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Company

Times Table Rockstars

Country: United Kingdom 

SAM Learning

Founded: 1993
Country: United Kingdom 
Description

Times Table Rockstars

Times Table Rockstars is an award winning maths programme with a rockstar theme, designed by maths teachers to help children...
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SAM Learning

SAM Learning is an online learning resource for secondary schools that caters for all major GCSE and KS3 subjects and...
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Educational Impact

Times Table Rockstars

Not measured 
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SAM Learning

reduce teacher workload85%
build student knowledge84%
improve attainment79%
reduce attainment gap74%
 
Recommended Usage
Little and often - recommended 10 - 15 minutes a week

Independent studies commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation and the Family Fisher Trust from 2002 to 2020 report that SAM Learning significantly improves students' GCSE grades with as little as 10+ hours of usage.

Most Helpful Reviews

Times Table Rockstars

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SAM Learning

Chris, Second in Science: Its mostly good. Some activities are well written and fun, others need reviewing and improving.
Gillian, 2nd in Department of MFL: I use Sam Learning mainly for homework to consolidate learning done in class and to give students the opportunity to try out short exam style tasks for independent learning. Students find the tasks accessible and easy to navigate and appreciate getting their scores immediately. Other schools should use Sam Learning to save time in planning and marking as there is a good range of tasks available on all aspects of the course and if you want something specific which is not there, you can create your own tasks as well.
Sam Frith, Teacher of ICT & Computer Science: Really good
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Age Range

Times Table Rockstars

5-7, 8-10, 11-13 

SAM Learning

11-13, 14-16 
Features

Times Table Rockstars

Vendor has not supplied this information 

SAM Learning

RevisionHomeworkInterventionReporting SuitePre-made Activities Personalised Learning Artificial IntelligenceAdaptive LearningQuestion Level AnalysisAdaptive Teaching Adaptive Learning 
Languages
Accessibility

Times Table Rockstars

Vendor has not supplied this information 

SAM Learning

Few to no features 
Policies

Times Table Rockstars

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 

SAM Learning

Privacy PolicyGDPRTerms of Service 
Requirements

Times Table Rockstars

Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - AndroidRadioTelevision

Times Tables Rock Stars can be played on an internet browser or via the app and is compatible with all devices. Paper worksheets are also available if tech is not available. It takes one member of staff 2 - 3 minutes to upload a spreadsheet of all school pupils to our database which creates a unique username and password for every pupil in the school. Teachers can either ask the system to automatically generate usernames and secure random passwords, or they can specify usernames and passwords to match existing credentials for other websites. Once pupils have their own login details (printable on sticky labels or in parent letters), they can access TTRS on all devices immediately. Their account goes wherever they go, so if they login at school on a desktop, they'll continue where they left off at home on a tablet.

 

SAM Learning

Available OfflineInternet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookDesktop - LinuxMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - AndroidRadioTelevision

Launch and setup is supported by our technical team - we work with school Network Admin.

 
Training

Times Table Rockstars

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos

No training is needed as TT Rock Stars is very intuitive for both pupils and teachers, but PDF Getting Started Guides are available alongside pre-recorded training webinars for staff.

 

SAM Learning

In PersonLive OnlineWebinarsDocumentationVideos 
Set Up

Times Table Rockstars

Vendor has not supplied this information

SAM Learning

48 hours

Support

Times Table Rockstars

24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 

SAM Learning

24/7 Live RepPhone SupportEmail/Help DeskFAQs/ForumKnowledge Base 
Home Learning

Times Table Rockstars

Parent Access 

SAM Learning

Not available To parents 
Pricing

Times Table Rockstars

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

Times Table Rockstars pricing starts from £94.90 / year

4 week free trial is available. This gives access to the full package (subscription and both bolt-ons) and allows for unlimited pupil and teacher accounts.

Family plan subscription (two adults, three children) is available at £7.20 /year.

Tutor plan subscription (two adults, three children) is available at £7.20 /year (£2.40 per additional tutee).

SAM Learning

Free VersionFreemiumFree TrialPaid SubscriptionOne-Off FeeHourly Rate

SAM Learning pricing starts from £2 / per-pupil