Results of using Maths Whizz Tutoring Plus for parents
We've known this for some time, and the many glowing comments from parents, teachers, and students testifies to the success students have with Maths-Whizz.
Results
More formal confirmation of the quality of Maths-Whizz tutoring can be seen through the analysed usage and performance data from 2,612 live* Maths-Whizz students. The graph below summarises the maths age improvements of students with weekly usage times of 10 minutes and up.
The data have produced the following recommendations and findings:
- Students who use Maths-Whizz Tutoring Plus for 90 minutes a week improve their maths ages on average by more than 2 years in 12 months of use.
- Most Maths-Whizzers should spend 45 to 60 minutes per week with Maths-Whizz. Such students can expect to improve their maths ages by between 1.3 and 1.6 years over 12 months.
- Students who are gifted and talented (and have maths ages beyond their actual age) can be challenged and make great progress with just 30 minutes of Maths-Whizz per week.
If you want to find out more about this research, email us at customerservice@whizzeducation.com.
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* (i.e. subscribed to Maths-Whizz Tutoring Plus services as of May 2009.)
Research Documents
View Whizz Education's research documents. Click the links below.
Maths-Whizz Proof PackResearch News
Read up on education research findings that underscore the Maths-Whizz method.
Summer learning loss
[A review of 39 studies that indicates significant test score decline over the summer break]
Tuesdays are best
[Maths-Whizzers prove that we get the most work done on Tuesdays. Maths-Whizz's whenever, wherever access to unlimited tutoring makes this possible]
Maths makes you wealthier
[The Economist blogs on research from late 2008 that shows huge income and job improvements for some students who took extra maths classes]
It's OK to fail
[Trying and failing to find an answer can help recall when you eventually learn the solution, the Scientific American reports.]