With school being closed for who knows how long, how you can find a practical solution to your child’s maths needs right now.For most students, maths will prove to be as essential to career planning as air is to breathing. Lack of maths will, in most cases, lead to dead end jobs just as a lack of air will lead to a dead-end life.
Why do the majority of adults hate Mondays and love Fridays? Is it not because most of us are in jobs or professions that are not fully aligned with our natural talents or desires. For many who drop maths for the wrong reasons, this sadly could be the experience in their future career. As parents, none of us want this for our children.
I have seen a lot of dedicated, brilliant maths teacher in my time, but unfortunately, I have also seen far too many uninspired, or overly clever maths teachers completely destroy the confidence of their students. In fact there is such an unnecessary “fear of maths” today in students, who with just a little help would be more than able to perform.
Many adults reading this article are victims of these confidence destroying culprits, so you know what I am talking about. It generally only takes one bad maths teacher to destroy a student’s confidence for life.
There is hope!
With all of us being forced to stay at home, now is the time to help your child start an effective program of building up a rock-solid foundation on which to build their skills of mathematics.
With all of us being forced to stay at home, now is the time to help your child start an effective program of building up a rock-solid foundation on which to build their skills of mathematics.
I have proved it time and time again. Students ONLY need to master 5 Fundamental Skills in order to achieve competence in their high school maths curriculum. If these basics are missing, no matter how hard a brilliant Grade 11 or 12 teacher may try, the student will not have the foundation to link the new concepts to, and so these concepts hang in no particular order or meaningful manner and cannot be applied to further problems.
What can you do?
Find a tutor who is experienced, passionate and skilled in helping students to find their natural mathematical talent, which, contrary to popular opinion, is inherent in most of us. Let the Tutor determine exactly where the gaps may be and begin an intelligent program of building up the foundation, block upon block, until your child’s confidence is developed. The truth is that once a child has gained the confidence and skill to learn maths, it becomes one of the easiest subjects to master. It is my strong belief, developed over 30 years of tutoring, that the majority of students are more than capable of achieving a distinction for this crucial subject.
Find a tutor who is experienced, passionate and skilled in helping students to find their natural mathematical talent, which, contrary to popular opinion, is inherent in most of us. Let the Tutor determine exactly where the gaps may be and begin an intelligent program of building up the foundation, block upon block, until your child’s confidence is developed. The truth is that once a child has gained the confidence and skill to learn maths, it becomes one of the easiest subjects to master. It is my strong belief, developed over 30 years of tutoring, that the majority of students are more than capable of achieving a distinction for this crucial subject.
A word of caution!
Please don’t just choose any tutor or person to help your child with their mathematics. This can do more harm than good. Ensure that the tutor has the experience, understanding and love for teaching mathematics.
Please don’t just choose any tutor or person to help your child with their mathematics. This can do more harm than good. Ensure that the tutor has the experience, understanding and love for teaching mathematics.
Check that their personality style will be conducive to the delivery of productive lessons. Make sure the tutor is in this for the long haul and not just as a side-line to make some extra cash. Ask questions about the structure of lessons, the program they will be using and how one can assess the effectiveness of the lessons in terms of assessments or regular tests. Ask about other students who are currently using his or her services. Armed with this, you should be able to find the perfect tutor for your child.
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