Maths-Whizz at the Education Show 2010
Just a quick exhortation and encouragement to visit the city of Birmingham in 33 days, 18 hours, 20, 19, 18… minutes. Whizz Education will be exhibiting at stand S8E (floorplan) from the 4th-6th March. The fair Natalies will be on hand to guide visitors through the delights of Maths-Whizz Tutoring and Teachers’ Resource tools, fresh [...]
Read the whole postWhizzle Bizzle with Franchizzle Dizzle
The God of Whizz is rarely described as ‘down with da kidz’, but you can be ‘down with da Franchise Direct‘ as an advisor for Whizz Education. Do excuse the appalling attempt to shed my leather elbow-patched-corduroy-jacketed image for some Snoop-talk. But it’s genuinely worth a look if you want to spread the word about [...]
Read the whole postRaising standards in Maths with online tutoring – PIR Education
Quick plug to read up on ‘raising standard in maths with online tutoring‘ in this month’s edition of PIR Education magazine. Some great coverage of our efforts to boost maths standards in schools and home: Maths-Whizz, which first appeared at BETT in 2006, returns this year with the latest generation of its animated maths teaching [...]
Read the whole postMath-magic at TED: no calculators needed
See ‘Math-magician’ Art Benjamin in action, below.
Read the whole postStatistics for the media – explained
How to avoid idiotic media polls, handily explained. (Poll statistics for the media, via Pharyngula)
Read the whole postMaths GCSE A* for 8 and 9-year-old Whizzes
British students Raam and Meera Songara have joined a select band of precocious maths students ahead of their time, with A* grades in GCSE maths at the tender ages of 8 and 9.
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