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Home » Reviews & Giveaways » So You Think You Can Count? Get Even Better with The Maths Factor!

So You Think You Can Count? Get Even Better with The Maths Factor!

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Crevette has been trialling The Maths Factor, Carol Vorderman’s online Maths practice site for primary school aged children, and we decided to share our experience.

Recent research and academic report shows that a ‘little and often’ approach to maths can boost progress, the key to building maths confidence and increasing attainment – click  here for more information.

“Primary-aged children, who regularly completed 15 minute sessions on The Maths Factor, have demonstrated how Maths learning can accelerate dramatically. Those who completed an average of three or more sessions a week for 12 months saw their ‘Maths age’ advance by 19 months. That’s seven months of additional progress in the course of one year.”

The Maths Factor adventure started before Crevette even tried the programme for the first time. As we signed in, he had to choose his own username and password. He was pretty excited as it was his first time doing that.

Crevette’s first task was to choose his avatar. He went for a penguin and had a quick tour of The Maths Factor to understand the sequencing: video, warm-up, practice.

The Maths Factor - Session

Crevette found out about the rewards he will get when giving correct answers: correct answers count up as well as new games which will unlock when completing activities.

The Maths Factor - Games Centre

Crevette started with a simple mental Maths activity. He was given 40 seconds to complete as many simple sums as he could (e.g. 3+5), before moving on to more complex sums using numbers 1 to 99 (e.g. 68 + 4). This activity dis not have a time constraint, but Crevette found it quite difficult to start with. He was worried he would get some of the answers wrong and counted on his fingers to complete the sums. He still managed to get 23 out of 24 correct.

The Maths Factor - Crevette Adding

The following session was a video of Carol Vordeman giving a clear explanation of how to add 2 to any big number on a 100 square. Focusing on units rather than the big numbers really helped Crevette not panic. As the demonstration, was unfolding, Crevettte started finding answers more quickly.

He was then able to complete the following activity, dragging sheep to complete sums. No fingers were used!

After each session, I receive an email to keep me updated. I think this little email makes a lot of difference. It means I can allow Crevette to be completely independent in his learning. There is no need to check on what he is doing. I know I will get a report on his progress and I can help him later on if needs be.

The Maths Factor - Practice Results Card

Since each session takes an average of 15 minutes, it is not a daunting exercise for Crevette. It has now become part of his after-school routine, just like reading and practising spellings. He has been making progress in micro-steps and enjoying his successes.


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  1. ashleigh allan says

    01/10/2015 at 7:13 am

    maths – i found it fun

    Reply
  2. tracey at Mummyshire says

    01/10/2015 at 10:26 am

    I’m a great believer in little & often – much better than trying to pile it on all at once – & it’s good to have a bit of “science” to back this up!
    Mademoiselle uses Abacas at school, but it doesn’t work on the iPad (yeah, I know!) only on the PC & I don’t get reports or always know where she’s at with it. This maths system looks great and you could easily turn it into a 15 minute game whilst using on the iPad. Glad Crevette is enjoying his maths
    xx

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    • Mel says

      01/10/2015 at 12:59 pm

      It really is great for improving step by step. It’s not an app, but it works really well both on my phone and iPad. xxx

      Reply
  3. Susan lloyd says

    01/10/2015 at 10:37 am

    I loved music as I was good at it and found it easy! X

    Reply
  4. Martina Pichova says

    01/10/2015 at 11:45 am

    Reading – I love books!

    Reply
  5. kimneville1 says

    01/10/2015 at 12:14 pm

    My favourite was PE as I was a good allrounder at it

    Reply
  6. clair downham says

    01/10/2015 at 2:29 pm

    history i loved finding out all about the past

    Reply
  7. Lynn Heath says

    02/10/2015 at 6:31 pm

    I enjoyed science, especially when we got to do experiments!

    Reply
  8. Michelle C says

    02/10/2015 at 10:27 pm

    I loved Art lessons with Mrs Holt : )

    Reply
  9. Angela McDonald says

    03/10/2015 at 4:49 am

    My favourite subject was English as I loved that I could be so creative with words

    Reply
  10. Lou says

    03/10/2015 at 3:10 pm

    oooh this looks a fun way to do maths.

    Reply
    • Mel says

      03/10/2015 at 4:34 pm

      It’s a good way to practise for 15 minutes per day as part of his after-school routine.

