Annette asks: Does the app replace the daily paper/pencil tests or just help with the facts at each level? i have been using Rocket Math every year since I attended your two day workshop in San Diego. I think it may have been 12 years ago.

Dr. Don answers:  Annette,  Schools with one-to-one iPads ARE beginning to use the Rocket Math app to replace the daily paper/pencil tests.  The app uses the same sequence, has students repeat levels if they are not both fast and accurate, and it requires mastery before moving on. However, it has the same expectation for everyone, answering within three seconds--or 20 problems in a minute, so it is not as rigorous as the paper and pencil version.  Students are learning the facts, but I don't have any scientific evidence that they know the facts as well as they do with the paper and pencil version.  I think that the app would be a great supplement, but if I were the curriculum director, I would not eliminate the paper-and-pencil version for everyone until I was certain students would be able to retain the facts after learning them on the iPad.

This summer I was filmed doing my updated and improved three hour Rocket Math training. This training is very practical and focused.  Available as a chapterized DVD.  I want you to have it, so I am offering a huge discount from the normal price.