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]
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.]