Omnivorous Surfer

MakeUseOf.com comes through again. One of the top articles of the week this week was 5 Best Sites to Help Students Prepare for the SATs, and some of these sites would be good for students' general use as well.

I particularly like two of the math sites, both of which are FREE. PurpleMath is an algebra help site which also includes coverage of "preliminary topics" and has good textual explanations.

For video presentations of mathematics lessons, TV Math has directions similar to those which would be given by a teacher in the classroom and includes material from both general math and algebra. Each topic is available from multiple presenters, so students have some choice.

I also like the FREE vocabulary site, Vocab Test. Vocabulary for individual grade levels is included, and students can choose to "learn" before the take the "test" part of a particular word/prefix/suffix section. In addition, the site allows the user to create his/her own quiz.

Check the MakeUseOf article for information about and links to the other two sites it mentions.