About
This web site was created by Jim Olsen. Most of the applets, worksheets, and games he did not create. Most of the videos he did create.
The purpose of the site is to help people brush up on the basic facts of addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, in a quick, easy, private, and self-paced manner.
This site provides with suggestions, online games, videos, and resources to quickly learn and practice the basic arithmetic facts.
This web site was completed 9/27/2010.
Author
Jim Olsen has been teaching at Western Illinois University, where he is a professor in the Mathematics Department, since 1994. After graduation from Doane College (1979) he taught high school mathematics for ten years in Nebraska. His PhD (Educational Mathematics) is from the University of Northern Colorado. At W.I.U. he teaches mathematics courses and teaching methods courses for prospective and practicing teachers. More information on Dr. O can be found here.
More Resources
Once you have mastered the basic facts, you might be interested in:
- PFD Boot Camp - The purpose is to help students develop understanding, competence, and confidence with percents, fractions, and decimals.
Math teachers may in interested in:
- Jim Olsen's Teaching Resources page - a large collection of mathematics education resources for for practicing and prospective teachers.
