Catch up
math is an online curriculum support for math. Some schools use this website
for middle school students who are not at the math level they are supposed to
be and need better math foundations. This website allows the students to have
an account where they can work at their own pace through lessons, questions,
and quizzes. The teacher also has an account to track where the students are
and how they are doing.
The
students are first shown lessons, which may include videos. The students are
given questions to answer about the lessons, where they have to apply what they
have learned. If the student needs help with a question, they could ask for a
hint or several hints. For each hint they use it takes off points off the
student’s final grade. Depending on the type of questions the student gets
wrong or asks for hints the website generates questions with what the student
needs help with. Although two students may be working on the same lesson, the
questions might be different depending on the student’s individualized needs.
This
website also tracks improvement and overall work of a student, and is
accessible to both the student and teacher. This way both the student and
teacher know the individualized strengths and weaknesses of the students and
could individualize instruction for each need. This website also only allows
students to access calculators only for the problems it is required. This is
helpful because this way the student will not feel the need to use the
calculator for everything. Using the calculator for everything in classrooms in
my opinion is a big problem we are faced with today. Students who become too
dependable on calculators do not know how to apply some skills required for
further content.
Overall,
this website is very helpful for students and teachers. The students are able
to do the work at their pace to ensure better understanding of each concept and
the teacher is able to focus on the needs of each student, since the website
identifies what they need help with and where they are.
I have never heard of this website before reading your blog post. I think that this is a great site because students can go on this and work at their own pace to catch up on the math that they were struggling with or fell behind on. I think its nice that the teachers can monitor what the students are doing and how many times they are logging into practice. This will show the teachers the effort they are putting into their own learning.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard about catchup math before but it sounds very interesting and helpful. I like it as an extra to the classroom in order to help students who may be struggling. This can really benefit students who struggle to learn and teachers who simply do not have enough time to teach and reteach material. Instead of staying after school students can get their extra help from this website. My only concern is that some teachers may try to use these lessons in place of their lessons. This website cannot do the teachers job for them, but it can really aid them in their teaching. Good find!
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of this site, but it sounds like a great idea. It also sounds similar to what tutoring centers do, however this is all online. This is great because sometimes students get stuck in Algebra because they never fully understood fractions, division, etc. Filling in the gaps is what allows students to move forward. Without a strong foundation of math basics, it is hard for children to move into higher levels of math. This website sounds like it could really help with this.
ReplyDeleteYour post is interesting, because I have never heard of it before. This sounds like a great program because students are able to work independently, but still able to receive help if needed. It sounds like a great way to engage students to learn because it seems like a sort of game, where students can ask for hints. If you have computers in your classroom, is this something that you would assign all your students to do during class time or would you only offer this for homework for those students who need extra assistance?
ReplyDeleteOverall, great post! Thanks for sharing.