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 postAre we teaching too much?
Young children may learn better by exploring and playing, rather than being instructed, according to new research. How do these findings work with Maths-Whizz and young Maths-Whizzers?
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The long summer holidays will soon be upon us. But those endless warm afternoons of childhood may conceal a hidden menace – stupidity (aka ‘summer learning loss’).
Read the whole postThe Best School Video Ever?
…A bold claim from The Daily Telegraph. So have a look and (in a Geordie voice) you decide.
But as it’s all in a good cause – raising money for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) – I suggest you watch, enjoy, and check out the charity’s good work.
Are primary teachers THIS bad at maths?
The Daily Telegraph takes a look at the apparently terrible maths skills of primary teachers. A test administered by researchers for Channel 4′s Dispatches programme found that: Only four out of 10 teachers could work out that 2.1 per cent of 400 is 8.4. Only a third knew that 1.4 divided by 0.1 is 14, [...]
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