Winter Adventure Live for Maths-Whizzers
This year’s Winter Adventure is live for Whizzers! If you haven’t already, log into your Maths-Whizz student account and check it out. For the first time ever all Maths-Whizzers can try our Holiday Adventure. If you’re not a Maths-Whizz user there’s no reason not to give it a try. Register for a free maths tutoring [...]
Read the whole postHave fun, learn maths
This year’s primary school league tables have produced a flurry of news reports which the Whizz blog has pretty much ignored. But this piece in the UK’s Independent caught the God of Whizz’s eye: ‘A little fun can go a long way when it comes to learning‘. We can’t argue with the sentiment, as it [...]
Read the whole postBETT Show 2010- Whizz Education Shortlisted for two Awards!
Whizz Education is a finalist for TWO awards at the 2010 BETT Awards. The awards for which Whizz is a finalist are: ICT Exporter of the Year ICT Education Partnership This is fab news, but for those of you not fully au fait with the world of educational technology, some background might be in order. [...]
Read the whole postMaths just got spooky!
Just in time for Hallowe’en, a spooky theme has been added to the Maths-Whizz bedroom! Students logging into our online math tutor this weekend until Tuesday will get a seasonal treat with a rolling pumpkin head, cobwebbed corners, and rolls of thunder beyond the window. Whizzers can get a fright with some of our witch-themed [...]
Read the whole postTo learn, fail
A week ago, the Scientific American reported on findings that demonstrated a fact at first counter-intuitive, but obvious with hindsight, and something Maths-Whizzers would do well to remember: It is often better to fail something in order to learn it better.
Read the whole postTake on the World with Maths-Whizz
We never stop at Maths-Whizz. We’ve just added a fabulous new feature – Maths Challenges – to our burgeoning range of tools proven to boost kids’ maths abilities. With Challenge, students can use their maths skills to take on all-comers from across the globe. We have thousands of Maths-Whizz students in North America, Europe, the [...]
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