Disclaimer: I received a FREE copy of this product
through the HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW in exchange for my honest review. I was not
required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.
CTC Math is an online math curriculum for students in
grades K-12. For this review, I was given a 12-month Family Membership which
gives one access to all grade levels. After setting up my daughter’s high
school course for Algebra 1 we worked through the program every Wednesday,
completing two lessons each week during infusion time. Allow me to share with
you how it works.
First, students watch a video tutorial. Each of the
tutorials last around 4-9 minutes and presents the concepts of the math lessons
step-by-step with clear, spoken explanations. Using synchronized audio and
animation which is great for auditory and visual learners.
Next, students complete the interactive questions or pdf
worksheet. Following each video tutorial there are questions which test the
understanding of key concepts. I printed the pdf download for my daughter so
she could work out the problems before entering her answers online. The CTC Math program automatically grades
each problem and stores the students results in their ongoing progress report.
Then, the CTC Math program emails weekly progress reports to
the parent. Every math lesson a student attempts is logged and the results are
stored along with statistical information detailing lessons viewed, tasks completed,
average score, and more.
The CTC Math program is very easy to setup and very easy to
use; but we had some issues within the program. To begin, it would not save the
grade, so after my daughter completed the first lesson three times I reached
out to the company. The email response said we were logged into the parent
account; but we were actually logged into the student account, as you have to
select which account you wish to login to; but after this email, things were working
and lessons were being saved so we could move on. Then, the weekly progress
report did not show her login, so we had to email again; but since then the
reports have been correct. Also, when I setup the student account, I selected
two attempts for each problem, so when we purposely answered one wrong to see
what the system would do, it marked it wrong after the first try and moved on
to the next question.
After working through several lessons in the Algebra 1
course, my daughter was quickly bored with the program because part one
contains numerous review lessons, things she had learned before pre-algebra so
I had her complete at least two lessons each Wednesday during her infusion time
so I could write a thorough review. Part one covers order of operations,
simplifying fractions, adding and subtraction with different denominators,
adding and subtracting with mixed numerals, multiplication and division of
fractions, decimals, and percentages – lessons learned in middle school. After teaching algebra to my two in college,
we never had this much review, we jumped right in to the new concepts of
algebra. Part two covers algebraic equations, monomials, trinomials, and
simultaneous equations. Part three covers factoring, inequalities, absolute
values, and algebraic fractions. Part four covers coordinate geometry,
functions, relations, variations, radicals, quadric equations, and univariate
data. The CTC Math program does not compare to our current math curriculum and
was not a good fit for our family. This program may be great for elementary and
middle school students; but I would not recommend it for high school students
who are preparing for the SAT or college courses.
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