of South Carolina, I was in charge of the
educational software collection. There's a lot of really cheesy stuff out
there -- things with blatant math errors (did you know the square root of 33
was 3? It is according to the "Expert ALgebra" software I was sent for
previewing) and just pathetic design.
Sunburst, Edmark and Tom Snyder were consistently better than others.
What impressed me about Graph Action was that it combined "discovery" with
structured, progressive lessons carefully designed to guide students through
a thinking process leading to real understand of that whole 'Distance = Rate
Times TIme" concept and the ability to apply it. I had questioned investing
a whole software package on one formula - but not after I'd gone through it.
Consistently, the TS software was less also likely than most to allow for
success with random guessing, too. The stuff costs more -- but it's because
much has been invested in the pedagogy, which is not true of most
"educational" software currently on the market.
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We have Treasure MathStorm for our primary kids. They really enjoy it.
Before our lab was remodeled, we had a program called Building
Perspective and The Factory for the upper grades. The Factory was only
installed on a few computers, and kids would literally fight over those
few computers at free time. The staff is still deciding which programs
to install in our new lab. Would love to read your post if you receive
more ideas!
Kathy Walker
Home walker3715@aol.com
School kwalker@fairfield.k12.sc.us
Website http://www.myschoolonline.com/SC/mrs_walker
McCrorey-Liston Elementary School
1978 State Hwy. 215 S
Blair, SC 29015
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