{"id":39366,"date":"2019-07-18T12:16:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T19:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/?p=39366"},"modified":"2019-07-18T12:16:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T19:16:40","slug":"use-rocket-math-worksheet-program-or-online-game-or-both-for-math-fact-fluency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/use-rocket-math-worksheet-program-or-online-game-or-both-for-math-fact-fluency\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Rocket Math Worksheet Program or Online Game or both for math fact fluency?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rocket Math now has added an Online Game to its tried-and-true Worksheet Program.\u00a0 Customers ask, “Which should I use?\u00a0 Should I use both?”<\/p>\n

Dr. Don’s answer is “Yes, I do recommend using both.\u00a0 As that opinion may appear self-serving, here’s why.”<\/p>\n

1) Online Game is an easier route to math fact fluency.<\/h2>\n
\"\"<\/a>Most students begin passing levels in the Online Game right away.\u00a0 They find it quicker and easier and can sometimes pass more than one level in a day.\u00a0 This gives the students a taste of success.\u00a0 The Online Game helps them realize they can learn facts and make progress almost from the first day.\u00a0 Students are then more willing to do the Worksheet Program as well.\u00a0 Rarely, there are a few younger students who cannot input answers within 3 seconds.\u00a0 They won’t be able to pass levels and will have to start over many times on the Online Game.\u00a0 When monitoring them in the Online Game, such students will have difficulty scores over 3.\u00a0 If that’s the case, the Worksheet Program is more flexible and they may prefer that.\u00a0 But for most students, with difficulty scores below 2 in the Online Game, they will require a lot less practice to pass levels with the Online Game than in the Worksheet Program.<\/div>\n
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2) Start with the easier implementation of the Online Game.<\/h2>\n
\"\"<\/a>The Online Game is easier for teachers to get started using.\u00a0 Teachers don’t have to print out worksheets, maintain files and organize student pairs so they actually practice with the Online Game.\u00a0 It is therefore easier to implement.\u00a0 Less than enthusiastic teachers, who might not start Worksheet Program, will at least start doing the Online Game. After they see the success of the Online Game and students’ enthusiasm, they will then be more willing to do Worksheet Program.<\/div>\n
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3) Online Game is easier for parents to support.<\/h2>\n
Both Worksheet Program and Online Game can be done at home.\u00a0 The Worksheet Program’s homework component is for students to bring home the worksheet on which they tested that day, and practice with a parent or sibling, the same way they practiced in school.\u00a0 That takes someone’s time.\u00a0 The Online Game only requires access to a device, and once the student logs in, the computer does the correcting and rewarding.\u00a0 So the Online Game is easier for parents to do and so gets a foot in the door.\u00a0 Once they see their child’s success and enthusiasm, then parents are then more willing to do Worksheet Program as well. Which will provide more and better learning.<\/div>\n

4) Worksheet Program more rigorously develops math fact fluency.<\/h2>\n
\"Two<\/a>Compared to the Online Game, the Worksheet Program is a bit harder to pass a level.\u00a0 Students have to practice with their partner more time before they pass, so students learn facts better with it. They are more solid in their knowledge of facts when they are done with an operation like multiplication in the Worksheet Program than they are if they just run through multiplication in the Online Game.\u00a0 Which is a reason not to do the Online Game only.\u00a0 Of course, students are even stronger in their facts when they practice with both.<\/div>\n
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5) Worksheet Program will generalize to computation more readily.<\/h2>\n
\"\"<\/a>The purpose of learning math facts is to make it easier for students to learn and do basic computation.\u00a0 Math work is written, so the Worksheet Program (which is also written) is closer to how math facts will be used.\u00a0 That means the Worksheet Program will generalize better to computation assignments.\u00a0 You will see a bigger benefit to students doing math assignments when they finish the Worksheet Program than with the Online Game.\u00a0 Which is yet another reason to do both programs.<\/div>\n
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6) Doing both develops math fact fluency twice.<\/h2>\n
Because students are moving through the two programs at different rates, they get two passes at learning the facts.\u00a0 That means they are getting twice as much learning.\u00a0 The facts will be known better and more readily called to mind during computation when both programs are done.<\/div>\n
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Rocket Math now has added an Online Game to its tried-and-true Worksheet Program.\u00a0 Customers ask, “Which should I use?\u00a0 Should I use both?” Dr. Don’s answer is “Yes, I do recommend using both.\u00a0 As that opinion may appear self-serving, here’s why.” 1) Online Game is an easier route to math fact fluency. Most students begin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":837,"featured_media":39367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39366"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/837"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39366"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39435,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39366\/revisions\/39435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocketmath.com\/stagingserver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}