BETT Finalists Whizz-Education, showcase Maths-Whizz at BETT 2012 on Stand U50
Maths-Whizz at BETT 2012 Powering Happiness in Numbers on Stand U50 In keeping with the ‘Powering Learning’ theme of BETT 2012, Maths-Whizz, the online suite of services that guarantees raised standards in numeracy for 5 to 13 year-olds, is encouraging visitors to ‘power happiness in numbers’. The award-winning system encompasses online tutoring service Tutoring Plus [...]
Read the whole postFailing exercises in Maths-Whizz
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all our children could always pass the animated exercises in Maths-Whizz and go on to pass the tests that follow! I’m speaking now as both a parent and an employee of Whizz. Unfortunately, of course, the little darlings stumble from time to time. Now that we have literally thousands of [...]
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 postPointlessly promotional maths – the equation for love and the Amatory Principle
It’s early in the year, perilously close to the “Worst Day of the Year”, and already we’ve been gifted a story in which a junior academic has earned publicity for himself with a pointlessly promotional maths paper.
Read the whole postMaths-Whizz in the Daily Telegraph
With the snow still here, there, and everywhere (if no longer deep and thick and even) why not wander over to the excellent Telegraph education pages, and check out our maths whizz bannerette, featured on a couple of pages, such as this one: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/6943166/Ofsted-stigmatising-schools-say-MPs.html Even better, click the image, sign up to Whizz and give [...]
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Children destined for wealth, health, and happiness in adult life can be spotted at five, if a new University of London study is anything to go by. The Daily Telegraph reports the study: Predictions of adult poverty are now so accurate that up to nine in 10 youngsters destined for a lifetime of disadvantage can [...]
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