Learn Maths – End the Recession
An OECD report has indicated the importance of maths for a healthy economy: “The level of mathematical knowledge among the general population was found to have a direct relation to Gross Domestic Product.”
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Talk about numbers. As with so much in educational theory it seems common sense, but it is nevertheless still worth investigating; namely, whether parents who talk about maths and numbers raise children with more advanced maths skills. And this seems to be the case, according to research from the University of Chicago. The researchers found [...]
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Tom Lehrer, the God of Whizz’s favourite musical satirist, once said: “If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while.” Lehrer is famous for writing silly-serious and sometimes lewd songs about [...]
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Caroline Mukisa, an “engineer, turned maths teacher, turned Kumon instructor, turned full time mother of 4,” has decided to take a look at our online maths tutor. Watch and read the MathsInsider review.
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Teach in order to learn. This is what’s known as the ‘protégé effect‘. Learning a subject in order to explain it to someone else forces the learner to remember and understand the material better.
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Traditional military intelligence was failing to determine the true numbers of tanks produced by Germany’s factories. The Allies needed reliable information on the numbers of new Mark IV and V tanks being produced. Mathematicians showed that all you needed was a serial number.
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