Friday, April 18, 2014

Science and Math Review with Study Jams

Hello all,

There do not seem to be many tools to support students with the general science MAPS test.  There seems to be numerous resources available to students to improve their reading, language, and math scores. Beyond the MAPs test, it's nice to find additional study resources to reinforce concepts that go along with the science curriculum or from time to find resources that refresh students' memories of past science topics. I have found Scholastic's Study Jams fulfills both purposes of curriculum support and concept review from past years. Study Jams are available for both science and math. Many of the science Study Jams feature a video or slide show followed by test yourself questions. The questions are scored at the end and the reasoning for the correct answers is revealed by looking at feedback for each question.   Study Jams seems to be geared toward the 5th-8th grade crowd.  I've especially found it beneficial for the 6th grade reinforcement of topics. The test yourself questions work well for team trivia battles.

Happy studies,

Mrs. A


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