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I have a student who is low level at math and reading because he doesn't get much practice at home. I make sure to give him the time necessary for I-station and ST math in order to raise his levels. Unfortunately, he gets so frustrated on the games when he doesn't get it right or has to start over. He starts to cry and hits the computer and doesn't continue to learn because of his frustration. what should I do to make sure he gets the best out of his computer time and how should I help him to avoid getting frustrated?

Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
Maybe the computer games are not that helpful. I don't know much about how I-station works , but I help kids with ST math almost everyday and some of those games can get extremely frustrating even to me and the teacher because the game does not really give instructions. If he is badly struggling with these two subjects then maybe try to have a meeting with his parents and talk about a tutor. A tutor should be beneficial since he doesn't seem to get a lot of help from home. He seems he wants to understand it since he gets upset about not getting it, so that extra help should help him.