Today I had the perfect situation to use this app as a way of introducing my students to graphing inequalities. Since this app has 10 levels, I could start the students on the lowest level to just graph simple inequalities such x > -2. It took them a bit to get the hang of using the program but it means that I can have them work on it to become more familiar with solving inequalities. On Thursday I will put them on a higher level so they have to solve one step inequalities which will require them to change the sign because of the multiplication or division by a negative number. I plan to have them use this app regularly to get the additional practice they need.
On the other hand in Algebra II we were reviewing the rules of exponents and I had them do quiz 9 in the Mathtoons exponents app and many of them struggled with it. So I had them move to Quiz 6 on exponents and they did a bit better but still struggled. This gave me a quick assessment so I knew what I had to cover during the quick informational part of the lesson where I reminded them of the basic rules.
I am getting better at using various apps to do a quick assessment of where my students are. One thing I need them to do is when the app has an explanation of what they did incorrectly, they need to slow down, read the material and process it. I just got the idea for students to list the question they missed, write down why they missed it and what to think about next time. Yeah.
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