Instructional Software

Nicole GabaldonWesley Klann

Liz ChavezJessica Farfan

Drill and Practice

http://www.aaamath.com/cd/index.html

•All Lessons contain: oAn explanation of the concept oUnlimited practice problems oImmediate feedback to prevent practicing incorrect methods oChallenge games

•Each lesson page has a "Report Totals" button that provides a summary of the number of problems completed and the scores. This report can be printed or copied into an email.•The CD has a printable progress report form for each grade. This printed table of lessons can be used to record the student's practice and improvements.

Timez Attack has a great branching tutorial for this math learning software. It asks the student to try out basic math problems to see where the student is at academically and concentrates on the answers that the student did not answer correctly and the goal becomes to change that. I believe that with all the adequate and appropriate graphics it would definitely grab the attention of 2nd through 4th graders as just a game and not as a learning program.

Tutorial

superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/math/06/timezattack/merge.shtml

Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa A simulation game in which players learn the

importance of a balanced ecosystem.Set in Africa, the player is in control of many diverse

habitats including, grasslands, waterholes, and desert plains.

oSends the player on quests suggested as "goals." The longer the student puts off the goals, the faster the ecosystem will deteriorate.

oEndless Replay ability

oSome facts of nature are changed to allow the game to run smoothly.

oAppropriate for ages 6-12

o3 levels to choose from: easy, medium, hard.

• Easier games are more suitable for children for whom this game is their first

exposure to the ideas of ecosystem preservation.

•Harder games are more suitable for those who already have a more developed

understanding of these issues and can keep track of a larger area of Africa without aid

from the game.

Simulation

http://www.download-free-games.com/pc/wildlife_tycoon_venture_africa.htm

Math Blaster:•Over 350 stimulating

math lessons and 1,000 problems and puzzles build

problem-solving, estimating, and equation-

building skills •Realistic challenges in 50 skill areas engages kids as

they perform: data interpretation, apply basic

operations, and employ geometry skills through

several levels of difficulty.•It develops your child’s

math confidence

Instructional Games

www.knowledgeadventure.com/mathblaster/

Clue Finders:•Clue Finders is an amazing problem solving game for

grade 2 to 4.•In Clue Finders: The Incredible Toy Store

Adventure, students will embark on adventures where students will use

their problem solving skills.•Students will develop and enhance shills in problem

solving, math, patterns and many other subjects.

Problem Solving

www.rmlearning.com/27417.htm

http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/science/07/WildlifeTycoon/merge.shtml

http://www.aaamath.com/cd/index.html

superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/math/06/timezattack/merge.shtml

www.rmlearning.com/27417.htm

www.knowledgeadventure.com/mathblaster/

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