Digital Grinds - Accelerated Learning Maths Software Review
The Digital Grinds: Accelerated Learning Maths interactive software package provides 60 hours of tutorials for Ordinary Level, Leaving Certificate Maths.
The software helps build up a students confidence in their own ability and is also fun to use. Also includes tutorials on Accelerated Learning, exam technique, and how to increase your motivation in the first place.
Schooldays.ie asked a sixth year ordinary level maths student to review the product for Schooldays.ie and to answer a number of questions about the product - here is what she had to say:
| Digital Grinds – Product Review by Ordinary Maths Leaving Certificate Student, Aoife, Colaiste Iosagain, December 2009 |
Is it easy to follow and use? At first I found it slightly confusing but after I familiarized myself with the format it became easier to follow. Ag an tús, bhí mé measchta ach tar éis dom dul i dtaithí ar an leagan amach bhí sé níos éasca é a leanúint. Is it a useful way to study? I think that it is useful for studying because it allows you to attempt the questions yourself before the overall explanation, which gives you good practice for any exams. Ceapaim go bhfuil sé úsáideach le haghaidh staidéir toisc go bhfuil tú in ann triail a bhaint as na ceisteanna tú féin roimh an míniúchán atá tugtha. Tugann sé seo cleachtadh maith duit i gcomhair scrúduithe.
Cabhraíonn sé liom nuair atá deacracht agam le rud éigin toisc go bhfuil míniú céim ar cheim ar gach ceist agus is féidir leat breathnú ar rud éigin cibé uair is mian leat. Tugann sé an méid is mó ama atá ag teastáil uait an chesit a fhreagairt agus éiríonn na ceisteanna níos éasca agus níos soiléire tar éis tamaill. Cheap mé go raibh sé siamsúil mar go bhfuil ceol clasaiceach ar siúl sa chúlra agus tá legan amach ealaíona aige, mar sin níl aon rud leadránach faoi! Tá sé idirghníomhach sa tslí go bhfuil duine éigin ag míniú na gceisteanna agus tugann an guth treoracha agus leideanna duit. Ceapaim go bhfuil an t-ábhar an-mhaith mar go bhfuil gach caibidil ón leabhar mata le fáil ar an dlúthdhiosca. Tá ceisteanna samplacha ar fáil ó na páipéir scrúdaithe, chomh maith le cabhair ar conas an cheist a fhreagairt, céim ar chéim. Mholfainn é do chara a bhfuil gnáthléibhéil mata á dhéanamh acu toisc gur cheap mé go raibh sé an-úsáideach i gcásanna nuair a chaill mé amach ar ranganna ar scoil ach gur chabhraigh Digital Grinds liom an chaibidil sin a thuiscint. Tá míniú na gceisteanna tugtha go soiléir agus go mall, mar sin tá sé cabhrach nuair atá deacracht agat le ceist. |
For more information and to see the software for yourself or to sign-up for a free 2 hour demo, visit www.digitalgrinds.ie
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