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Review: LearnBop for Families, by LearnBop

6/22/2016

 
I THINK... We have discovered our new Math Program, created by LearnBop, says mom quietly to herself, as she listens to her boy asking questions and figuring out what he knows and doesn't know in a new math program.  As much as he struggles, he ACTIVELY learning... and I think FINALLY a program has been made that is testing my son's mettle and he's learning.. and I couldn't be more pleased.

The math program?   LearnBop for Families.  My family received a years single subscription..which means my son can use it under his name, and I can use it under my name.  
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Now I have to admit, my son has a love-hate relationship with LearnBop.  He really does.  He loves to do it, but he hates that it teaches him differently than he has learned in the past, but ... that VERY DIFFERENCE is what makes it work for him.

"MOM!   Why does it teach me this way?    Don't they know that I learned it this way?" (and then he proceeds to teach me how he learned it) and in the process proves to me and to LearnBop that he does indeed know his stuff.  And then he smiles.. oh my boy he smiles... and it is GOOD.  :)

What is LearnBop?
LearnBop for Families is an adaptive online math program offering an annual subscription for up to four students.  It gives parents the ability to select the level for each student and monitor their individual progress.  You can get a single student version or the family version. 

It is a self-paced program that works for Grades 3-8 along with high school Algebra 1, Algebra II, and Geometry.

LearnBop offers warm-ups, in-lesson videos, and practice questions which are called “bops.”  Each student has a roadmap that they follow.

This multi-student subscription is available for $199.95 annually or $19.95 monthly.  There is also an option for a single student plan for $149.95 annually or $14.95 monthly.

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So how does this challenging program push my boy?  
Let me walk you through a lesson.
My son sets himself up on my laptop and his tablet.  Sometimes MilkyWay (his pet mouse) joins him for a lesson.
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My techie kid much prefers using the tablet to do his math figuring rather than "wasting paper".  He doesn't understand why I work better using paper and pencil.  I figure if he's happy, it's all good though my scrap paper pile definitely isn't shrinking that quickly....
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LearnBop works on a system of roadmaps.  My son is using grade five.  He's completed 2 of 13 roadmaps.   For this lesson he's working through Add/Subtract Fractions with Unlike Denominators.   When working through a unit, you are first given some warm up questions which introduce questions and concepts that will be covered in the unit.   My son is NOT thrilled with his marks in the warm up section but has learned they are only there to get his brain working about the next math area.
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Each unit follows the same format.   Watch three videos, watch a fourth if you want to, and solve some Bops.  Bops are questions about the topic at hand.   They are very specific to topic.
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The amount of Bops needed varies we have found.   At first my lad was distressed by this, thinking the program was lying, until we realized that the end goal of LearnBop for Families was for the students to reach a 90% grade.
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This means if you choose not to watch the videos (which counts as part of your grade) then you get to do more questions (more Bops) as a result, so it was a bit of a toss up and meant my son had decisions to make.   Most often he chose to watch less videos and do more questions.   You can get a higher grade if you watch the optional video as well.

The bops are presented in different ways.  The ones I saw always came as word problems, but the solution was answered in different ways.   Sometimes as a multiple choice, sometimes as a click and drag, and other times as a write it in.
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One thing my lad struggled with in this lesson was the need to not only have the smallest fraction, but the larger fraction that the small fraction would come from.   My lad didn't understand as every time he's worked on fractions before the smallest fraction was always correct and anything else was wrong.    We eventually decided it was a training tool, another way for students to see that large or small it was the same number (which made sense to us).   It's just another way to appreciate how a program makes you think the answer through.  

Another training tool is how they handle missed questions.   On the occasion that my son either misunderstood the question or filled in an answer in the incorrect order, he would be bumped to the option of restarting the question OR to work through the question one step at a time.   This ensures that the student understands all the incremental parts to the question and working through the answer.
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Seeing this screen always elicited a YAY!!!   from my lad. "Yay, mom!   I did it!" along with a smile and then he was off to do his daily reading.  :)   Tis a good thing to see a lad happy about math.

LearnBop has a few other aspects to it that I wanted to talk to you about.
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Learning accomplishments and recent progress.   As a mom, I found this helpful, my son was somewhat less than enthused.  :)  He's just glad to work through and learn different math items (and to show me that he knows them).  And this online math tutor did an excellent job of showing him this.
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This is something my son and I discovered today and that he really likes.  :)   It tells him what is next on the agenda... decimal place.  "MOM!!!   I know that!   That will be an easy lesson to do.   Do you think they will show me a different way to do it this time?   Or will they show me the way I already know?" 

"I guess we will wait and see eh?"   That's the only response I could make.

When I signed up for this review I did so thinking that I would be working with LearnBop as well.   I wasn't sure how my lad would take to it and was prepared to pick up the slack and do a higher grade math myself, but my lad eagerly dug into this wonderful on-line math program 4 days a week with the exception of a week that he was at day camp and even then he fit in two days!  

Needless to say, I haven't spent a lot of time using LearnBop for Families.  I could have used my dashboard to work on lessons, but chose not to as it very much became my son's math program as we'll be using it through the rest of the summer.   (or until the 13 units are done).  Then if he chooses to, we'll move up to grade six.

So we liked LearnBop for Families, if you want to see what others of the crew thought, click on the link below.
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Social Media Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LearnBop
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LearnBop @LearnBop
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