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I liked the program, my daughter’s teacher used it to help their basic math proficiency last year. It starts with giving the student a visual / preview of the equations they will be tested on. Then it goes to the practice section where they have 3 seconds to input the answer another 3-4 seconds to enter the answer correctly, then it gives the answer so the student may enter it themselves. Once they have finished this section it moves on to the Test. The Test may have as few as 4 equations or as many as 20.
As the student progresses through each set they are given a percentage on their progress. Other features I liked were the weekly progress update sent to my email, how I could look at the practice sections she worked on and see which ones she got right or wrong (so I could test her myself), see the tests amongst other things.
My daughter did find the app frustrating. She did not like the positive prompts, she found them to be condecending. Depending on the device she used, she would have trouble entering in the answer in the time allotted, which could end up effecting her percentage. When I asked her teacher about the timing for the answers, I was told these were the foundations to math and would help the children answer current and future math problems more quickly. Unfortunately, I believe this caused more feelings of inadequacy leading to her frustration then the app or teacher intended.
As much as I would have liked to have given the app 4-5 stars I am taking into account my daughter review, which was a 1 star, to come up with the 3 star rating.
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