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Math Bingo

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Mathematics K-8 iOS App

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Mindprint Expert Review

Pros

  • This game will last since the easy level offers the most basic facts and hard level is good for those who want strong mental math skills
  • The virtual bug prizes are addicting, giving students an incentive to do the learning needed to win more bugs
  • The red Xs for incorrect answers are small and inoffensive. The unobtrusive timer moves kids along who need it, but there is no limit on the amount of time a student can take to answer a question.

Considerations

  • There is no feedback report, so a child can play below level or continue to make the same mistakes repeatedly without the adult realizing
  • Children with visual weaknesses may find scanning to find the right answer more challenging than solving the problem itself.
  • There is no limit to the amount of time a child spends playing with their "bingo bugs" or playing "Bingo Bug Bungee"

Mindprint Expert Review

This is a fun, straight-forward app for children at any age level to practice fast facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. With three levels, it can be suitable for children who are just learning their fast facts to those who want to do mental math division for numbers as high as 19. The Bingo Bug Bungee break game is also a semi-educational game, teaching students to use angles, without the child being aware that it is a learning exercise. Unfortunately, while the Bingo Bug audio is appealing for young users, the music can be annoying to others sitting nearby and the game loses some of its appeal with the audio off. Games to achieve 5 in a row are brief (typically less than 2 minutes) so students can finish a game quickly and feel a sense of achievement. Correct answers are given in the lower left hand corner of the screen to reinforce answers. All in all, an effective and fun app for fast facts.

Academic Benefits

Improves academic skills

  • 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)

Fun

Engaging for the Mindprint recommended age range

  • 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

Easy to Use

Understandable for children in the Mindprint recommended age range

  • 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

Cognitive Concerns

May not be advisable for students with the following cognitive needs

  • Processing Speed
    • Student cannot spend as much time to calculate and check answers as needed
    • A player's success depends on speed
    • Timer cannot be hidden
    • Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
  • Visual Discrimination
    • Visually distracting with too many pictures, problems or moving objects

Manufacturer Description

The original Math BINGO! Over 1 Million Players!

- Featured in The New York Times
- Oct 2011 -Featured in Disney's FamilyFun Magazine
- August 2011
- Ranked number 1 educational app for 3 weeks straight!
- Featured in Best iPad Apps book by Peter Meyers - O'REILLY
- Ranked a top 50 education app for over 3 years!

The object of Math BINGO is to get a pattern of five BINGO Bugs in a row by correctly answering math problems.

--- Math BINGO at a glance---

-5 BINGO games: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division and Mixed
-3 Different levels of difficulty: Easy, Medium and Hard
-New: 3 Fun bonus games
-30 player profiles
-12 fun cartoon avatars
-Player profiles
-New: Report card feature
-The Scoreboard keeps track of scores for each game and level
-Collect and play with BINGO Bugs when you earn a high score!

--- Instructions How to Play and Win Math Bingo---

The object of Math Bingo is to get a pattern of five Bingo Bugs in a row by correctly answering math problems. Math problems are presented at the top of the game screen. Feedback is presented at the bottom of the game screen. Correct solutions to problems answered incorrectly will be displayed.

Scoring
The score in Math Bingo is determined by the time to complete a game plus a two second penalty for each problem answered incorrectly.

Example:
Time to complete game 0:45 seconds
Incorrect answers: 3
Score: 45+6=51

Player Profiles
Math Bingo saves player information with custom player profiles. Each player profile consists of a unique name (up to 20 characters) and a fun cartoon avatar. The player profiles display total number of games played, total number of high scores achieved, and total number of Bingo Bugs collected. The guest profile does not store any information and therefore cannot achieve high scores or collect Bingo Bugs. The guest profile is useful for adults who want to play Math Bingo without their scores going into the scoreboard.

Selecting a Game
There are five different games in Math Bingo: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division and Mixed. Players will be prompted to select a game type before game play. Selecting a Level There are three levels of game play in Math Bingo: easy, medium, and hard. Players will be prompted to select a game level before game play. Score Board Math Bingo displays high scores in the Score Board. There are four different Score Boards: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Each Score Board displays the top three scores for each level: easy, medium, and hard.

Bingo Bugs
Bingo Bugs are rewards for achieving a high score. A player who earns a high score will collect a Bingo Bug! Players can collect a variety of Bingo Bugs and interact with them by tapping the Bingo Bug button in the player profile or by tapping the My Bingo Bugs button after playing a game. HINT: Tilt your device to make the Bingo Bugs move around, tap on a Bingo Bug to make them giggle and spring!

Settings
The settings menu can be accessed by clicking the information button on the lower right hand side the introduction screen. The settings menu will allow you to reset all high scores and to delete player profiles.

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PRIVACY DISCLOSURE Math BINGO:
- Does not contain third-party ads.
- Does not contain in-app purchases.
- Does not contain integration with social networks.
- Does not use analytics/data collection tools.
- Does include links to apps by ABCya.com in the iTunes App Store.

For more information on our privacy policy please visit: http://www.abcya.com/mobile_app_privacy_policy.htm
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