April 29th, 2008
In our unending quest to find heroic men and women who can save the world and solve quadratic equations, we find two films to look out for this spring:
21. Kevin Spacey and a bunch of improbably attractive MIT maths students take Las Vegas by storm with their clever card-counting ways.
The Oxford Murders. Fissure-faced screen legend John Hurt plays another prof (this time at the eponymous university) who helps solve a murder conspiracy apparently linked by maths symbols.
Watch, and - maybe, just maybe - learn.
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April 28th, 2008
Abstract concepts are better for teaching maths than real-world ones, according to a study reported on in a recent New York Times article. What does this mean for teaching maths and what does it mean for Maths-Whizz?
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April 28th, 2008
Whizz Education is on the Tube (YouTube, that is)!
We’ve created a new Whizz Education YouTube channel to help spread the word about Maths-Whizz - both in schools and at home, offline and on-.
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April 24th, 2008
The annual Technology, Education, Design (TED) conference in Monterey, California produces some fascinating speakers every year, on subjects as diverse as Neurology, Architecture, Computing, Astronomy and, of course, Education.
One 2006 speaker - Sir Ken Robinson - gave a well-received talk on creativity in education (’Do Schools Kill Creativity?’) that has been doing the rounds on the education blogosphere since. Robinson discussed how we have to foster creativity in the next generation to equip children with the skills to face a rapidly-changing world.
Watch the video for yourself at the Whizz YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/whizzeducation or read on for our take on Ken Robinson’s talk.
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