Informative and Engaging – Mission US: Think Fast! About the Past Review

In the high stakes testing world we live in, it is important we teach students how to think both quickly and critically. This app does a good job of encouraging that by including basic facts and more complex principles. The time limit helps to focus their attention and it is not unreasonable. Plus, time pauses after each question to allow for review. While students may not be extrinsically motivated to complete the missions, they may be engaged simply in answering the questions, as it's fun to hear the responses that sound as though they come from the colonial period. Finally, it is easy to turn off the sound within the app if the background music is a point of distraction for anyone's concentration. Overall, great app I will definitely recommend to students -- especially since it's freely available to them.
Review by mmorrill on Mission US: Think Fast! About the Past.