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What Are They Asking? Fun Deck

What Are They Asking? Fun Deck
Features

Price

$5.99

Age Range

Lower Primary

App Type

Learning App

Version Reviewed

3.0

Android Available?

Is Android Available

Lite Version Available?

Is a Lite Version Available

Help Provided?

Is Help Provided
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EvaluatingBlooms Evaluating
AnalysingBlooms Analysing
ApplyingBlooms Applying
UnderstandingBlooms Understanding
RememberingBlooms Remembering
Adaptability
Includes recorded voice
Includes text
Includes images
Review Comments
What Are They Asking? Fun Deck gives children practise guessing what someone is asking based on the picture in the card.
 
A picture appears with the question "What is he asking?". The child then verbally formulates a question based on the clues provided in the picture. This is scored by an adult.
 
This is a particularly difficult skill for children on the autism spectrum. They need to show an understanding of the perspective of the person in the picture. The child would need to have reasonable language skills and understand how to formulate a question. They would also need to focus on the context presented in the picture. This app encourages children to look at the big picture when formulating their question.
 
 
 
Use Rank (*)
Social Understanding Ranked 22nd of 38

(*) This app has been ranked according to its' effectiveness to achieve the learning goals and strategies listed. Some apps may rank highly for achieving a specific use and lower for other uses. Some students will learn and engage with one app more than others, because of the individual nature of us all.

Learning App
Learning apps are designed for a specific purpose. The authors claim to teach a goal, skill or concept.
Bloom's Thinking Process
Bloom's Taxonomy is classification system used to explain the behaviours important in learning. Apps range from simple memory tasks such as flashcards apps through to creative apps which ask students to create an original story or video.
Bloom's Creating
The student creates new ideas, products or ways of viewing things. Activities include making, animating, designing, constructing, planning, producing and inventing.
Bloom's Evaluating
The student justifies a decision or course of action. Activities include counting to check, hypothesising, critiquing, experimenting and judging.
Bloom's Analysing
The student breaks the information into parts to explore understandings and relationships. Activities include explaining, ordering, inferring, comparing and organising.
Bloom's Applying
The student uses the information in a new situation. Activities include implementing, carrying out, using, illustrating, classifying and categorising.
Bloom's Understanding
The student comprehends the new information. Activities include describing, predicting showing understanding use a multiple choice.
Bloom's Remembering
The student recalls information they know. Activities include matching, 'fill in the blank', making a choice, answering using a multiple choice, naming a group.
Learning Connection
How well does the app teach the targeted skill or concept? This is the area where we refer to current research and pedagogy to evaluate the efficacy of the app.
Authenticity
Authenticity looks at the manner in which skills are learnt. Authentic apps use real life or genuine activities. Students learn in context rather than in a contrived or rote fashion (such as flashcards).
Feedback
Feedback needs to be specific and result in improved performance. Feedback should be supportive and encouraging rather than negative. Data should be available to support decision making.
Differentiation
Differentiation is the ability to customise the app to suit the student. The ability to record you voice, customise text, add pictures and alter settings enables individualisation of the app.
User Friendliness
User friendliness is a measure of how well a student can use the app independently. Some apps are simply intuitive to use. Others include audio or visual prompts which support the student.
Motivation
All apps are engaging the first time they are played. However, students with diverse learning needs may need to return to the app many times. Motivating apps offer rewards,games or incentives.
Social Understanding
Social understanding apps provide opportunities for children to gain an understanding of the social world. These may explain the hidden curriculum of social rules and etiquette. They help increase the awareness of the thoughts, behaviour and feelings of others. They may provide suggestions of ways to interact with peers.

Domain Score Details
Learning Connection 3
This Fun Deck provides practise in several skill areas. Firstly, the child needs to look at the context and understand the hidden meaning in the picture. Then they need to formulate a question. I would like to see some explicit teaching on how to look for cues and then formulate a question. Many children on the spectrum may look at the details rather than the context.
 
Authenticity 2
The child looks at the picture and understand the context. They use this information to predict what the person would say.
Feedback 2
The adult decides if the answer is correct (green button) or incorrect (red button) and taps the corresponding button.  Data on the number of correct responses is available to the adult. These results can be emailed.
Differentiation 2
Multiple students can be added with up to five playing at one time. Adults can choose all or some of the cards to play. Cards can be shuffled.
User Friendliness 4
The app requires that an adult is present to decide if the answer is correct and to provide feedback. The app itself is very easy to use and navigate.
Motivation 2
The first time the child uses this app, it is lots of fun. I would like to see some additional rewards of motivators to keep the child coming back to this app on more than one occasion.
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Developer

Super Duper, Inc.

App Store Rating

(from 1 reviews)

Current Version Rating

(from 1 reviews)

Current Version

3.8
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Developer's Description
This colorful educational app for the iPhone®, iPad®, and iPod touch® has all 56 illustrated picture flash cards (plus audio of each card text) from the What Are They Asking? Fun Deck® by Super Duper® Publications. Select the cards you want students to see, and have them use the cues in the pictures to figure out what question the persons or animal in the scene is asking. You may also use these pictures to encourage conversational speech or as writing prompts.

This App is simple to use — each student looks at an illustration, and either reads the prompt or touches the screen to listen to the prompt. The student then gives a verbal response. After each answer, tap the green (correct) or red (incorrect) button to score the student’s verbal response. Move to the next card by sliding the card currently on the display screen to the side. To move to the next player, tap the bar at the top of the screen and select a name. You can also advance cards and players automatically by selecting the Auto-Advance option in the Game Options menu. You can leave a game temporarily and return to it later by selecting Pause Game from the menu. To return to the game, select Continue Game from the main menu. When you finish, view the results in a graph, and print or email your data.

What Are They Asking? Fun Deck® App lets you:
• Use the app in portrait or landscape orientation.
• Select all 56 cards or just the ones you want students to see.
• Track correct and incorrect responses for an unlimited number of players.
• Advance players and cards manually or automatically.
• Receive feedback for incorrect and/or correct responses
• Discontinue game play and continue at any time.
• View results in a graph and see which questions a player missed during a session.
• Print, E-mail and share your results.

Disclaimer: The evaluations and rankings information provided here are based solely on the opinion of the author and are for informational purposes only. Families should seek professional advice before making decisions regarding interventions for their child.