How not to teach counting
We’re no strangers to the perils of publishing. Maths-Whizz stands on the quality and accuracy of its maths exercises. When errors crop up (and, with over 2400 animated and exam-style exercises, they do) we do our best to correct them, and improve our service and software in the process. This is all par for the [...]
Read the whole postBBC Clicks onto Maths-Whizz
Today’s BBC tech and web news programme Click featured Maths-Whizz in Kate Russell’s Webscape report. Ms Russell featured Whizz.com as a way to learn maths, and enjoy doing so, online – which is cool because it’s pretty much exactly how we describe Maths-Whizz. As she pointed out, with the five lessons that free account holders [...]
Read the whole postMomFuse rates Math-Whizz!
MomFuse, the US website (For Moms, By Moms), recently reviewed Math-Whizz Tutoring Plus. ‘Mom-reviewer’ Melissa’s comments on our math tutor and fun math exercises speak for themselves: Both of my kiddos got a chance to test their math skills with Math-Whizz Tutoring Plus and we were not disappointed. Their teaching methods are geared toward each child’s own [...]
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If ever a person needed proof that maths has its uses outside the classroom and the engineering lab, they might find it here. A cunning addition to Google Mail is designed to prevent tired and emotional emailers from sending messages they may later regret.
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Whizz Education is on Facebook! The social networking website that threatened to take over the world in 2007 now features a Whizz Education company site where you can become a fan, view Whizz videos, check out Whizz company pics and chat away about Maths-Whizz Tutoring and Maths-Whizz Teachers’ Resource with other fans until the cows [...]
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Eagle-eyed Whizz Blog readers - what other kind are there – will have noticed the snazzy Whizz Scientific Calculator lurking in the sidebar to the right of the main blog page. The Whizz Scientific Calculator is as it appears in our Key Stage 3 animated exercises in our Teachers’ Resource and our online Tutoring service; it features power [...]
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