Today I introduced "Math Drills Lite," a free app by Instant Interactive, to students in the iTouch study. Students changed the settings to tables of three through nine and reviews assistants to two second animation interval. All other settings remained at their default.
Review shows an animated number line that students can use to count, it also displays hints. Students spent time working on the review and those that felt confident moved to practice which does not include any visual clues.
This app is one of the best that I have found for learning math facts. It is easy to read and requires students to input the product, therefore eliminating "guessing" that is prevalent in many other math apps.
The assistants can be changed to blocks, facts, and hints. It also shows a strategy using fingers when working on tables of nine.
The only negative that I can see with Math Drills is that there is not a very good visual and/or audio prompt when a product is entered incorrectly. Students see a red bar appear by the X at the top, but the app does not require the correct product to be entered and just continues to the next problem.
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