Maths-Whizz University – Introduction
If you’ve been using Maths-Whizz for the last couple of months you will have noticed instructional videos popping up to explain features of our online tutor to parents, teachers and students.
Over the next few days I’ll give you an introduction to the Maths-Whizz University by introducing key videos along with explanatory text and links to more tutorials. Call it Maths-Whizz 101.
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