Parents struggle with their children’s homework – Becta
More than 80 per cent of parents struggle with their children’s homework, and more than half actually make homework worse for their children, according to research by our favourite Educational Tech organisation – Becta. Tim Muffett of BBC Breakfast interviewed students and teachers at north London’s Anson Primary School, which has a novel solution to [...]
Read the whole postGoogle Doodle celebrates Pi Day – mathematicians rejoice
Our Google overlords yesterday recognised a day of significance to every fan of that most famous of irrational numbers – pi. Pi (as any fule kno) describes the relationship between a circle’s radius and its circumference or area, or between a sphere’s radius and its surface area or volume. If you’re wondering why yesterday could [...]
Read the whole postMaths Wars – are your numbers ‘reform’, or ‘traditional’?
The American education community has been in the thrall of a long-running conversation about the correct style of maths teaching. The debate has boiled down to whether you are a fan of ‘reform’ or ‘traditional’ maths (Americans, read: ‘math’). A recent edition of The Scientific American looks at this fraught discussion, which seems to have [...]
Read the whole postBBC’s Question Time hosts Carol Vorderman tonight
The BBC’s Question time is to host The Maths Factor’s very own Carol Vorderman tonight, to weigh in on contemporary matters of state. She is joined by Lord Adonis, Boris Johnson, Shirley Williams, Carol Vorderman and the eternally miserable Will Self. Vorderman’s presence on the programme has nothing at all to do with the World [...]
Read the whole postCarol Vorderman’s Online Maths School, The Maths Factor, goes live
Former Countdown number-cruncher Carol Vorderman is launching a new online maths school called The Maths Factor, and the website opens to paying customers tomorrow. We can’t say exactly how The Maths Factor is going to work, but first impressions indicate that Vorderman, lately darling of the Conservative party’s education task force, will be presenting maths [...]
Read the whole postHow much is that Robodog in the window?
…woof woof! Feed him, play with him, watch him transform, and watch him sleep – it’s RoboDog! RoboDog is the latest pet in the Maths-Whizz Bedroom. Get busy with our maths tutor and save up your hard-earned credits to add our shiny mechanical canine to your personal maths tutoring space. Don’t forget to stock up [...]
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