A little while ago I remember having a telephone conversation with one of my YouTube subscribers. She had made contact to talk through her GCSE course and, as a mature student, wanted some advice about how to 'get her 'mojo' back and study more.' Two things came out of the discussion: - It was a little more encouragement to write 'How to get an A in maths' and - We had a very … [Read more...]
Answers to hard math questions – with videos
"Answers to hard math questions" .. is just a random collection of videos for High School math questions. The whole idea is to stop the video at the very beginning, test yourself, and then work through the solution given in the rest of the video. Many of the questions are A*, A and B grade although I'd like to get a good level of challenge for all students. It's quite likely … [Read more...]
Improve your written English – four awesome top tips
'Four awesome top tips to improve your written English' .. doesn't seem like the kind of title on a maths website.. but I've asked to write a series of articles and thought I should include them here. Please do let me know what you think. "Improve your written English - four awesome top tips." Try typing this title into Google and you’ll get 178 million results … [Read more...]
6 tips to support your child with maths word problems
How do I support my child with maths? .. is perhaps asked most weeks at the First Class Learning tutoring centres. It's not an easy question to answer, particularly as there seems to be a whole raft of changes with the new national curriculum. It's certainly a 'hot topic' and I'm delighted that a local newspaper made contact to ask if I'd like to write an article for their … [Read more...]
One Million YouTube Views!
Wow! One million YouTube views.. and counting. Actually, by the time I wrote this post, the counter had got to 1,017,479 ish. It's been an interesting journey, from the out of focus early attempts - to the slightly better quality recent videos. The best part, however, are the comments from (so far) 2809 subscribers. I can't say that they hang on to my every word, but most … [Read more...]