For teachers and parents

Independent practice, with the working marked.

Students choose what to practise, write their working, and read line-by-line marking on their own page.

What students do

Choose a topic from AA SL, AA HL, AI SL or AI HL
Work through original IB-style questions
Write on iPad, or photograph paper working on iPhone
Use the mistake log to decide what to revisit
Sit timed IB-style mock exams

A handwritten page marked in the iPad app: ticks with A1 A1, (M1) A1, M1 and A1 on correct lines, a cross and A1 on a wrong y-coordinate with the reason beside it, the correction in red, and the green Check my working button — The feedback they see: a tick or a cross on each line, with the reason beside any lost mark. A handwritten page, captured from the iPad app.

Good to know

Every mark has a reason

Each tick or cross sits on the line it belongs to, with the reason beside it, so students see exactly where marks were earned and lost.

Original IB-style questions

Questions and mock exams are written for the app in IB style, across AA and AI, SL and HL, at three levels.

Nothing to set up

No sign-up and no accounts. Students download the app and start practising straight away.

Built on well-established research

Maths Retriever is built on well-established findings about practice and feedback. Its Review deck is spaced repetition, so topics come back over several days rather than in one sitting. Students answer questions from memory, get feedback on each step, fix their own mistakes and study worked solutions.

Carpenter, Pan & Butler, 2022 · Emeny, Hartwig & Rohrer, 2021 · Yang et al., 2021 · Wisniewski, Zierer & Hattie, 2020 · Metcalfe, 2017 · Barbieri et al., 2023 · Full references

Try it with a class, free

We give schools class codes for a free trial. Email us what you teach and roughly how many students.

Email us

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