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Game Information
- Platform: Nintendo DS
- PEGI Rating: Ages 3 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- The selection of three exercises changes every time the user advances to the next level 9which happens every five days)
- Depending on speed and accuracy a player will be rewarded with a bronze, silver or gold medal and a listing in the top three best times for that particular exercise
- The software keeps track on the days in which the users trained by rewarding them with 'tick' mark in the built-in calendar.
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Improve your calculus with DS!
The foundation of Dr Kageyama's Maths Training is 100 square calculations a method conceived by Kageyama Hidea, a Japanese elementary school principal. The DS is held side ways like a book and all answers are written using the stylus.
The key principal of the software is repetition which according to Kageyama stimulates the brain. The main exercise 100 cells maths, consists of 100 hundred simple maths problems combined into a 10 by 10 grid using the numbers at the top and side of the grid. There are however many other exercises, ranging from simple one digit math problems to slightly more complex three digit challenges.
Product Description
One of the best ways to sharpen your basic maths skills is through repetition, and Professor Kageyama's Maths Training: The Hundred Cell Calculation Method gives you the opportunity to do maths exercises in a new, fun way! Renowned Japanese Professor Hideo Kageyama designed the Hundred Cell method to improve children's school performances. In his method, Professor Kageyama takes a 10-by-10 cell grid and places a single-digit number in front of each row and column. A person filling in the grid solves each cell by calculating the numbers listed at the start of the row and column. The key to the Hundred Cell method is to fill in each cell as fast as possible. The calculation itself may be simple, but the challenge comes in finishing faster each time you fill in a grid. It's this repetition that sharpens your maths skills! Like other mental fitness software in the Touch! Generations series, Professor Kageyama's Maths Training sports a daily training mode with recommended exercises. After training for five days, your level increases and along with it the difficulty level. In addition to the Hundred Cell calculations and daily training, Professor Kageyama's Maths Training features 40 additional exercises based on simple maths skills. After finishing an exercise, you're awarded a medal based on your performance. With the Hundred Cell method, you can refresh your basic maths skills for school or everyday life!
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
136 of 138 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
The Good: This has some really good maths testing and training facilities with just about the right level of difficulty. Ideal for someone who just likes testing themselves or for someone that needs to improve their maths skills.
The Bad: This requires the answers to be handwrittend with the stylus. For some users this will mean you write the correct answer but the program will see it as a different number. I have a massive problem with 9 which gets read as a 0 or a 2 and quite often 8 gets mistaken for a 2 or a 6. This can be really infuriating. A better implimentation would have been to have a touchpad imput for the right answer rather than a written one.
If you have bad handwriting go for Big Brain Academy instead.
The Bad: This requires the answers to be handwrittend with the stylus. For some users this will mean you write the correct answer but the program will see it as a different number. I have a massive problem with 9 which gets read as a 0 or a 2 and quite often 8 gets mistaken for a 2 or a 6. This can be really infuriating. A better implimentation would have been to have a touchpad imput for the right answer rather than a written one.
If you have bad handwriting go for Big Brain Academy instead.
72 of 74 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Overall this game provides very useful practice for times tables, multiplication, subtraction, division & addition - and seems to be particularly appealing to children who are addicted to their DS :-)
The daily test is short enough (c. 5 minutes)to make it 'fun' for primary school children & so can be done before going to school - eg over breakfast?. It was used daily in our house during the recent school half term - with no prompting from me!
Agree with earlier posting about the fact that their writing is not always recognised - my bete noir is the number 4! I guess practice makes perfect.....
Would prefer for the game to include progression charts (so child/children can see over time how they have improved ) and include name of person who holds the time record for each event a la Brain Training game - for those with a competitive streak.
Minor gripe: colours of medals should be a bit more distinct, colourwise (bronze and gold are very similar)
The daily test is short enough (c. 5 minutes)to make it 'fun' for primary school children & so can be done before going to school - eg over breakfast?. It was used daily in our house during the recent school half term - with no prompting from me!
Agree with earlier posting about the fact that their writing is not always recognised - my bete noir is the number 4! I guess practice makes perfect.....
Would prefer for the game to include progression charts (so child/children can see over time how they have improved ) and include name of person who holds the time record for each event a la Brain Training game - for those with a competitive streak.
Minor gripe: colours of medals should be a bit more distinct, colourwise (bronze and gold are very similar)
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
This game is strongly based on the Kumagai method which originated in Japan - with lots of repitition in the basics, leading to graduation through the levels. As such, it is great for primary School children, helping them to revise and develop their basic numerical skiils. However, i have some gripes.
1. The 'professor' is extremely patronising in his attitude - which would put a large number of children off
2. You have to start at a very basic level and repeat some very simple exercises for 5 days before being allowed to progress. it would be far better if it could start you off with a simple assessment to judge what level it introduced you at - i nearly threw the whole thing away after 3 days of baby flashcards!
3. Because you have to write in the digits manually, they are often misinterpreted - whcih slows you down considerably. I find my '3's and '2's are constantly being interpreted as '1's! Incredibly frustrating!
Basically, this is nowhere near as good as the Brain training games and is not really worth the money.
1. The 'professor' is extremely patronising in his attitude - which would put a large number of children off
2. You have to start at a very basic level and repeat some very simple exercises for 5 days before being allowed to progress. it would be far better if it could start you off with a simple assessment to judge what level it introduced you at - i nearly threw the whole thing away after 3 days of baby flashcards!
3. Because you have to write in the digits manually, they are often misinterpreted - whcih slows you down considerably. I find my '3's and '2's are constantly being interpreted as '1's! Incredibly frustrating!
Basically, this is nowhere near as good as the Brain training games and is not really worth the money.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Maths help
This little game is a fun way to improve your mental maths. It has really helped my children in their maths exams.
Published 23 days ago by Jo colgan
excellent confidence booster
My 8 year old needed to practice her basic math skills. This game is excellent for that. It's repetitive and quick. And the child gets a real sense of how she's improving.
Published 7 months ago by Stella
Maths Training for DS
My 8 & 6 year old love this and share it across both DS's. They did not read the instructions but found it very easy to understand immediately. Read more
Published 11 months ago by roddyp
Math training
This is a good game and quite a bit testing, but on the speed tests it gets frustrating when it does not read the numbers which you draw on the pad. Overall a good game.
Published 17 months ago by Mc
Maths Training for DS
I bought this for my 7 yr old daughter who has learning difficulties as she loved playing my brain training ( but was of course too hard for her ). Read more
Published 17 months ago by cafeteria
A challenge for all age groups
Gets the grey matter working and has certainly helped my grandson learn his tables, he loves getting the answer before me
Published 17 months ago by Globe Trotter
Total Boredom
Playing games for the Nintendo DS is always a fun thing to do but this game was perhaps one of those I wish I never had. Read more
Published 17 months ago by TimmyDM
Maths made fun......at last!
I am a 40 something with two children of 14 and 6. As a child I loathed maths and everything to do with it. Read more
Published 18 months ago by M. Dunn
Good value for any age.
I'll give what I think is a more positive point as most negative ones have been mentioned
in other reviews. Read more
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Published 19 months ago by Nscrward
ds game
I found this ok can be very long winded on explaining what to do every time you go onto the programe
Published 21 months ago by Den
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