Easter-Eggy Whizz
Every Year the Whizz team adds a little bit of Easter Egg action to our maths tutoring student bedrooms, and 2011 was no exception. If you (or your Maths-Whizzer) have not yet logged in to your Maths tutoring account, do so now, and get some colourful Easter Egg bedroom wallpaper. Maths-Whizz is perfect for helping [...]
Read the whole postAre we teaching too much?
Young children may learn better by exploring and playing, rather than being instructed, according to new research. How do these findings work with Maths-Whizz and young Maths-Whizzers?
Read the whole postValentine’s Math
I Maths Whizz Prof loves numbers and loves to share this love with anyone and everyone! What better day to do so than on Valentine’s Day, a day when symmetrical hearts are decorated, flowers (remember Fibonacci?) are given by the dozen, and Valentines cards are sorted. And at the end of the day, we can [...]
Read the whole postIn Praise of the Maths Nerd
Maths teacher turned comedian Matt Parker reminds us that those few years spent as the class swot or nerd pay dividends in the decades of adult life that follow.
Read the whole postMaths-Whizz Yuletide News
The Maths-Whizz Winter Adventure 2010 is now live. Check out our Christmas maths games and quizzes, and find out about WhizzMe, coming soon!
Read the whole postTip for boosting maths skills – Talk!
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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