Built a free math practice app with worked solutions (solo dev). Would this help or hurt your tutoring prep?
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Built a free math practice app with worked solutions (solo dev). Would this help or hurt your tutoring prep?

Posting this for the tutors here not the people searching for one. Different use case than what this sub is built around, so tell me if it's off-topic and I'll pull it.

I'm a solo developer and built Numera. It's a free Android app for math practice (arithmetic through calculus and linear algebra) with a worked solution shown for every question. It's not a substitute for tutoring, So no judgment about why a specific student is stuck, no adapting to their reasoning in real time. What it might be useful for is independent practice between sessions, so you're not manually assembling drill problems for homework.

Genuine question for the tutors here:
Would something like this cut your prep load, or does showing a worked solution after every question undercut the productive-struggle you're trying to build into a student's independent practice?

Free, ad-supported, no paywall on the practice content.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kora.numera

(Disclosure: I'm the developer. Not a tutor, not affiliated with anyone on this sub.)

u/flydogfly — 9 days ago

Solo dev here Built a free math practice app (arithmetic through linear algebra), looking for feedback

I'm a solo developer and just published Numera, a free Android app for practicing math in short, focused sessions:

Arithmetic through algebra, trig, precalc, calculus, and linear algebra with a worked solution shown for every question.

I'm not trying to just drop a link and leave. I'd actually like feedback from people using math to learn it:

  1. Do the worked solutions explain the reasoning or do they just restate the steps?
  2. Is the difficulty progression sane if you're self-studying a topic from zero?
  3. What's missing that you'd want in a practice tool?

It's free with ads, no paywall on practice content, and works without an account. I'll link it in a comment rather than the post if that's the norm here.

Let me know if I've gotten the self-promo etiquette wrong.

(Disclosure: I built and publish this app independently.)

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u/flydogfly — 14 days ago