IXL Reviews

This article is in collaboration with IXL.com. IXL.com is a fun, easy to use, interactive web based math practice site for students in Pre-K through Algebra. Plans are in the works to add more advanced math levels soon as well. IXL is currently being used in more than 150 countries around the world. In the … Read more

Pearson Homeschool

This article is in collaboration with Pearson Education, Inc. Pearson Education Inc. a curriculum supplier to school districts across the nation, proudly presents Pearson Homeschool, created to help you develop a rich love of learning in your home. Pearson offered four elements of their curriculum to reviewers on the TOS Homeschool Crew. Each family had … Read more

CapJaxMathFax Reviews

This article is in collaboration with CapJaxMathFax™. CapJaxMathFax™ is a fun computer program designed to give students practice and drill on math facts.  Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are included in the facts practice.  The program was designed by Jack Fretwell of Starboard Training Systems.  “Mr. Fretwell earned a Masters degree in Educational Technology and … Read more

The Critical Thinking Co. Reviews

This article is in collaboration with The Critical Thinking Co. The Critical Thinking Co. offered four of their products to the TOS Homeschool Crew to review. Balance Math Teaches Algebra is a visual approach to teaching Algebra. This curriculum geared for children in the 4th – 12th grades, uses balance scales to intuitively and entertainingly … Read more

ALEKS Reviews

This article is in collaboration with ALEKS. What is ALEKS? Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces is a Web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. (doesn’t that sound so very official?) ALEKS uses adaptive questioning  to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn’t know in a course. (ALEKS asks a series … Read more

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