Category: Education
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Giving credit to whom credit is due: Claiming what’s rightfully yours
Read more: Giving credit to whom credit is due: Claiming what’s rightfully yours“Give credit to whom credit due.” – Samuel Adams, 1777 This quote sound familiar? Perhaps all too memorable for some of you. The anxiety of […]
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Quick Guide: Preparing Your Child for Secondary School
Read more: Quick Guide: Preparing Your Child for Secondary SchoolThe transition from primary school to secondary school can be a tricky time for many students across the UK. The thought of a new school […]
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Why Politicians Are so Afraid of Basic Maths
Read more: Why Politicians Are so Afraid of Basic MathsIn February 2018, the government announced its plans to introduce a new online multiplication test for primary school students. The decision was made in an […]
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How Geometry Has Shaped the World Around Us
Read more: How Geometry Has Shaped the World Around UsIt’s a well established truth that math is all around us. It informs how we live our daily lives and can be found in practically […]
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5 Simple Tricks Parents Use To Ease Their Kid’s Maths Anxiety
Read more: 5 Simple Tricks Parents Use To Ease Their Kid’s Maths AnxietyMany students across the UK suffer from a fear of maths or believe that they’re simply not a “math person”. These thoughts can be incredibly […]
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The importance of Statistics in Scientific Research and Development
Read more: The importance of Statistics in Scientific Research and DevelopmentSentiments on statistics in research and academia have rarely been viewed in the positive light – at least at the very beginning. Often failing to […]
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6 High Paid Careers for People Who Are Good at Math
Read more: 6 High Paid Careers for People Who Are Good at MathMath is an incredibly useful tool to have in your arsenal when looking for a job. It can open up many doors for you and […]
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8 Secrets to Better Marks in Math
Read more: 8 Secrets to Better Marks in MathMath exams can be a daunting experience and many students will dedicate some time to revise for them. While any revision is good, there is […]
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How to Cut the Perfect Slice of Pizza, as Told by Mathematicians
Read more: How to Cut the Perfect Slice of Pizza, as Told by MathematiciansI think we can all agree that pizza is a pretty big deal! In fact, before we get into our topic, let me drop a […]
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How Basic Math Can Lead to the Perfect Night’s Sleep
Read more: How Basic Math Can Lead to the Perfect Night’s SleepIf you’re reading this and feeling a little tired, chances are it’s because you didn’t get enough sleep last night. It’s a problem that we […]
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3 Ways Math Makes Games More Fun!
Read more: 3 Ways Math Makes Games More Fun!Games have enjoyed a meteoric rise in popularity and games design has become much more involved over the past few decades. Many years ago, gamers […]
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Hunger Games : The pursuit of gamification in math education
Read more: Hunger Games : The pursuit of gamification in math educationWhat is Gamification? Gamification – a relatively new word that any version of Microsoft Word 2011 and below will have trouble identifying it as a […]
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3 Top Tips to Prepare Your Middle Schooler for College
Read more: 3 Top Tips to Prepare Your Middle Schooler for CollegeMany parents often wonder if they’re doing enough for their children. Academically speaking, parents often feel that there’s more that they could be doing to […]
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Beauty and the beast – Math tells this fairy tale with the Fibonacci Sequence and Golden Ratio
Read more: Beauty and the beast – Math tells this fairy tale with the Fibonacci Sequence and Golden RatioMath Sequences Math sequences can be discovered in your everyday life. One’s earliest recollection of a math sequence probably began at the age of two, […]
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4 Examples to Prove You Use Algebra More Than You Think
Read more: 4 Examples to Prove You Use Algebra More Than You ThinkIf you’re like the millions of people the world over who sat in math class wondering why you’d ever need to know about algebra, […]
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Geometry in real life – Learning from our feathered friends
Read more: Geometry in real life – Learning from our feathered friendsPeople often question and wonder about the utility and usefulness of math. Growing up some of you may remember proclaiming frustrated cries of how solving […]
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True Math geniuses of our time – Terence Tao and Maryam Mirzakhani
Read more: True Math geniuses of our time – Terence Tao and Maryam MirzakhaniThroughout history, there have been lots of geniuses in Math but the true geniuses of our time are Terence Tao and the late Maryam Mirzakhani. […]
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What are Scholarship Scams?
Read more: What are Scholarship Scams?With over 1.3 trillion dollars of student debt in the US alone for 2017, it’s no easy feat funding your post-secondary education, but vital to […]
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