Maths Plus Minus vs PAM Maths Skills Check 2

Math Plus Minus is a fun learning and practising tool for kids in grades 1 to 6. Math Plus Minus allows your kids to practice basic addition and subtraction by asking simple questions, and providing multiple choice answers. You have complete control over how many questions make up a game, and how large the numbers are that comprise the questions. Like our other app, Tap Times Tables, it uses positive reinforcement to help the kids move forward with their learning. FEATURES: * Works on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Share it around the family! * Multiple modes of learning. * Multilingual. Supports English, Spanish, and Serbian (both Latin and Cyrillic) * Fun learning calculator so that kids can ask questions, not just answer them. * Highly configurable. Choose how many questions, and how hard they are. * Timed questions add to the fun of learning. FEEDBACK: At iear.org (I Education Apps Review): "...we really liked these practice applications. The gaming aspect really met my kids interests. It doesn't teach you how to do the math but it certainly was much more engaging than any worksheet my daughter has done!" Other great reviews can be found at: http://www.specialneeds.com/products-and-services/general-special-needs/special-needs-app-day-math-plus-minus http://www.theiphonemom.com/math-plus-minus-arithmetic http://www.raywenderlich.com/11453/readers-app-reviews-april- http://www.famigo.com/app/math-plus-minus-arithmetic/ http://welcometotheirworldapps.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/pkclsoft-math-apps.html MORE INFORMATION: For more information about how to play, please see my website. ----------------------------------------- KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE As a Know What's Inside member, we follow the "Know what's inside" best practices for kids' apps ----------------------------------------- PKCLsoft is a member of Know What's Inside, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families. PKCLsoft takes children's privacy very seriously. This kids app: - Does not collect any information - Does not contain ads - Does not contain in-app purchases - Does not contain integration with social networks - Does not use analytics / data collection tools

We have created this app for the Maths weekly skills checks so that the system becomes paperless; it saves teachers time; the marking is done by the app and scores are colour coded and stored on the app. The approach that the teacher uses remains basically the same as you've been using with the paper version because it's the approach that makes it work. The pupils access their app...they go to weekly skills check one if it's week one; two if it’s week two etc. The pupils then see question one and they work out the answer and select from a multiple choice of up to five answers. They can do their working out on scrap paper so the teacher/TA can quickly spot what they might be doing wrong. It would be hard for pupils to simply guess the correct answer since the other incorrect answers are usually common incorrect responses. There is a feature on the app that allows the teacher to let the pupils see a prompt if they get stuck on a question but the teacher can keep this switched off if s/he wants to see how the pupils score without using prompts. At the end of the skills check, the app gives the child their score and colour and it also shows their previous ten scores and colours so that they can see their progression. Having completed the skills check, the app allows the pupils to go through each question to see which ones they got right and which ones they got wrong. Here the teacher can teach to any of the common class/group misconceptions ...the pupil prompts are live in the answer section so that you can use them as a teaching aid. So with this app, you get all the benefits of the paper system that you currently use BUT with all the advantage of it being done on an app. You should see a massive saving on photocopying costs and in saving of teacher time. So why don't you download this app yourself and do one of the weekly skills checks and I'm sure you'll be convinced that they'll be great for your class/school in general.