If you're already using Mathletics to engage your pupils with maths, then you'll be pleased to know there's also an iPad app version too – Mathletics Student – letting your pupils keep on learning on the go. See why we're such fans...
What is Mathletics Student for iPad?
For any newcomers, Mathletics is an online platform for pupils to learn and practise all aspects of maths including arithmetic, shapes, measures, data handling and more advanced topics. It's all done through live games that include step-by-step support through problems. It's based on an active global community of more than 10,000 schools and 3.5 million users, who pupils can 'play' against to rack up high scores while they learn.
Mathletics Student (3P Learning, free), is the iPad version of this. You can log onto the Mathletics app on an iPad and your account settings and results data will automatically be synced across, so pupils can carry on with the same challenges they were completing on the desktop version. There's also now an offline mode, which means you don't even have to be connected to the internet to access Mathletics.
How can it benefit the classroom?
The reason we've seen so many schools using Mathletics so far is the fact that it is so closely aligned to the UK National Curriculum. We're not just talking simple arithmetic challenges here – Mathletics is broken down by year level, so you have everything from basic reception-friendly activities (numbers and patterns, spaces and shapes etc) right up to GCSE-level (ratios, quadratics, linear equations, data handling, trig and all that lovely stuff). It's a great complement to your traditional teaching methods, getting children engaged with challenges to achieve outstanding results.
What's the best feature?
We really love how teachers and parents can also get involved. Through the separate Mathletics Teacher app (3P Learning, free), teachers can assign homework or classwork activities, access all their students’ results data in realtime, and amend and update courses directly from their iPad or iPhone. Weekly reports can also be emailed straight to parents, so they get to have an insight into how their child is progressing.
Where can I get it?
You can download Mathletics Student (3P Learning, free) for iPad from the App Store, or by heading to iTunes. Just note, you need to have subscribed to Mathletics online first to get access to the Mathletics apps.
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