True Grit
Grit. It’s stuff you get in your eye, or between your teeth. It’s hard, sharp, and sometimes painful, and it’s associated with one of the most important skills a human can have – resilience. Further to Ray’s excellent piece from July on the importance of failure in Maths-Whizz exercises, comes a long New York Times [...]
Read the whole postThe case for practical maths?
A New York Times Op-Ed piece makes the case for maths for life, and not just for the classroom. The article’s authors, Sol Garfunkel and David Mumford, argue strongly in favour of a maths curriculum that exists in relation to the science, engineering, finance (and so on) that it serves every day, and they say [...]
Read the whole postThe Rule of 72
It’s a truth not-universally-enough-acknowledged that mathematical incompetence is bad for your financial health. For that reason, if no other, parents should encourage children to be confident and comfortable with mental maths – to work out change in a shop, determine the best mortgage, choose the right three-for-two deal, or calculate the rate of return on [...]
Read the whole postWant to learn to code? Solve maths puzzles!
Code is everywhere, and not just in the Matrix movies. Much of the world we now take for granted is built on logical arguments and mathematical formulae buried inside seemingly incomprehensible software and hardware code. Because of this, you’d be forgiven for assuming that an understanding of computer code would be widespread, and that students [...]
Read the whole postMaths-Whizz University – Beat Holiday Learning Loss
Holiday learning loss; scourge of teachers and parents, eraser of hard-learned skills with each new school term, scientifically-proven fact! With summer already upon us in calendar terms, if not yet in lazy, warm days, now is the perfect time to set in train habits that will ensure your students carry on improving their maths over [...]
Read the whole postMaths-Whizz University – Making the Most of Maths-Whizz
Once you’ve got up and running with Maths-Whizz, and student and parent alike is comfortable with all our tutoring and reporting features, what’s next? The beauty of maths tutoring with Whizz is that it is as good as you make it. What users put into their online tutoring is repaid in student rewards, greater confidence [...]
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