Three big benefits to joining the study are:
Additionally, your district will receive a study report on what we learn about changes in student achievement outcomes and their attitude towards math from using MathSpring.
MathSpring is a free learning environment and prior research has demonstrated its effectiveness and helpfulness for both teachers and students. All of the teachers’ desired mathematics content will be uploaded automatically. We will make the integration of MathSpring as easy and seamless as possible and will provide ongoing support to teachers.
Teacher benefits:
Student benefits:
All 5th and 6th grade math teachers in New England who are not currently using MathSpring and who can provide their students with online access can participate!
Participating teachers will include MathSpring activities in the classroom about 20 minutes/week. Teachers may choose to use their existing textbooks or worksheets. The MathSpring team will place teachers' math content into the environment so their students can benefit from immediate feedback. Teachers will benefit from immediate feedback about the performance of students and classes.
I didn't like it, I loved it! It helped me learn more than I thought. The progress page helped me because I now know where I am now, in math.
You learn new things. If you don't get an answer you can watch a video, click the hint button. MathSpring helps you learn things you don't really know.