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Caitlin Catalano EDC 452 Assessment Journal

__Journal Entry 2__

During the time that I am in the classroom, each student is given the chance to go onto the computer and play //Fastt Math//. //Fastt Math// is ten-minute computer games that students are able play every day during class breaks. The game allows students to practice math facts that are appropriate for the grade level. The main objective of the game is for students to become fluent in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. In the class that I am in the students worked on multiplication during the first half of the year and they are now working on division. //Fastt Math// has a three-step process, first it starts by asking the students to study the math fact, then focuses on the fact and then how fast they can answer the fact. During the //study// part of //Fastt Math// student learns a particular fact and different ways that they can make the equation, for example if the fact they are learning is 2 x 4 = 8, the program will teach them that 2 x 4 and 4 x 2 both equal 8. During the //focus// part of the program allows students to learn the fact, with additional facts, for example they will focus on 2 x 4, 2 x 6 and 2 x 3. Finally the student enters into the //fast// part of the program. During this part of the program, students are able to pick out a select group of games, to practice their math facts. Teachers are able to go onto a master login and assess how their student’s progress is going. Teachers are the only ones who decide whether student continue on to the next math operation. They are also able to see what multiplication or division facts they have the most difficultly with. In my opinion I think that this is a great way of assessing students on their multiplication and division facts. It’s a fun and intriguing way of keeping students focus and on track. As I sit in, every Friday, the students are always asking to go on the computer and play //Fastt Math//.

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