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.
From Countdown to The Maths Factor - Carol Vorderman launches an online maths school
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 concepts to children by video, and then testing them with simple quizzes.
This is potentially a different approach to the online maths tutor behind Maths-Whizz, but when we know more about the service we’ll be sure to keep you posted!
The Maths Factor launches on World Maths Day, tomorrow, when children of all shapes and sizes spend a day hammering maths questions in the name of international competition, and with the aid of unethically large doses of caffeine.
UPDATE, 4th March, 1740: Watch Carol discuss maths on BBC’s Question Time, tonight.
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