Maths geeky? Surely not!
Maths is too geeky, according to a UK research council study reported in the Education Guardian . The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) study showed: …that students think of mathematicians as old, white, middle-class men who are obsessed with their subject, lack social skills and have no personal life outside maths. You might be tempted [...]
Read the whole postSATs not right?
The testing system in England is in danger of damaging children’s education, according to a recent report from the Children, Schools and Families parliamentary select committee. As the BBC reports, 25 million papers are taken in an annual orgy of testing that, the committee argues, risks placing too much emphasis on too few types of test and [...]
Read the whole postNo more parents’ evenings?
The parents’ evening is going out of fashion, according to an article in The Guardian, yesterday. Polly Curtis reports: Rather than an evening a term queueing for a five-minute chat with teachers, parents want more frequent access, or to monitor their children’s progress online, according to research commissioned by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. [...]
Read the whole postFacebook gets Maths-Whizzed
Whizz Education is on Facebook! The social networking website that threatened to take over the world in 2007 now features a Whizz Education company site where you can become a fan, view Whizz videos, check out Whizz company pics and chat away about Maths-Whizz Tutoring and Maths-Whizz Teachers’ Resource with other fans until the cows [...]
Read the whole postCalculate This
Eagle-eyed Whizz Blog readers - what other kind are there – will have noticed the snazzy Whizz Scientific Calculator lurking in the sidebar to the right of the main blog page. The Whizz Scientific Calculator is as it appears in our Key Stage 3 animated exercises in our Teachers’ Resource and our online Tutoring service; it features power [...]
Read the whole postMaths Emergency!
If you’re struggling with maths homework and it seems nobody can help, why not call the emergency services! This is transcript and audio from a call four-year-old ‘Johnny’ made to 911 (the US equivalent of 999) when he was struggling with his maths. It’s no wonder he needed help from America’s finest; we wouldn’t expect our [...]
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