Mathletics

If your child struggles with maths and lacks enthusiasm, Mathletics.co.uk is something of a saviour. Created as a support for schools, Mathletics.co.uk covers Key Stage 1 to A Level helping students to enjoy and improve their skills via a series of online maths games and tests that make learning fun and easy.

REAL-TIME GAMES

Compared with the learning-by-rote-days of old, today's pupils have it easy. Those schools or parents that invest in Mathletics.co.uk can expect to see dramatically improved maths results in their pupils or children with 99.2% of those who attempt an activity three times achieving mastery. 7000 schools and three million students worldwide use Mathletics.co.uk, undertaking more than 750 learning activities - including real-time games of speed and skill - which respond to each child's individual strengthts and weaknesses.

Step-by-step animated support accompanies each task and is like having a teacher by your side 24 hours a day. Children can compete with fellow pupils and those from across the world with many children choosing to compete at home out of school hours. Weekly reports on their child's progress are emailed to parents or teachers, with a graph illustrating individual children's path of improvement as they become more familiar with maths.

FREE TRIAL

The site features live stats including a running metre of correct answers and the number of ‘mathletes' online around the globe. Schools interested in signing up to Mathletics.co.uk can browse the maths topics covered within each year/grade and view case studies, comments and videos by teachers and pupils who have used and benefited from Mathletics.co.uk. A free trial is available for schools keen to try before they buy. This is an excellent idea that makes the most of digital technology to take maths beyond the pages of a book into a thriving online learning community. Twenty years from now, we expect to find lots of little Einstein's running the world.

20 October 2010