IXL - Math and English
Standards-aligned worksheets help kids develop wide-ranging skills
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IXL - Math and English
Pros: Excellent coverage of math, ELA, science, and history curriculum, with detailed reporting available for multiple users.
Cons: Digital skill-and-drill may not give kids the depth of understanding that other activities could.
Bottom Line: Straightforward worksheets help kids practice and build fluency in a huge range of skills.
IXL - Math and English is best for practicing and building fluency in math, and for accessing understanding of science, history, and grammar and language skills in English. But since it gives kids such great feedback for incorrect answers, there's a teaching component that you could use as well. For example, you might assign some of the worksheets as pre-assessments before starting a unit. Discuss any questions that were particularly challenging, and keep a record of the pre-assessment scores. Ask kids to share anything they learned from their mistakes. As you work through the unit, use the worksheets to reinforce concepts. As kids make progress and earn high scores, challenge them to improve their speed. When the unit is wrapping up, assign the same worksheet topics that you used for the pre-assessment and compare kids' scores.
IXL - Math and English is a handy tool that makes it easy for kids to practice grade-appropriate math, language arts, science, and history skills. On the home screen, students select a subject area and a grade level. Then, kids choose a topic and begin answering the questions. Number of problems completed, score, and time appear at the top of the screen. IXL offers praise for correct answers and step-by-step explanations for incorrect answers.
Kids earn prizes and awards for reaching milestones and mastering skills. After registering on the developer's website, users can access progress reports to evaluate students' strengths and problem areas. This is particularly useful for differentiating assignments in the classroom. A subscription gives access to both the website and the app.
With a pre-K through calculus math curriculum and activities appropriate for second- through 12th-grade language arts, as well as second- through 8th-grade science and history, IXL topics align with Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and with individual state requirements (depending on the home state chosen at registration). Each grade level is packed with virtual worksheets arranged by topic. Students have to choose the correct answer from four options, or they have to enter the answer manually. If kids get an answer wrong, the feedback is excellent and gives a step-by-step explanation of the correct answer. This is a powerful tool and can greatly improve students' comprehension of difficult concepts.
For math, kids can use the touch screen as scratch paper to work through a problem and enter the answer if desired. For both math and language arts, pre-K through first-grade questions can be read aloud in-app. The variety of question types engages and challenges kids, and rewards help motivate them to keep practicing. Kids earn medals when they master skills, and parents and teachers can generate reports on the developer's website by creating a roster of users.
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This is awful. If you miss one question it drops you ten points, but if you get one right you only get one point. That doesn't make sense. A kid that's frustrated already and doesn't understand isn't going to keep after it and actually learn something. 120 questions for an 8th grader is a bit ridiculous, especially when the set percentage is 90% and the teacher isn't actually teaching anything.
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