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9th September 2010 |
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Mental Gym |
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| This activity really gives your mental maths and spelling skills a workout! This activity can be used to develop your mental maths and spelling skills. By using distractions in the activities you will have to switch between differing tasks, which challenges and sharpens your mental recall abilities. |
At the start of the activity you can choose between a Spelling Workout or a Maths Workout. Once you've chosen which workout to have enter your name and press the enter/return key.
It's a good idea to click the 'help' button and take a couple of minutes to read the instructions before playing the games.
Both workouts are played against the clock and require real agility to switch between all the different tasks - it's not as easy as you might think!
At then end of each workout you will be presented with your personal set of fitness figures which can be printed out (for the maths) or saved to disk and printed (for the spellings).
Why not visit the Mental Gym on a regular basis to check your fitness figures - are they improving?
The level, complexity and speed of the activities can all be controlled by clicking the relevant buttons. For example, in the maths workout the number range can be increased up to a maximum of 50 and different combinations of operation can be selected.
Feedback at the end of the activities shows a full breakdown of how many and which types of question were answered correctly. This proves a useful diagnostic tool in identifying where pupils' strategies may need support. Revisiting the activity periodically will provide a means of assessing progression.
Running the activity is self-explanatory, just enter a name and click the 'play' button. Setting the options is also simple (see the 'help' notes at the start of each activity). |
| Pupil/Student |
| English, Mathematics |
| Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 |
| Netmedia/Birmingham City Council |
| Macromedia Authorware Player |
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