 Teacher Review (Not based on classroom experience)Reviewer: fibomath, Jun 29 2009 02:55:33:053PM |
Review based on: personal experience |
Appropriate for: practice of skills and understandings, applications of a concept or technique |
Other Comments: Great reinforcement for proportional thinking with non-familiar objects. |
What math does one need to know to use the resource? how to reason proportionally |
What hardware expertise does one need to learn to use the resource? little, other than downloading. |
What extra things must be done to make it work? add a fix-it plug in. |
How hard was it for you to learn? Easy |
Explanation: very intuitive |
Ability to meet my goals: Effective |
Recommended for: Math 6: Number sense, Ratio and proportion Math 7: Ratio and proportion |
 Other Review (Not based on classroom experience)Reviewer: Draco18s, Oct 15 2006 11:12:33:980AM |
Review based on: Used for an Educational Game Design course. |
Appropriate for: introduction to a concept, practice of skills and understandings |
Other Comments: The tool introduces and can be used for practicing ratio tables. |
What math does one need to know to use the resource? Some basic math: adition and multiplication of small numbers. |
What hardware expertise does one need to learn to use the resource? How to use a mouse. |
How hard was it for you to learn? Easy |
Explanation: For me it was a little difficult trying to work with shapes as units of currency, but for a younger child it might not be an issue. |
Ability to meet my goals: Effective |
Recommended for: Math 4: Ratio and proportion |
Tool: Galactic Exchange Reviews