      Reply
  11. L tabstar (@LTabstar) says

    03/10/2015 at 5:53 pm

    English – I’ve always had a love for the written word.

    Reply
  12. Iain Wood says

    04/10/2015 at 2:47 pm

    Media Studies

    Reply
  13. Karl Borowy says

    04/10/2015 at 9:17 pm

    art because makes creativity

    Reply
  14. Betony Bennett says

    05/10/2015 at 10:01 am

    My favourites were the ones I was good at – German and science 🙂

    Reply
  15. Jodi hill says

    05/10/2015 at 5:53 pm

    Maths- I used to love sorting money and work I.g out percentages, my son is the same 🙂

    Reply
  16. Clare Hubbard says

    05/10/2015 at 7:29 pm

    I always loved maths, have always loved numbers 🙂

    Reply
  17. Libby N says

    06/10/2015 at 1:14 pm

    I loved Art 🙂 I loved being creative x

    Reply
  18. hannahlig says

    07/10/2015 at 8:24 pm

    I loved English and all those stories!

    Reply
  19. Sally Collingwood says

    08/10/2015 at 3:20 pm

    Art, I wasn’t very bright, but I could draw.

    Reply
  20. Rachel McMillan says

    08/10/2015 at 8:11 pm

    I enjoyed english language as I have a good imagination – not sure how I ended up being an accountant !

    Reply
    • Mel says

      08/10/2015 at 9:25 pm

      I loved DT and I became a French teacher!

      Reply
  21. claire little says

    10/10/2015 at 10:52 pm

    I liked Maths 🙂 I like numbers.

    Reply
  22. Monica Gilbert says

    11/10/2015 at 11:49 pm

    I liked most classes, but reading was my favorite in elementary school. I loved having an excuse to have my nose in a book.

    Reply
  23. kayleigh says

    12/10/2015 at 8:13 am

    I loved maths

    Reply
  24. Harley Richardson says

    12/10/2015 at 1:54 pm

    I loved art – loves expressing myself!

    Reply
  25. Nigel Greaves says

    12/10/2015 at 3:10 pm

    Literature – love reading!

    Reply
  26. sharon martin says

    12/10/2015 at 3:59 pm

    geography, i love learn where places were too

    Reply
  27. Rebecca Howells says

    12/10/2015 at 4:35 pm

    Food technology – it was the only subject I was any good at! (@PeanutHog)

    Reply
  28. Lisa Houston says

    12/10/2015 at 7:35 pm

    english. because my teacher was a hottie and it made me try hard to impress him

    Reply
    • Mel says

      12/10/2015 at 9:42 pm

      Ha ha!

      Reply
  29. Chris Fletcher says

    12/10/2015 at 7:40 pm

    My favourite subject was art – I loved to draw and could spend hours sketching away!

    Reply
  30. Jemima Nisbet says

    12/10/2015 at 8:17 pm

    I loved English and science.

    Reply
  31. Angela Paull says

    12/10/2015 at 8:22 pm

    History – more to do with the teacher than the subject lol

    Reply
  32. lilviki666 says

    12/10/2015 at 9:05 pm

    Im trying to get my 5 year old into maths, he has such a short attention span :/ x

    Reply
    • lilviki666 says

      12/10/2015 at 9:06 pm

      I liked art but maths was in my top 3

      Reply
  33. Maria P says

    12/10/2015 at 10:52 pm

    Music as I loved to play on the piano

    Reply
  34. Robyn Logan Clarke says

    12/10/2015 at 11:01 pm

    Biology, I found it interesting and had a great teacher

    Reply
  35. lynn neal says

    13/10/2015 at 11:03 am

    Maths I have always loved it!

    Reply
  36. cherie shaw says

    13/10/2015 at 2:26 pm

    I loved art ! I love been creative.

    Reply
  37. victoria thurgood says

    13/10/2015 at 3:35 pm

    I liked history finding out about the past

    Reply
  38. amy webb says

    13/10/2015 at 4:46 pm

    Craft and design!

    Reply
  39. Claire Nelson says

    13/10/2015 at 4:51 pm

    I always found history fascinating and my teacher was great!

    Reply
  40. Debra Winfield says

    13/10/2015 at 6:53 pm

    I loved English literature, I loved escaping into a different world with a book.

    Reply
  41. clair brown says

    13/10/2015 at 8:51 pm

    I loved maths, I enjoyed solving problems especially algebra

    Reply

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