Educational applications that can be used to teach math concepts, math skills, and problem solving.

What are educational applications that can be used to teach math concepts, math skills, and problem solving?

Math Playground provides a wealth of resources to support learning math concepts, skills and problem solving. It is free online activities are provided in the categories of Math Games, Word Problems, and Logic Puzzles. 

Conceptua Math focuses on fractions and offers a variety of tools for teachers to use to enhance their whole class instruction. It provides visual modules with spoken text. The program also offers formative assessments and captures student data.

Destination Math targets the development of skills in math reasoning, conceptual understanding, and problem solving for students in k-12. Animation and audio helps students stay engaged. It is step by step instructions and opportunities to practice problem-solving skills. 


To benefit students, educational applications including virtual manipulatives must be connected clearly to the concepts being developed and must be matched to students' developmental levels. To support the development of math concepts for students in Grades K-12, virtual manipulatives are available at a number of websites. An excellent resources is National Library of Virtual Manipulatives maintained by Utah State University.