Woot Math is a fine app that uses virtual manipulatives to help students conceptually understand fractions. It is primarily designed for teachers to use within the classroom, but parents can use it at home by logging in as a guest. The app includes different levels which the child must graduate sequentially. The app may start off too basic for older students and they will be unable to skip to harder lessons. Each lesson begins with a voiced-over lesson and an automated use of the manipulatives followed by a series of problems the student must solve independently. The lessons are good, but the narrator speaks much too quickly and might confuse some students. Other students may find the virtual manipulatives very difficult to maneuver. Most students may be bored by the repetition without any real incentives embedded in the app. Fractions are a conceptually difficult concept for many students and this app could provide the right type of visual lessons and practice for some students. For others, it could be confusing, repetitive and frustrating. Parents who try this app should sit with the student at first to be sure this app will be an effective and helpful tool. They can also be there to explain incorrect answers which the app does not do at all.

• Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
• Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
• Presents educational concepts accurately
• Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
• Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
• Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
• Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

• Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
• Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
• Visually appealing to children in the target age range
• Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
• Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
• Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
• Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

• Has a free or trial version
• Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
• Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
• Student should be able to use independently after first use
• Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
• Multiple users can save a profile
• Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
• Can play without sound and not distract others
• Students can save work between sessions
• Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
• Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
• Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
• Overall - Easy to use

• Abstract Reasoning
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Attention
• Age inappropriate amount of work which could overwhelm or discourage students
• Problems or examples are not interesting for the target age range
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Auditory Processing
• Audio is not clear or voice is robotic
• Fine Motor Skills
• Requires challenging finger movements, motor precision or physical manipulation
• Listening Comprehension
• Audio is not clear or voice is robotic
• Organization
• Age inappropriate amount of work which could overwhelm or discourage students
• Problems or examples are not interesting for the target age range
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Processing Speed
• Verbal Memory
• Audio is not clear or voice is robotic

Woot Math provides engaging, research-backed activities for the math classroom.

FIND GAPS with Formative Assessments
Leverage a bank of rich K–12 tasks to identify gaps in your students’ understanding. Woot Math gives visibility into student thinking, enables assessment for learning, and supports capturing and projecting student work for lively whole-class discussion.

TARGET GAPS with Actionable Data
Gain insight into your students understanding that goes beyond right and wrong. Woot Math gives immediate, actionable data that can inform the arc of instruction in real-time.

FILL GAPS with Personalized Learning
Identify where your students are struggling and provide personalized instruction. Woot Math’s Adaptive Learning program provides each student with a tailored sequence of instructional content. This research-back program has proven effectiveness for helping students master foundational topics including fractions, decimals, ratios, and negative numbers.

Woot Math helps teachers bring mathematics to life through research-backed tools for adaptive learning and formative assessment.

Features
* Interactive experience that students love
* Engaging, hands-on digital manipulatives
* Adaptive engine that generates and assesses thousands of standards-aligned problems
* Personalized, research-backed instruction
* Reports and analytics on student progress by topic or standard
* Student work is captured and available for offline review, reports, and further differentiation
* Supported on the iPad and Web platforms (laptops, netbooks, or desktops)
* Designed to work well with school networks and wi-fi networks that may be overloaded

What Teachers are saying…

Woot Math gives me instant insight into my students’ understanding with actual examples of student work that goes beyond right and wrong answers. I love that I can share examples and have my students help pinpoint mistakes.
– Leslie Pritchard, Middle School Math Teacher

“I love this teaching tool. It is driven by what each student already knows and then adapts to their learning. The interactive features of moving fraction pieces around and the visuals are super helpful, because it gives students a conceptual understanding of fractions. I am a big fan of it and so are my students.”
– Jeanette Scotti, 4th Grade Teacher

Woot Math allows me to direct and individualize my instruction by giving me a way to quickly and easily evaluate students informally.
– April Hone, High School Math Teacher

My students absolutely LOVE Woot Math! I love hearing the excitement in their voice as they say “I got a WOOT!” And Woot Math has absolutely helped them work with fractions. On a recent test my students scored a 99% on all questions related to fraction definition and unit fractions.
– Sara Penley, 3rd Grade Teacher

By enabling my students to see that they are not alone in their math struggles and confusions, Woot Math promoted a more courageous attitude and turned mistakes into learning outcomes.
– Andrew Scott, 9th Grade Math Teacher

My new go-to way to start or end my class. I use it almost daily as a quick formative assessment, an exit ticket or to check homework. My students love it and it is so easy to use!
– Sara Lange, Middle School Math Teacher

What is powerful is how Woot Math allows teachers to facilitate rich and relevant conversations about student work in real time.
– Cary Hoste, 8th Grade Math Teacher

Woot Math provides high quality activities that develop conceptual and procedural understanding of fractions. It is both engaging and effective in meeting individual student needs. And the teacher dashboard gives me a wealth of information that can be used to target interventions or extensions.
– Michael Matassa, 6th Grade Teacher

Woot Math has allowed my struggling middle school students to finally understand fractions without feeling self-conscious learning the skills.
– Robin Mosteller, Middle School Math Teacher

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