Award Winning Publisher's Software

I viewed some of the award winning math software over the weekend. I thought that they were all very thorough and looked looked as though they would be useful in the classroom. I particualrly liked the the Fast Math on the Tom Snyder Productions website. It utilized a method of analyzing each student's skill level that allows not only the teacher to keep track of their progress but the student as well. I think that knowing that they are making progress is important to motivate the student to keep trying. Often, especially in math, students tend to get discouraged when the feel that they don't think that they are making progress. This software attempts to solve this problem and I think it does a fairly good job. It is extremely personalized to each student and even offers printouts to use in class as well as the computer software. I think that it is good to incorporate traditional teaching methods along side with the computer software in order to maximize learning