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Video Games : Professor Kageyama's Maths Training (Nintendo DS) .
Rating: 
- Poor
This game is poor. The arithmetic is basic in the extreme. You are not able to go up levels for 5 days leaving you add 3+3 in the daily tests !! In practice I went straight to the hardest tasks - they were far too easy. I got gold medals on everything. The concept is a good one, this is just extremely poorly executed. I took it back to the shop and traded it in against another game. The man in the shop warned me that is what would happen. He was right.
Rating:
- Excellent for developing mental maths skilla
I am a primary school Head Teacher and bought this game with the intention of buying several copies for use in the classroom. I am extremely impressed as it covers many more mental maths strategies than the description suggests. My seven year old son did find it difficult to form some of the numbers correctly, but with a little practise he was getting used to it. A minor grumble is that I think the target times a little too fast for many children, but they are rewarded with Bronze, Silver of Gold medals regardless of their time. I will definitely be trying to budget for the purchase of this game for use by pupils from P3 to P7.
Rating: - Great game for improving mental arithmetic
Bought this game as my 12 year old is still struggling with times tables. Too much reliance on calculators and kids today can't do simple mental arithmetic any more. If this is your problem then this game is likely to help, especially if you can motivate too. Simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems to be done in your head and quickly. Presented in a way that is reasonably fun, addictive and motivates you to do more and get better, but it's no competition for the PS3 and GTA4!! Some irritations like problems in recognising some writing, though you improve with time, and too much time wasted between games, though you can tap your way through.
Rating: - maths training
you start write at the begging with basic numbers and work your way up my daughter loves this game well worth buying
Rating:
- Great for kids - patronising for adults
This game is strongly based on the Kumagai method which originated in Japan - with lots of repitition in the basics, leading to graduation through the levels. As such, it is great for primary School children, helping them to revise and develop their basic numerical skiils. However, i have some gripes.
1. The 'professor' is extremely patronising in his attitude - which would put a large number of children off
2. You have to start at a very basic level and repeat some very simple exercises for 5 days before being allowed to progress. it would be far better if it could start you off with a simple assessment to judge what level it introduced you at - i nearly threw the whole thing away after 3 days of baby flashcards!
3. Because you have to write in the digits manually, they are often misinterpreted - whcih slows you down considerably. I find my '3's and '2's are constantly being interpreted as '1's! Incredibly frustrating!
Basically, this is nowhere near as good as the Brain training games and is not really worth the money.
- PoorThis game is poor. The arithmetic is basic in the extreme. You are not able to go up levels for 5 days leaving you add 3+3 in the daily tests !! In practice I went straight to the hardest tasks - they were far too easy. I got gold medals on everything. The concept is a good one, this is just extremely poorly executed. I took it back to the shop and traded it in against another game. The man in the shop warned me that is what would happen. He was right.
Rating:
- Excellent for developing mental maths skillaI am a primary school Head Teacher and bought this game with the intention of buying several copies for use in the classroom. I am extremely impressed as it covers many more mental maths strategies than the description suggests. My seven year old son did find it difficult to form some of the numbers correctly, but with a little practise he was getting used to it. A minor grumble is that I think the target times a little too fast for many children, but they are rewarded with Bronze, Silver of Gold medals regardless of their time. I will definitely be trying to budget for the purchase of this game for use by pupils from P3 to P7.
Rating:
- Great game for improving mental arithmeticBought this game as my 12 year old is still struggling with times tables. Too much reliance on calculators and kids today can't do simple mental arithmetic any more. If this is your problem then this game is likely to help, especially if you can motivate too. Simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems to be done in your head and quickly. Presented in a way that is reasonably fun, addictive and motivates you to do more and get better, but it's no competition for the PS3 and GTA4!! Some irritations like problems in recognising some writing, though you improve with time, and too much time wasted between games, though you can tap your way through.
Rating:
- maths trainingyou start write at the begging with basic numbers and work your way up my daughter loves this game well worth buying
Rating:
- Great for kids - patronising for adultsThis game is strongly based on the Kumagai method which originated in Japan - with lots of repitition in the basics, leading to graduation through the levels. As such, it is great for primary School children, helping them to revise and develop their basic numerical skiils. However, i have some gripes.
1. The 'professor' is extremely patronising in his attitude - which would put a large number of children off
2. You have to start at a very basic level and repeat some very simple exercises for 5 days before being allowed to progress. it would be far better if it could start you off with a simple assessment to judge what level it introduced you at - i nearly threw the whole thing away after 3 days of baby flashcards!
3. Because you have to write in the digits manually, they are often misinterpreted - whcih slows you down considerably. I find my '3's and '2's are constantly being interpreted as '1's! Incredibly frustrating!
Basically, this is nowhere near as good as the Brain training games and is not really worth the money.
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