DianaE2022-10-31T19:54:39+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Parent Advice
When Am I EVER Going to Have to Use This?! Frustrated and overwhelmed students often throw down their pencils in defeat, wondering when they will ever have to apply complex math problems in their daily lives, and wonder why they even have to learn it. Parents who ..
DianaE2022-10-31T17:25:50+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All Categories, Parent Advice
Ask any teacher about the makeup and dynamic of their class, and one of the first observations will be the differences between their male students and their female students. Boys and girls vary greatly in their behavior patterns in the classroom, their study habits and their strengths and ..
rachana2022-10-31T17:53:31+11:00Posted in All Categories, Remembering Stuff
We often talk of memory as an entity: a thing like a kidney or lung or heart. To make our understanding easier, many of us picture it as discrete little packets of information filed away in neat little compartments in our brain. Memory certainly does not exist in ..
rachana2022-10-31T17:58:18+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All Categories
Based on ground-breaking cognitive research, Howard Gardner of Harvard has identified eight distinct intelligences which he classified as Multiple Intelligences (MI). His ideas when applied to the school scenario have wide implications in effective teaching-learning. He says that we all have these intelligences in varying degrees, with one ..
rachana2022-11-16T22:32:09+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All Categories, Parent Advice
It is a fact that most children at grade levels 3 to 5 are curious, exhibit the desire to explore and persist, seek and find solutions, and thus engage in problem solving. Kids Build Up on Intuitive Knowledge of Maths The above attributes cause children to ..
jamesline2022-10-31T17:00:21+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All Categories, Parent Advice
For anybody interested in looking further into what methods of instruction should be used in schooling i would recommend a book called "The One World Schoolhouse" by Salman Khan. Salman Khan is already quite popular due to his website (www.khanacademy.org) and channel full of youtube videos about virtually ..
Gene2022-11-16T21:17:32+11:00Posted in All Categories, Parent Advice, Student Advice
Mathematics is a subject which builds upon previously learnt knowledge. Each year of schooling advances upon the concepts learned from previous years. A solid foundation is vital for students to succeed in mathematics. Without solid math skills, students are likely to have a lot of trouble throughout school. ..
Gene2022-10-31T19:31:57+11:00Posted in All Categories, Confidence, Problem Solving & Independence
Problem solving questions are the most challenging form of questions for students to tackle in an exam. A problem solving question can often involve a few different mathematic concepts. There are a few tricks which can help students to learn the art of problem solving in maths. ..
Gene2022-10-31T19:49:41+11:00Posted in All Categories, Parent Advice, Problem Solving & Independence, Student Advice
Mathematics is a subject a lot of people really enjoy, and that is due to the fact that there is usually one answer to every problem. It gives a large amount of certainty and people really appreciate this. However, one problem with students today is a lack of ..
Gene2022-10-29T00:56:14+11:00Posted in All About Exams
Studying for a mathematics exam requires a different kind of study to any other subject. A student cannot simply memorise formulae and equations, while looking at ‘example questions’. While it is very important to know the formulas and equations, it is more important to know how to use ..
