We love it when teachers and students let us now about how they are using DigitWhiz. Mrs. Borchardt, a third grade teacher in Wisconsin, did just that.

Here’s what Mrs. Borchardt told us, “We love DigitWhiz! It is really motivating my students to master their facts. Each time a student masters a certain set of facts (x2, x4, etc.) they get to put their name and the fact group on a star and tape it to our classroom door. We are hoping to have our door covered with stars by the end of the year! They also get a star on the “Math Fact All Stars” wall when they have mastered all of their multiplication and division facts. The ability to monitor students is awesome! Thank you for offering such a wonderful resource at no charge!”.

Thank you to Mrs. Borchardt and her kids!

I recently read an interesting research article stating that students who have strong math skills do much better on PSAT’s which prep for college admission tests.  My experience confirms this as I’ve witnessed hundreds of kids who struggle w/math master skills which in turn gets them back on track – mathematically speaking.  You can read the article here: http://www.psypost.org/2013/01/study-reveals-new-link-between-basic-math-skills-and-psat-math-success-15799

We are starting to gather some great quotes from parents, kids and teachers who are using DigitWhiz so we thought we would start posting them to share. If you want to share your video or quote with us, please email us at info@digitwhiz.com or just post it on our Facebook page!

Here is the first one. She is one of our 6th grader users who loves DigitWhiz!

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So, at back to school night last week I gave the parents of my 6th graders a survey.  One question said, “As an adult, where are you on the love/hate scale when you think about math?” They marked an “X” along a line with the words hate and love at opposite ends.

Here are the results:

• 11%: Hate it
• 30%: In the middle
• 33%: Middle/leaning toward Love
• 26%: Love it

My experience as a math teacher is that what parents think about math has a direct effect on their child’s perceptions about math. That often translates into kids feeling like they “can” or “can’t” do math. I love it when parents are open minded and have a positive attitude about learning math!

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