Jungle Fractions
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Pros
- There are five different activities included in this app that are easy to use, and tutorials are included. In the activities the user can adjust the play settings to replicate a test--like scenario.
- The audio and visual features are appealing to students in the recommended age range and support learning. Older students can turn off the cartoon avatars and sounds.
- The app features multi--user support that saves student work, tracks student progress, shows a history of problems attempted, and can print or email statistics.
Considerations
- This app only represents fractions in circular shapes.
- Tutorials are largely text based, and do not have an audio feature.
- When incorrect answers are selected the animal avatars make sad faces and a red x appears which could cause anxiety in some students.
Mindprint Expert Review
Jungle Fractions is an outstanding app that uses visual strategies to reinforce skills relating to fractions including identifying, comparing, adding, multiplying, and converting fractions. Users choose a cute jungle animal avatar to cheer on their progress as they practice selected skills on five different levels. Older students may choose to turn off this feature. This app is a great choice for students learning or struggling to understand fractions, as the app provides frequent feedback and multi-sensory approach. In addition, this app supports multiple users, sends progress reports to a printer or email address, and has a multilingual feature.
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
- Anxiety
- Gives negative feedback (red X's, buzzer)
- Self-regulation
- Gives negative feedback (red X's, buzzer)
Manufacturer Description
* Featured by Apple in "What's Hot", "New & Noteworthy" and "Apps for Learning Math”
* Featured by the New York Times
* Chosen by Apple for school and educator demos
* TOP 10 OUTSTANDING App developer --www.TeachersWithApps.com
* "It’s a terrific app." --www. theiphoneMom.com
* "This app is a great way to learn fractions." --www.padGadget.com
* "A trio of stellar apps…His choice of topics couldn't be better” -- www.TeachersWithApps.com
* Talking fractions teaches kids how to say fractions in multiple languages
Jungle Fractions is an engaging, easy to use educational app that teaches kids fractions in multiple languages. For iPad only.
Engaging
● Multi-lingual talking app
● Animal faces smile and roar in a fun jungle theme
● Unlimited fresh problems every time
● Multiple levels for beginner to advanced learners
Easy to Use
● Beautiful, easy to read graphics and fraction pies
● Visual pies simplify fraction concepts
● Switch languages easily within the app
Educational
● Tutorials for beginners
● Name, compare, add and multiply fractions visually
● Convert fractions between improper and mixed format
● Score tracks progress
● Multi-user support
● Show history of problems