Arithmetic – the genius way. Three top-level maths brains duke it out with just a blackboard and chalk.
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Maths-Whizz Blog
Tips from a maths genius
September 22nd, 2008Multi-Touch Maths?
September 18th, 2008A Durham University research group is investigating the possibility of putting multi-touch interactive ‘desks’ into classrooms to help children learn, Register Hardware reports.
This is an exciting development, because it brings the animation and interactivity of good teaching software to children in a way they will find intuitive. Students will be able to manipulate virtual objects just as if they were moving things around a table.
Times are a-changin’
September 17th, 2008Keep your eyes peeled for price reductions
As you may be aware we’ve been making lots of updates to our technology recently, by streamlining our back-end and making our systems more efficient we have made some cost cuts…not, thankfully, the sort made by Lehman Brothers Banking! You’ll be happy to hear that we are going to be passing these on you to in the form of price reductions and benefits. From mid-October you will be seeing some great new prices, so keep your eyes peeled for more details!
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Our prices aren’t the only things changing at Whizz right now…
The Maths Instinct?
September 16th, 2008Natalie Angier in the New York Times today reports (login required) on the key roles intuition and estimation have in mathematical ability. Our thousands of years’ progress in the sciences might well owe a large debt to a skill we share with the humble rat.
[Quick estimation test - How many cats?]